May 22, 2001

CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
No. 02-2001

SUBJECT: RATES OF CUSTOMS BROKERAGE FEES

Pursuant to Sections 608 and Section 3301 to 3304, Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, in relation to Section 36, Administrative Code of 1987 and Executive Orders Nos. 197 and 218, both series of year 2000 as implemented by DOF and DBM Joint Circular No. 2000-2 dated April 3, 2000, the rates of Customs fees and charges in all ports of the Philippines shall be as follows:

Import Processing Fees

For shipments processed under Formal / Informal Entries

DUTIABLE VALUE OF SHIPMENT	NEW RATES
	(per entry)
Up to P250,000	P250
Over P250,000 to P 500,000	500
Over P500,000 to P 750,000	750
Over P750,000	1,000

Refund Processing Fees/Docket Fees

On ordinary claims for refund of tax and duty payments, including cash bonds; and for each formal protest/appeal from the decision of the District Collector/Valuation & Classification Review Committee (VCRC)

AMOUNT OF CLAIM PROTESTED AMOUNT	PROCESSING FEES/ DOCKET FEE
Up to P 50, 000	P500
Over P 50,000 to 100,000	600
Over P 100,000 to 200,000	700
Over P 200,000 to 300,000	800
Over P 300,000 to 400,000	900
Over P 400,000 to 500,000	1,000
Over P 500,000 to 750,000	1,500
Over P 750,000 to 1,000,000	2,000
Over P 1,000,000	3,000

Administrative Fees

3.1. Issuance of Certificates

Certificate of Payment	P100
Tax Credit Certificate	P100
Certificate of Clearance from Outstanding account, Tax Credit, Tax Debit, and related matters	P100
Other certificates not herein specified, if such are issued in the course of routine administration and do not subserve any special pecuniary interest of the party concerned therein	P100

3.1. Issuance of Permits

To render overtime services for processing / releasing imported goods	P400
To take cigars aboard ship, per thousand cigars (secured by/given to persons, other than the passengers)	P100
To take cigarettes aboard ship, per Thousand cigarettes, (secured by/ given to persons other than the passengers)	P100
Transshipment of cigar and / or cigarettes from one foreign vessel to another	peso equivalent of two US Dollars ($2.00) per cartons of fifty reams

3.2. Registration Fees

To participate in public auction sale,per auction	P2,000
For importers to transact business with the Bureau	P1,000
For renewal/updates of the registration of importers, per year	P500

3.3. Accreditation Fees

To practice Customs Brokerage per port of entry, · Individual broker · brokerage firms	P500   P1,000
To renew brokerage accreditation, per year,  Individual brokerage firms	P300 P500
For Commercial Banks and Surety Companies to transact business with the Bureau, per quarter	P100

3.4. Circularization

3.5. Documentary Customs Stamps

For each entry for immediate Transportation in bond	P100
For each bond accepted or renewed	P200
For each approval of application In respect to transaction covered by general bond	P200
For each amendment allowed to a foreign Inward Manifest	P100
For every formal protest filed before the Collector of Customs	P200
For each appeal in protest and seizure cases	P200

The Bureau is hereby authorized to increase the cost of all Accountable Prenumbered Customs Forms based on the cost of printing plus 25 % mark-up to cover handling and security cost at the Bureau to take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in a Customs Memorandum Order.

Repealing Clause –

All orders, rules and regulations inconsistent herewith are repealed or modified accordingly.

Effectivity Clause –

This order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after approval and publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

 

(Signed)
TITUS B. VILLANUEVA
Commissioner

APPROVED:

(Signed)
ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Secretary of Finance

Date Approved:
May 21, 2001

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