QuestionsQuestions (BOC CUSTOMS MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. NO. 44-2009)
A “Once-A-Year Importer” is an individual, company, corporation, or partnership who has a single shipment covered by one Bill of Lading and one import entry declaration, with CPRS registration limited to only one importation for a period of 365 days from the date of approval by the District Collector.
It is limited to one importation for the period of 365 days from the date of approval by the District Collector of the port.
No. The Order provides that an importer previously accredited as a regular importer cannot avail of the provisions of this Order.
The CIIS Officer-in-Charge (OIC) in every port evaluates the application and recommends approval or disapproval.
The District Collector of the port.
The application must be filed through Value Added Service Providers (VASPs) using the Once-A-Year Importer CPRS Registration Form (Annex A).
Required documents include: (1) TIN of Company; (2) SEC Registration Number/DTI Registration; (3) Bill of Lading/Airway Bill of Lading; (4) IEIRD; and (5) Notarized e2m CPRS Application Form.
Required documents include: (1) TIN of Applicant; (2) Bill of Lading/Airway Bill of Lading; (3) IEIRD; and (4) Notarized e2m CPRS Application Form.
The applicant presents the supporting documents to the CIIS OIC in the concerned collection district port.
Upon approval, the importer automatically receives an email notification from the e2m Customs System with the Certificate of Registration (COR) as an attachment sent to the email address indicated in the application.
He/it forwards the approval notification email to the MISTG email address (cprs@customs.gov.ph) and requests a copy of the COR, after which the COR will be resent to the importer’s email address.
The importer should correct or replace the email address in his CPRS record to where the email notification and COR will be sent (e.g., address is erroneous, non-existent, or inactive).
It shall be published in the Customs website.
The importer may correct and relodge the application at the VASP by repeating the steps stipulated in Section 3.1 (including submission through VASP and providing the required documents).
MISTG activates the approved registration in the system.
The importer must enroll with an Authorized Agent Bank (AAB) by submitting the COR to any AAB to enroll his bank account (existing or new) from which duties and taxes shall be debited.
The AAB completes enrollment, provides the importer with the Bank Reference Number, and electronically transmits it to e2m Customs System through the BOC-Bankers Association of the Philippines-Philippine Clearing House Corporation (BOC-BAP/PCHC) internet portal.
In his Once-A-Year importation declaration.
They shall be processed under the Formal Entry (Consumption) or Informal Entry Declarations, as appropriate.
Payment of duties and taxes shall follow the provisions of CAO 10-2008 and CMO 6-2009 (PASS5).