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Thursday, March 28, 2024

BoC seizes rare hardwood

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The Bureau of Customs seized an illegal shipment of rare and endangered Philippine ironwood, locally called mangkono, which was bound for Japan and declared as flour meal, dried crushed banana and powder at the Port of Davao.

Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon said mangkono (Xanthostemon verdugonianus), which is endemic to the Philippines, is officially classified as rare and endangered and its exportation is prohibited. 

Davao District Collector Jamail Marohomsalic said the logs were discovered when its container van was opened by BoC agents in the presence of Philippine Drugs Enforcement Administration and the Philippine Coast Guard due to a false information that the shipment contained illegal drugs.

Mangkono is categorized as endangered in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red list for 2014 and the cutting of the tree is prohibited by Executive Order 23 and Presidential Decree 705, otherwise known as Forestry Code of the Philippines.

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