The Bureau of Customs (BoC) has recorded P80.744 billion in revenue collections in January, surpassing its P513-million target collection for the said month.

Aside from high collections, the BoC said it successfully conducted several operations against large-scale and high-value smuggling activities.

The January 2026 collection was a 100.6 percent increase in terms of revenue collection efficiency, which also marked a P1.490 billion increase, or 1.9 percent growth, compared to the P79.254 billion collected in January 2025.

Customs Commissioner Ariel F. Nepomuceno said the results reflect the collective efforts of Customs personnel and stakeholders committed to compliance and reform, aligned with the administration’s drive for economic stability and public safety.

Strong affirmation

“Exceeding our January target is a strong affirmation of the hard work of our Customs personnel and the growing cooperation of the trade community. We are committed to sustaining this level of efficiency to support the President’s economic agenda and to exhibit the BoC’s ability of delivering reliable public service,” Commissioner Nepomuceno said.

While revenue performance sets a positive tone for the year, Commissioner Nepomuceno likewise emphasized that revenue gains are strengthened by firm, consistent, and continuous enforcement activities.

Throughout January 2026, the BoC carried out these sustained enforcement operations nationwide, resulting in 66 successful apprehensions with a combined estimated value of P886.8 million in seized contraband and smuggled products, and targeting illicit activities that threaten public safety, fair trade, and government revenues.

Largest seizures involved dangerous drugs

The largest seizures recorded during the month involved dangerous drugs valued at over P309 million, intercepted through intelligence-driven operations, including the seizure of illicit drugs worth P114.566 million found concealed in a shipment declared as malachite stones.

This was followed by the seizure of illicit cigarettes and tobacco products worth more than P209 million, highlighted by the 28 January raid of an illegal cigarette manufacturing facility in Pampanga, where locally produced cigarettes were found to have been manufactured using smuggled machinery and raw materials.

Further, Customs enforcement units also confiscated vehicles and vessels valued at approximately P143 million during its January operations against unlawful importation, as well as electronics worth over P221 million, which included the seizure of undeclared mobile phones valued at P1.68 million at the Port of Cebu during the same month.

Other enforcement actions covered unlawfully imported agricultural products, wildlife and natural resources, food items, and other regulated goods that pose risks to consumers, local industries and fair competition.