“How much revenue was lost by the BOC due to big-time smuggling of luxury cars, smuggled rice, container vans containing luxury items, including the status of 2,000 container vans reportedly lost by the BOC a number of years ago?” Colmenares said.
Ayon sa BOC, ang mga importasyon na ang halaga ay mababa sa P10,000 ay maaaring ituring bilang ‘import ng de minimis’. Ang laman ng mga balikbayan box ay dapat na personal at gamit-bahay lamang.