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MANILA, Philippines – The shipment of a car importer has been put on hold by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) after misdeclaring the value of an imported luxury vehicle.
The BOC has discovered that Amest Trading didn’t declare the right value and model of a Mercedez Benz vehicle that arrived in the port of Manila from the United States.
“Its declaration was a Mercedes Benz CLA250 [a 4-door sedan], but upon examination it was a two-door sports car,” said BOC Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence Jessie Dellosa.
Dellosa explained that the right model of the sports car is Mercedes Benz AMG GT, and that it is worth US$140,000, not US$26,000 as declared by Amest Trading.
Amest Trading used to be the subject of a congressional probe for violating various laws and regulations of Customs. The BOC already served a suspension order on the company in February.
The company was able to seek provisional reactivation of its accreditation, but BOC is yet to reach a decision on the matter.
Given this new violation, the accreditation of the company would have to remain suspended. – Rappler.com
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