A Roll-on Roll-off (RoRo) vessel plying the Zamboanga-Basilan route and vice-versa docks at the port of Zamboanga City. (File photo by Teofilo P. Garcia Jr.)
ZAMBOANGA CITY--The Bureau of Customs (BOC) here has surpassed its target collection by more than PHP5 million for the month of June.
Lawyer Lyceo Martinez, BOC district collector, on Wednesday said their collection in June has reached PHP28,576,460, which was higher by PHP5,576,460 than the target collection goal of PHP23 million.
Martinez attributed the achievement to the strategies his office has adopted, including marketing efficiency, prompt services, and assurance of corruption-free transactions.
“I have to assure the traders here in the region and in (the three provinces of) ARMM that we can help them by ensuring prompt and efficient and corruption-free BOC services, in order for them to trust us and bring in their goods through this port,” Martinez said.
Aside from traders in Region 9, businesses from the provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi also avail of the local BOC district's services in transporting their goods.
Martinez said this is the third month his office has met and surpassed its monthly target goal collection that was set by the BOC central office. (PNA)
