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The Philippines' Bureau of Customs' advance manifest was introduced on May 1, 2016 which requires 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. The implementation is transitional and no penalties will be imposed until June 15, 2016.
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 must be stipulated in the Cargo Declaration and Inward Foreign Manifest (IFM) and Consolidated Cargo Manifest (CCM).
Shipping lines carrying non – containerized / bulk cargoes, are also 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.
