Bureau of Customs beats March revenue goal

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) booked P84.4 billion in revenues in March, surpassing its monthly target for the third straight month.
In a statement on Wednesday, the BOC said March collections were 1.4 percent above the P83.2-billion goal. Year on year, the figure was higher by 5.1 percent, or about P4 billion.
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”Every peso we collect goes directly to programs that improve the lives of our fellow Filipinos. This is the true measure of our service—a government that cares, is accountable, and delivers real benefits to the people,” BOC Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno said in Filipino. /dda
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