The Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) Port of Davao has collected P10.9 million in revenues from the proceeds of its first online public auction.
The BOC said in a statement over the weekend the public auction comprised of one sale lot of 14,900 sacks of Vietnamese white rice, which was sold at the bid amount of P10.9 million.
The public auction was held last June 30 via Microsoft Teams.
“The online auction is in adherence with executive order No. 31 of the city government of Davao, regulating all public gatherings across government and private offices, and Inter-Agency Task Force Resolution No. 121, placing Davao City under modified enhanced community quarantine, both aiming to mitigate the number of COVID-19 cases in Davao City,” BOC said.
According to the official guidelines issued by the BOC-Port of Davao’s auction and cargo disposal division, all scanned and certified true copies of documentary requirements shall be submitted online through Google forms and likewise, must be signed by the registered bidders.
Furthermore, the registration fee shall be paid at the port’s cashier-customer care center (CCC) — a one-stop-shop for all customs services of the port.
The BOC said the online auction followed a sealed bid system where instead of dropping the sealed bids during face-to-face auction, registered bidders dropped all their bids in a secured drop-box at the port’s CCC.
“As of this time, revenues from public auctions collected over P13 million for the year,” the BOC said. – Angela Celis
