Dear Colleagues,

We have updated the Import Restriction listing in the light of recent developments affecting food products.   

Please find additional banned commodities:
- Pistachios from the United States.  Due to the salmonella issue, all Pistachios from the United States into the Philippines is Banned
- Ban on Swine from the United States, Mexico, and Canada

We would also like to remind everyone the check with OOCL Import colleagues at [email protected] for cargo bound to the following destinations.  Likewise, to be reminded that the importation of used automobiles to any port in the Philippines is generally unacceptable
- Zamboanga
- Bacolod
- Ilo-Ilo
- Cagayan de Oro
- General Santos
- Iligan