Balykbayan Box: Philippine customs tighten the rules

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The Philippine bureau of customs (BOC) have changed the rules for sending tax free balikbayan boxes.

The BOC has implemented changed rules for Balikbayan box shipments. Everybody can still ship balikbayan boxes but not everybody can avail for the taxfree and dutyfree shipment.

Kindly fill up the documents in clear handwritiung or typing. Incomplete or wrong filled up documents might result that the BOC will hold the involved boxes.

Beside the customs documents an LVM Cargo shippingform is still required.

Minimus:

For everybody
The maximum value from all items in 1 shipment is below PhP 10.000 equal to €200
The customs information sheet is provided, 3 copies per box.
No passport copy is required.


Avail for taxfree and dutyfree shipment

Only qualified OFW can send duty/tax free balikbayan boxes
Allowed to ship only 3 times a year
Maximum value of all items PhP 150.000 per year
Only allowed to ship to family until the 4th degree
Every shipment should hold a copy from the picture page from the Philippine passport.
Filipinos with an European nationality should provide a copy from their EU passport as well a copy from their (expired) Philippine passport.
OFW's, Students, tourists and undocumented should provide a copy from their passport. Valid means not be expired.
Every box should have 3 copies from the customs declarion form, fully filled up. Additionally one shippingform from LVM Cargo.
If newly bought items are in the box, a copy from the purchase receipt is required.
No commercial quantities allowed
A shipment above PhP10.000 is automaticly considered as an avail for tax- and dutyfree.
The box is NOT allowed to be bigger than 200 liter = 0,2 cubic meter (measure: lenth x width x height in meters)


Boxes below are only allowed for MINIMUS shipment because they are bigger than 0,2 CBM

- LVM Cargo XL box
- Ribex box
- Balikbayan to Phil
- del Rosario
- Marjan Cargo box
- Old Eljo box


Click here to open the customs declaration form.
Click here to open the manual for the customs declaration form.

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