Bureau of Customs
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The Bureau of Customs is the Philippine government agency responsible for collecting customs duties and taxes and regulating the flow of goods into and out of the country.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bureau of Customs canonical | 8 |
| Bureau of Customs (Philippines) | 6 |
| Bureau of Customs Coast Guard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8547737 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bureau of Customs Context triple: [Department of Finance (Philippines), oversees, Bureau of Customs]
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A.
Administraciones Generales de Aduanas
Administraciones Generales de Aduanas is the Mexican federal customs authority responsible for managing and controlling the country’s customs operations and enforcement.
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B.
Federal Customs Administration
The Federal Customs Administration is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for customs control, border security, and the collection of certain federal duties and taxes.
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C.
Division of Customs and Insular Affairs
The Division of Customs and Insular Affairs was an early U.S. government office responsible for overseeing customs administration and the management of overseas territories before being succeeded by the Bureau of Insular Affairs.
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D.
CBSA
CBSA is the federal agency responsible for border security, customs, and immigration enforcement in Canada.
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E.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bureau of Customs Target entity description: The Bureau of Customs is the Philippine government agency responsible for collecting customs duties and taxes and regulating the flow of goods into and out of the country.
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A.
Administraciones Generales de Aduanas
Administraciones Generales de Aduanas is the Mexican federal customs authority responsible for managing and controlling the country’s customs operations and enforcement.
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B.
Federal Customs Administration
The Federal Customs Administration is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for customs control, border security, and the collection of certain federal duties and taxes.
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C.
Division of Customs and Insular Affairs
The Division of Customs and Insular Affairs was an early U.S. government office responsible for overseeing customs administration and the management of overseas territories before being succeeded by the Bureau of Insular Affairs.
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D.
CBSA
CBSA is the federal agency responsible for border security, customs, and immigration enforcement in Canada.
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E.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
customs authority
ⓘ
government agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | BOC ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Bureau of Immigration
ⓘ
Bureau of Internal Revenue ⓘ Philippine Coast Guard ⓘ Philippine National Police ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| establishedInPeriod | American colonial period in the Philippines ⓘ |
| goal |
facilitation of legitimate trade
ⓘ
prevention of entry of prohibited and hazardous goods into the Philippines ⓘ protection of government revenue ⓘ protection of the national economy from unfair trade ⓘ |
| headquartersCity | Manila ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Philippines ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Port Area, Manila
ⓘ
linked to:
Port Area district of Manila
|
| jurisdiction |
Republic of the Philippines
ⓘ
linked to:
Philippines
|
| languageOfName | Filipino ⓘ |
| leaderTitle | Commissioner of Customs ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Customs Modernization and Tariff Act
ⓘ
Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines (superseded) ⓘ |
| memberOf | World Customs Organization ⓘ |
| nativeName | Kawanihan ng Aduana ⓘ |
| operatesAt |
Philippine freeports and special economic zones
ⓘ
linked to:
Philippine Economic Zone Authority
airports of the Philippines ⓘ seaports of the Philippines ⓘ |
| parentAgency |
Department of Finance (Philippines)
ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Finance of the Philippines
|
| responsibility |
assessment of customs duties
ⓘ
border protection related to goods ⓘ classification of imported goods ⓘ collection of customs duties ⓘ collection of customs taxes ⓘ collection of excise taxes on certain imports ⓘ collection of value-added tax on imports ⓘ enforcement of customs laws ⓘ implementation of tariff laws ⓘ prevention of smuggling ⓘ regulation of exportation of goods ⓘ regulation of importation of goods ⓘ trade facilitation ⓘ valuation of imported goods ⓘ |
| sector |
customs administration
ⓘ
public finance ⓘ trade regulation ⓘ |
| supervisingMinister |
Secretary of Finance (Philippines)
ⓘ
linked to:
Secretary of Finance of the Philippines
|
| website | https://customs.gov.ph ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bureau of Customs Description of subject: The Bureau of Customs is the Philippine government agency responsible for collecting customs duties and taxes and regulating the flow of goods into and out of the country.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Department of Finance of the Philippines
subject linked to:
Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation (in part, later transferred)
linked to: Bureau of Customs
subject linked to:
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Philippines)
linked to: Bureau of Customs
linked to: Bureau of Customs
linked to: Bureau of Customs
subject linked to:
Department of Finance
linked to: Bureau of Customs
linked to: Bureau of Customs
linked to: Bureau of Customs