Aside from the recent apprehensions—commendable!—done by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Department of Agriculture (the latter headed by Assistant Secretary James Layug), two additional
Last Feb. 21, the Senate identified better antismuggling measures as a critical conditionality for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ratification. One specified measure is the restoration of an antismuggling oversight body. But to be effective, it must have the same features of the committees implemented during the administrations of former Presidents Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Benigno Aquino III. Smuggling was reduced by 25 percent and 31 percent, respectively.
But instead of immediately restoring the committee, it took eight years before a lower-level committee with the same features was established. This time, smuggling was reduced by an impressive 31 percent. Thereafter, it was again abolished. This independent measure done abroad prevents technical smuggling. It covers undervaluation, misdeclaration and misclassification, where most of the smuggling happens.
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