The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized refined sugar worth P28.7 million declared as “sweet mixed powder” at the Port of Subic in Zambales.
The shipment, allegedly misdeclared as “sweet mixed powder,” arrived from Vietnam in 14 shipping containers that were inspected on March 10 by Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio.
A laboratory analysis conducted in collaboration with the Sugar Regulatory Administration showed the sucrose content of the samples collected from the shipment exceeded the regulatory limit for sweet mixed powder.
The BOC reported that the sucrose content of the samples exceeded 65 percent, thereby reclassifying the shipment as refined sugar contrary to their declared description.
