Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 351540
                    [Title] => BOC imposes higher duty on Southern Cross imports
                    [Summary] => 



The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has decided to impose a higher cement import duty on the cement  imports of Southern Cross Cement Corp. (SCCC) made in February 2005. SCCC is a unit of the Taiheyo Cement Corp. of Japan.


The BOC Intelligence and Enforcement Group (IEG) recently recommended to the Office of the Customs Commissioner the rejection of SCCC’s declaration using the lower transaction value tariff rate in declaring the value of the shipment.


The BOC-IEG is recommending that the higher deductive method should be used to prevent undervaluation.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-08-08 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 301234
                    [Title] => BOC to file charges versus officials of cement firm
                    [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is finally set to file several criminal and administrative charges against officials of Southern Cross Cement Corp. (SCCC) and its broker for possible smuggling, misdeclaration and under-valuation of its recent cement exports this year.


SCCC, which won a major victory in the Supreme Court against the imposition of safeguard measures against imported cement, was investigated by the BOC for possible smuggling, misdeclaration and under-valuation of its recent cement exports this year.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-10-11 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 256653
                    [Title] => Court of Tax Appeals junks case filed by Southern Cross
                    [Summary] => The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has dismissed the case filed by Southern Cross Cement Corp. (SCCC) against the local cement industry, the Department of Finance, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Bureau of Customs.


The CTA dismissed last June 23 the case filed by SCCC questioning the imposition of the safeguard measures on imported cement.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-07-07 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 255841
                    [Title] => BoC orders closure of Southern Cross Cement Corp.’s silo
                    [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs (BoC) has ordered the closure of the silo of the Southern Cross Cement Corp., (SCCC) at the Harbour Centre Port Terminal, Inc. (HCPTI) following SCCC’s failure to settle its outstanding safeguard duties and value added taxes on it previous importations of cement.


Bureau of Customs (BoC) district collector  Atty. Reynaldo S. Nicolas had issued a demand letter dated June 15, 2004 seeking the payment by SCCC of some P43.294 million in definitive duties and VAT on SCCC’s previous importations of cement.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-06-30 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [4] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 229317
                    [Title] => DTI urged to lift safeguard duty on cement
                    [Summary] => Southern Cross Cement Corp. (SCCC) is urging the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to remove the safeguard tariff on imported cement.


In a 13-page position paper submitted to the DTI, SCCC argued that the DTI’s initial reason for imposing the P20.60 per bag safeguard tariff was to ensure price stability of cement.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-11-26 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [5] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 164575
                    [Title] => What is the cost of imported cement? House wants to know
                    [Summary] => Congress is trying to establish the landed cost of imported cement to determine if there is a need to impose a tariff wall on imported cement.


During a recent hearing by the House committee on economic affairs, the Philippine Cement Manufacturers Corp. (Philcemcor) and importers presented widely varying figures on the landed cost of imported cement.


                    [DatePublished] => 2002-06-14 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

        )

)

SCCC

Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 351540
                    [Title] => BOC imposes higher duty on Southern Cross imports
                    [Summary] => 



The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has decided to impose a higher cement import duty on the cement  imports of Southern Cross Cement Corp. (SCCC) made in February 2005. SCCC is a unit of the Taiheyo Cement Corp. of Japan.


The BOC Intelligence and Enforcement Group (IEG) recently recommended to the Office of the Customs Commissioner the rejection of SCCC’s declaration using the lower transaction value tariff rate in declaring the value of the shipment.


The BOC-IEG is recommending that the higher deductive method should be used to prevent undervaluation.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-08-08 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 301234
                    [Title] => BOC to file charges versus officials of cement firm
                    [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is finally set to file several criminal and administrative charges against officials of Southern Cross Cement Corp. (SCCC) and its broker for possible smuggling, misdeclaration and under-valuation of its recent cement exports this year.


SCCC, which won a major victory in the Supreme Court against the imposition of safeguard measures against imported cement, was investigated by the BOC for possible smuggling, misdeclaration and under-valuation of its recent cement exports this year.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-10-11 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 256653
                    [Title] => Court of Tax Appeals junks case filed by Southern Cross
                    [Summary] => The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has dismissed the case filed by Southern Cross Cement Corp. (SCCC) against the local cement industry, the Department of Finance, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Bureau of Customs.


The CTA dismissed last June 23 the case filed by SCCC questioning the imposition of the safeguard measures on imported cement.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-07-07 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 255841
                    [Title] => BoC orders closure of Southern Cross Cement Corp.’s silo
                    [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs (BoC) has ordered the closure of the silo of the Southern Cross Cement Corp., (SCCC) at the Harbour Centre Port Terminal, Inc. (HCPTI) following SCCC’s failure to settle its outstanding safeguard duties and value added taxes on it previous importations of cement.


Bureau of Customs (BoC) district collector  Atty. Reynaldo S. Nicolas had issued a demand letter dated June 15, 2004 seeking the payment by SCCC of some P43.294 million in definitive duties and VAT on SCCC’s previous importations of cement.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-06-30 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [4] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 229317
                    [Title] => DTI urged to lift safeguard duty on cement
                    [Summary] => Southern Cross Cement Corp. (SCCC) is urging the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to remove the safeguard tariff on imported cement.


In a 13-page position paper submitted to the DTI, SCCC argued that the DTI’s initial reason for imposing the P20.60 per bag safeguard tariff was to ensure price stability of cement.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-11-26 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [5] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 164575
                    [Title] => What is the cost of imported cement? House wants to know
                    [Summary] => Congress is trying to establish the landed cost of imported cement to determine if there is a need to impose a tariff wall on imported cement.


During a recent hearing by the House committee on economic affairs, the Philippine Cement Manufacturers Corp. (Philcemcor) and importers presented widely varying figures on the landed cost of imported cement.


                    [DatePublished] => 2002-06-14 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

        )

)

abtest

BOC imposes higher duty on Southern Cross imports

By Marianne V. Go | August 8, 2006 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has decided to impose a higher cement import duty on the cement imports of Southern Cross Cement Corp. (SCCC) made in February 2005. SCCC is a unit of the Taiheyo Cement Corp....

Business

BOC to file charges versus officials of cement firm

By Marianne V. Go | October 11, 2005 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is finally set to file several criminal and administrative charges against officials of Southern Cross Cement Corp. (SCCC) and its broker for possible smuggling, misdeclaration and under-valuation...

Business

Court of Tax Appeals junks case filed by Southern Cross

By Marianne V. Go | July 7, 2004 - 12:00am

The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has dismissed the case filed by Southern Cross Cement Corp. (SCCC) against the local cement industry, the Department of Finance, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Bureau...

Business

BoC orders closure of Southern Cross Cement Corp.’s silo

By Marianne V. Go | June 30, 2004 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Customs (BoC) has ordered the closure of the silo of the Southern Cross Cement Corp., (SCCC) at the Harbour Centre Port Terminal, Inc. (HCPTI) following SCCC’s failure to settle its outstanding...

Business

DTI urged to lift safeguard duty on cement

By Marianne V. Go | November 26, 2003 - 12:00am

Southern Cross Cement Corp. (SCCC) is urging the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to remove the safeguard tariff on imported cement. In a 13-page position paper submitted to the DTI, SCCC argued that the DTI’s...

Business

What is the cost of imported cement? House wants to know

By Marianne V. Go | June 14, 2002 - 12:00am

Congress is trying to establish the landed cost of imported cement to determine if there is a need to impose a tariff wall on imported cement. During a recent hearing by the House committee on economic affairs,...

Business