QuestionsQuestions (BC CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 3-96)
It is issued pursuant to Section 551 of the Revised Administrative Code and Section 608 of the Tariff and Customs Code, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1464.
To establish a uniform rate to be charged by licensed customs brokers for their services (brokerage fee) in all ports of entry in the Philippines.
Customs Administrative Order No. 3-89 is amended.
The brokerage fee is PHP 885.95.
The brokerage fee is PHP 1,328.91.
The brokerage fee is PHP 3,100.79.
The customs brokerage fee shall be PHP 469.22 for each informal entry.
For each permit obtained, the brokerage fee is PHP 885.95, and for each transfer obtained, the customs brokerage fee is PHP 885.95.
For each complete withdrawal entry for articles entered under warehousing entry, the customs brokerage fee shall be PHP 1,328.93.
If partial withdrawals are made for each withdrawal entry, the brokerage fee shall be PHP 1,012.50.
The schedule of customs brokerage fee applies for each shipment cleared.
A brokerage fee of one-eighth of one percent (1/8 of 1%) is charged on the amount in excess of PHP 200,000.00.
For each Export Entry/Import Permit, the customs brokerage fee is one-half of the rates provided for in paragraph 1.
It covers services for making, signing, and filing the required import or export entry, the follow-up work for final release from customs custody, related stamps and notarization fees, cost of prescribed forms, extra labor/loading-unloading equipment as required outside the customs zone, and arrastre/storage charges for the account of the importer/exporter—provided expenses are properly described, explained, and supported by receipts.
Separate charges for handling, location of cargo, delivery (not trucking), and other similar services performed/rendered by the customs broker within the customs zone for and in behalf of the client-importer/exporter shall not form part of the brokerage fee.
Thirty (30) days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.