BUREAU of Customs (BoC) Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero on Friday ordered a tight watch on all incoming imported steel bars amid reports that substandard steel products continue to flood the country.

“Commissioner Guerrero ordered that all steel importations be subjected to post clearance audit and to do excessive profiling [on importers]. Strict instructions were also made on the ground [on the entry of steel products],” Assistant Customs Commissioner Vincent Philip Maronilla told The Manila Times.

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