The Bureau of Customs has implemented several initiatives to deliver all abandoned balikbayan boxes to their rightful claimants, saying that all abandoned packages shipped by Island Kabayan Express Cargo LLC and Win Balikbayan Cargo LLC will be delivered within one to four weeks, depending on the location of the recipients.

The agency explained that the delivery would take one week for the National Capital Region, one to two weeks for Luzon and two to four weeks for Visayas and Mindanao.

It added that claimants only need to present any government ID, copy of the receipt and/or authorization letter if boxes will be received by their representatives.

It also stressed that it will not collect any fees for the delivery of balikbayan boxes.

As part of its long-term solution, the BoC is pushing for policy measures to thwart similar balikbayan boxes schemes of unscrupulous consolidators abroad.

Recently, the BoC met with the Department of Trade and Industry-Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau to discuss collaborative measures.