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The Philippines' Bureau of Customs has issued Customs Administrative Order requiring all shipping lines and agents, non – vessel - operating common carriers (NVOCCs), and freight forwarders including cargo consolidators and co-loaders to electronically transmit all cargo information within twenty 24 hours from the time of departure of the carrying vessel from the port of origin. To help the bureau track and trace the movement of cargoes bound to the Philippines from the origin, advance information can now be captured electronically.
Information such as: kinds of packages (cartons, boxes, crates, etc); gross weight in metric tons; measurement in cubic meters; Carrier Identifier; and IMO number of vessel among others shall be stipulated in the Cargo Declaration and Inward Foreign Manifest (IFM) and Consolidated Cargo Manifest (CCM).
Cargoes transported by a feeder vessel or any vessel with any port in the Philippines, the shipping line shall submit Cargo Declaration and IFM within 24 hours while the NVOCC/freight forwarders shall submit the CCM within 36 hours from the time of the departure of the said vessel from the last port of call.
Additionally, for non – containerized / bulk cargoes, the concerned shipping line is required to submit the IFM within 24 hours, and the CCM by the NVOCC, if any, within 36 hours from the actual exporting port of origin.
