The Bureau of Customs-Port of Davao seized four 40-footer containers of illegally imported onions valued at P 4.9 million on July 21.
Intelligence reports revealed that the containers arrived at TEFASCO Wharf on July 19, and were said to hold 2,500 packages of pastries from China. However, derogatory information from the BOC’s Intelligence Group and Enforcement Group led to the issuance of an alert order against consignee GBJ Consumers Goods.
The assigned examiners immediately conducted a 100% physical examination which yielded positive for misdeclaration of goods, as 2,500 bags of red onions were found.
District Collector Atty. Erastus Sandino B. Austria issued a warrant of seizure and detention against these illicit articles in relation to the violation of Sec. 1400 “Misdeclaration of Goods Description” of Republic Act No. 10863 (Customs Modernization and Tariff Act).
Moreover, the misdeclared items were not covered by a sanitary and phytosanitary import clearance and commodity clearance from the Bureau of Plant Industry, pursuant to Department of Agriculture Administrative Order No. 2, series of 2020. ### (BOC) – jlo
