Title
Transforming BOC Risk Management Group
Law
Boc Customs Administrative Order No. 6-2009
Decision Date
Nov 24, 2009
The Bureau of Customs transforms its Risk Management Group into the Risk Management Office to enhance efficiency in risk assessment and profiling, ensuring better management of smuggling cases and import/export activities under the direct oversight of the Commissioner of Customs.
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Legal basis and institutional transformation

  • The transformation of the Risk Management Group (RMG) into the Risk Management Office (RMO) is done pursuant to Executive Order No. 836, S. 2009.
  • The RMO is established to take over the RMG’s expanding responsibilities in risk management, risk assessment/profiling, and updating the Bureau of Customs selectivity screens.
  • The RMO is placed directly under the Commissioner of Customs to ensure its integrity and autonomous character.
  • Day-to-day operations of the RMO are managed by the Deputy Commissioner for the Intelligence Group, Bureau of Customs.

Policy objective and implementation direction

  • The Order recognizes the value of expanding risk management responsibilities in risk management/assessment/profiling and updating the Bureau’s Selectivity Screens.
  • The Deputy Commissioner for the Intelligence Group may recommend to the Commissioner new policies and organizational improvement to enhance the RMO’s efficiency and effectiveness.
  • The Commissioner of Customs may impose additional functions to ensure attainment of Executive Order No. 836, S. 2009 aims and objectives.
  • The RMO operates through systems and processes that translate risk profiling into selectivity screening and channel routing of goods and persons.

Core functions of the Risk Management Office

  • The RMO shall review and update the parameters of the Bureau’s Selectivity Screen under the Selectivity System.
  • The RMO shall ensure an efficient and secure pipeline of information from all sources to the RMO.
  • The RMO shall conduct continuing study/profile of importers, exporters, and customs brokers.
  • The RMO shall maintain a database on smuggling cases and related information.
  • The RMO shall recommend to the Commissioner policies and programs to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the Bureau’s Selectivity System to be at par with other customs administrations.

Organizational structure and unit responsibilities

  • The RMO is headed by a Chief of Office.
  • The RMO is composed, aside from Administrative Staff, of the following units:
    • Strategic Assessment Unit
      • Develops and creates policies for risk assessment with nationwide scope.
      • Identifies or profiles personalities and modus operandi of those involved in the importation and distribution of smuggled goods.
    • Research and Analysis Unit
      • Gathers information for improving the Selectivity Screen from BOC-wide records of shipments alerted, placed on hold, seized, forfeited, and/or finally disposed off.
      • Collates data on smuggled goods apprehended by other law enforcement authorities outside the customs zone.
      • Develops a database support system and a computer-based risk management system for enforcement.
    • Operational Risk Assessment Unit
      • Implements the policies created and developed by the Strategic Assessment Unit in every port under BOC jurisdiction.

Operational rules and information flow

  • The RMO shall work in close coordination with all Regional Risk Management Offices so that reports/recommendations can be acted upon immediately.
  • The reports and findings shall be collated and stored in the RMO’s database of all smuggling cases and related data.
  • All gathered data shall be used for profiling personalities and entities and their modus operandi in smuggling-related importation and distribution.
  • The resulting profiles shall drive inspection and selectivity programs, screening declared shipment data using identified risk parameters.
  • The selected risk level determines routing: goods and persons are routed through different channels of Customs control.
  • Orders, Memoranda, Reports, and Requests for issuance of Alert/Hold Order in connection with this Order must be:
    • duly signed by the Chief, RMO, and
    • concurred upon by the Deputy Commissioner, Intelligence Group,
    • before submission to the Commissioner for signature.
  • All other communications and documents must be signed by the Deputy Commissioner, Intelligence Group.
  • The RMO shall submit a quarterly report of its work program and accomplishment to the Secretary of Finance and the Office of the President of the Philippines.

Coordination, access, and transitional authority

  • The RMO has authority to require data and information relevant to its functions from all offices/personnel of the Bureau.
  • The Office of the Commissioner and the RMO shall have direct access to the computer system as provided by MISTG, enabling autonomous implementation of selectivity alert and hold processes.
  • Nothing in the Order diminishes or limits the Bureau’s authority to enforce the general provisions of the TCCP.
  • For smooth transition, incumbent officers and complement of the RMG function as the interim staff pending selection of qualified personnel for the permanent plantilla positions of the RMO.
  • Interim staff shall be augmented by personnel from various units as needed in the exigency of the service.

Revocation, separability, and continuity

  • All Orders, Memoranda, Circulars, or parts thereof inconsistent with BOC Customs Administrative Order No. 6-2009 are revoked, amended, and/or modified accordingly.
  • If any part of the Order is declared unconstitutional or contrary to existing laws by the Courts, the remaining parts shall continue in full force.

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