New Guidelines for Sending Balikbayan Box from the Bureau of Customs

CONSOLIDATED SHIPMENT OF DUTY AND TAX-FREE BALIKBAYAN BOXES Under Republic Acct No. 10863 or the Customs modernization and tariff Act (CMTA),  Sending balikbayan boxes by Qualified Filipinos While Abroad to their familes and relatives is exempt from payment of duties and taxes up to three times...

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Tips to ensure that your balikbayan boxes reach its destination

Below are a few tips that you can follow to ensure that you balikbayan boxes reach it's destination. Declare all the contents of your balikbayan box in the packing list per item and its corresponding value, if possible, as well as your preferred shipping date. Ask for proper (or extraordinary, if needed) packing, wrapping, strapping, sealing and labeling of your box. Secure shipping...

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List contents of balikbayan boxes, BoC tells OFWs

For fear that smugglers might take advantage of balikbayan boxes to smuggle contraband into the country, the Bureau of Customs (BoC) is encouraging overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to itemize the contents of their package. “Let us make sure that these smugglers do not use our OFWs and their balikbayan boxes to smuggle contrabands into the country,” Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon told reporters...

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BOC blames local forwarders for criticism against new balikbayan box regulation

The controversial regulation requires senders to detail the contents of their packages. But the BOC explained the new rule is for the welfare and safety of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The agency argued it just wants to protect the valuables of OFWs so it could safely arrive to their loved ones in the Philippines. The BOC said the false impression arose from the vested interests of local...

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International Shipping, Parcel Door to Door Delivery To The Philippines

Ship your packages from anywhere in Florida to the Philippines via Forex Cargo.  We have several box sizes to choose from. Balikbayan box sizes. You can also ship your packages in any form or size and you can use any kind of box if you wish to do so. Just call (904) 458-SHIP to schedule a...

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Ways to Ship Packages From Florida to the Philippines

Shipping packages from anywhere in Florida to Philippines has never been easier with Forex Cargo. We have services that fits our customers needs. Our Traditional Balikbayan Box Ocean Cargo is the most realiable in the industry and trusted byPlease click here to see our full range of  Balikbayan...

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UNBOXING FILIPINO CULTURE: Close family ties and most loved items in a balikbayan box

IF there lies a single thing that would ultimately define Filipino identity, one would have to fly around the world and back, and still would not know what it would be. That is how diverse and colorful the Filipino culture is. Packed with various traits, characteristics, upbringing, talents and skills; no wonder you cannot confine the Filipino people in a single category. More often than not, you...

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What the Philippines Can Teach us about giving

The rise in the number of Filipinos working in other countries, with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait having the biggest diaspora, has led to the balikbayan box phenomenon. “The balikbayan box was a creative response by shippers who recognized that many OFWs were sending large amounts of items home,” Dr Racelis said. “They recognised the market demand and responded to it by designing...

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Ship to the Philippines

Send your Balikbayan Packages with Forex Cargo Flordia FOREX Cargo has been serving every Filipino from every part of the globe for more than three decades. In those years, FOREX continued to grow and expand and keeps on raising the standard of service. We go beyond anything else to protect the boxes...

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No taxes on balikbayan boxes

It is a given fact that Filipinos are everywhere and can be found in almost every nook of this globe. Based on a 2015 survey on overseas Filipinos, there are 2.4 million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the world. These Filipinos, one way or another, find ways to send cash or gifts to their loved ones. By virtue of Republic Act No. 10863, otherwise known as the Customs Modernization and Tariff...

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