Export: Right to Export

The following entities are authorized to export physical articles from the Philippines:

To become an authorized exporter, two steps must be taken.

Register as a business with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), for sole proprietorships, or the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), for partnerships and corporations; the city or municipality where the business is operated; and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Upon registration the entity will receive a taxpayer identification number (TIN) from the BIR.
Register online with the Philippine Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) (www.customs.gov.ph) Client Profile Registration System (CPRS). Registration is done through the appropriate Approving Authority’s website:
- Philippine Export Confederations Inc. (Philexport) – for its member exporters and all first-time exporters
- DTI-Export Confederations Inc. (EMB) – for coffee exporters and all exporters accredited under the Export Development Act (EDA)
- Board of Investments (BOI) – for BOI-registered exporting companies
- Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) – for PEZA locators
- Freeport Zones Authorities (SBMA, CDC, AFAB, ZEZA, etc.) – for their own respective locators