Customs Facility and Warehouses (CFW)

Customs Facility and Warehouses

Shall refer to facilities for temporary storage of goods established and authorized by the Bureau.

Terminal Facility

A customs facility duly authorized to operate ports and offer services such as but not limited to receiving, handling, and checking as well as custody and delivery of conventional breakbulk or stripped or stuffed containerized cargo over piers or wharves in transit sheds or warehouse in open areas.

Off-Dock/Off-Terminal Facility

A customs facility established outside the seaport/airport duly authorized to accept the temporary storage of goods whether LCL or containerized, for consumption, warehousing, transit, transshipment and export, including the examination, stripping and stuffing of consolidated shipments and other related activities.

the Collection District, subject to the approval of the Commissioner

Who shall designate and establish CFWs for the storage of imported goods or for other special purposes.

Bureau

Who shall be responsible for the issuance of Authority to Operate a CFW

CFW Operators

Only authorized ______ shall be allowed to handle and store imported goods that are immediately discharged from arriving vessels or aircrafts, or other means of operational transport.

New Authority

In case of merger, sale, assignment, or other modes of transfer, the surviving entity which is not a grantee of Authority to Operate issued by the Bureau must apply for _____

No

The Authority to Operate CFW transferable?

The Secretary of Finance may, upon recommendation of the Commissioner

Who shall create or dissolve certain types of CFWs subject to consultation with the NEDA and DTI based on prevailing economic circumstances.

writing to the Collection District

Any person desiring to establish and operate and off-dock/off-terminal CFW shall apply in_______ where the proposed CFW facilities are to be located describing the premises, location, capacity and purpose/s.

2 years

One of the requirements for application of CFW is the audited Financial Statements for the last_____ immediately preceding the date of application

for 5 years

One of the requirements for application of CFW is feasibility Study (Annex B) shall present the viability of operation_____

Legal Service; 15 days

An applicant whose application for Authority to Operate a CFW or its renewal was denied by the District Collector may file an appeal with the Commissioner through the _______ within ____ from the receipt of the Notice of Denial, copy furnished the Chief, Port Operations Coordinating Division (POCD) of the AOCG and the District Collector.

20 days

The Legal Service, within ____ from the receipt of the Appeal for CFW, shall recommend action on the application based on the grounds clearly stated in the Appeal.

5 days

The Commissioner, within _____ from the receipt of the recommendation of the Legal Service for CFW application, shall affirm or reverse his previous denial of the application

choose to file a new application.

The applicant whose application was denied by the Commissioner, instead of filing an Appeal, may______

3 years

The Authority to Operate an off-dock/off-terminal CFW, including any additional facilities shall be valid for ______ counted from the date of the approval of the application for establishment, as stated in the Certificate of Authority to Operate.

coterminous with the lease contract

If the term of the lease of contract submitted during the application is less than 3 years, the validity of the Authority to Operate shall be_______

At least 90 days before the expiration

the Authority to Operate, the off-dock/off-terminal CFW operator shall file the application for renewal of the Authority to Operate.

3 years

The requirements for CFW renewal are Income Tax Return filed with the BIR for the past ______, certified true copy of Mayor’s Permit, audited financial statement, and year-end inventory report

Certificate of No Accountability

The District Collector shall cause the inspection of the Off-Dock/Off-Terminal CFW and require a __________

PHP5,000,000.00

The security for CFW Operators shall be in the amount of _____________ or equivalent to the average duties and taxes for goods or empty containers transferred to the facility for the last 12 months, whichever is earlier

CFW Operator

Registration of CFWs under the CPRS. All CFWs granted with Authority to Operate shall be registered with the BOC’s CPRS as _____

• Return of Empty Containers

• Drop Off Service for Export Cargoes and Other Services

• Security Warehouse for Seized and Forfeited Goods

Services rendered of CFW

PHP100,000,000.00

Terminal Operators shall post non-chargeable annual security in the amount of______________ to cover for the duties and taxes due on lost or damaged goods while stored or transferred to the facility solely or directly caused by the operator.

OLRS

Registered Terminal Operators shall be required to set up their own _______ which shall be linked to the Bureau’s computer system for the electronic transmission or release instruction from the Bureau to the concerned Terminal Operator.

24/7

The Terminal Operator shall provide on a_________ basis its own customer support system to address the concern of the stakeholders.

District Collector

shall cause the suspension or closure of CFW