Stakeholders of the Bureau of Customs transacting with Port of Manila can now monitor the status of entry documents submitted to the Formal Entry Division using the Status Verification System (SVS).
This following the pronouncement of Commissioner Isidro Lapeña on Monday to remove the sections at the Formal Entry Division of Port of Manila and Manila International Container Port.
“Operational testing is being done for one week at the Port of Manila to check if we can use it once FED sections are removed,” POM District Collector lawyerErnelito G. Aquino said.
SVS has a tracking system that can identify the current status of the entry documents as well as the timeframe to complete the processing.
The stakeholder needs to log in to the system to access the data in the system.
Under the SVS, valuation of imported goods can be monitored once the examiners or appraisers input the data in the system, whether the particular shipment was benchmarked or grossly undervalued.
Removal of FED Section
Commissioner Isidro Lapeña bared the bureau will implement a queuing system instead of the current 15 sections in the formal entry division.
The collusion between and among the stakeholders and customs employees can be prevented due to lesser face to face transaction.
Moreover, the bureau can test the competence and efficiency of the examiners to the new customs law and regulations under RA 10863.
It can be recalled that customs examiners and brokers conspire to “facilitate” the shipment through benchmarking and tara system.
“There will be no more “suki” system, the broker will not know the assigned examiner removing the possibility of conspiracy between both parties,” Lapeña added.
We are still studying what operational procedure we can use to replace the FED Section, “the memorandum will follow next week once the testing is done,” he added.
The Customs chief said the removal of FED Sections and implementation of the queuing system will be implemented next week. (BOC-PR)
