NAIA, POM, Batangas, Cebu, Zamboanga, Aparri, Clark and CDO lead the revenue charge
The numbers are in—and they are hard to ignore.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) closed September 2026 with a stunning ₱93.33 billion in total collections, smashing the aggregate monthly target of ₱89.184 billion by a hefty ₱4.146 billion, equivalent to a 4.65% positive deviation.
This is not merely a collection report.
It is a scoreboard showing that, across the Customs front lines, revenue performance remains firmly in positive territory.
And the biggest story?
Fifteen of the 17 operating ports listed in the performance breakdown reached or exceeded their monthly collection targets.
That is an overwhelming majority of the ports delivering above target.
BATANGAS LEADS THE CHARGE
Port of Batangas under Collector Carmelita “Mimel” Talusan delivered one of the biggest peso surpluses, collecting approximately ₱24.54 billion against a target of ₱22.64 billion—a staggering ₱1.899 billion above target, or 8.38%.
That is not a marginal victory.
That is a billion-peso-plus performance.
LIMAY ALSO POSTS A BILLION-PESO SURPLUS
Port of Limay likewise turned in a major performance, collecting about ₱12.916 billion against its ₱11.900-billion target, producing a surplus of approximately ₱1.016 billion, or 8.54%.
The figures show that major collection districts continue to provide substantial contributions to the national revenue effort.
NAIA: MAPA’S COLLECTION MACHINE
At the Port of NAIA, Collector Atty. Yasmin “Yas” Mapa also delivered above target.
NAIA collected approximately ₱4.538 billion, beating its ₱4.436-billion target by around ₱100.9 million, equivalent to a 2.27% positive deviation.
For an airport collection district operating in an environment where trade flows and import profiles can fluctuate, that positive performance adds another piece to the BOC’s September success story.
PORT OF MANILA STILL IN THE GREEN
At the Port of Manila, Collector Rizalino Jose “RJ” Torralba also kept the numbers above target.
POM posted approximately ₱8.387 billion against an ₱8.379-billion target, producing a positive difference of about ₱8.98 million.
The margin may be smaller than those of the other major ports, but the basic fact remains:
Target achieved.
CEBU, ZAMBOANGA, APARRI AND CLARK DELIVER
Port of Cebu under Collector Atty. De Guzman collected approximately ₱4.875 billion, beating its target by about ₱129.1 million, or 2.72%.
Port of Zamboanga under Collector Atty. Manny Zurbito Jr. posted approximately ₱763.5 million, exceeding its target by nearly ₱32.9 million, or 4.50%.
Port of Aparri under Collector Atty. Barte produced one of the highest percentage deviations in the table—collecting about ₱164.4 million against a target of ₱94.7 million, or roughly ₱69.7 million above target, equivalent to an eye-catching 73.65%.
And Port of Clark under Collector Jairus Reyes also finished above target, recording approximately ₱567.5 million against a target of ₱540.2 million, for a surplus of about ₱27.3 million, or 5.05%.
CDO JOINS THE WINNING COLUMN
Port of Cagayan de Oro under Collector Arnaldo Saulong also finished above its September target.
The port collected approximately ₱3.787 billion against a target of ₱3.684 billion, generating a positive difference of about ₱80.9 million, or 2.20% based on the displayed figures.
The message from the collection table is clear: the revenue performance was not carried by just one or two collection districts.
It was spread across the organization.
AND THEN THERE IS MICP
The Manila International Container Port (MICP) under Collector Atty. Felipe Geoffrey De Veyra posted a shortfall for September, with approximately ₱20.889 billion collected against a ₱22.273-billion target—a difference of about ₱1.383 billion, or 6.21% below target.
But one month’s negative variance should not erase the broader operational picture.
MICP remains one of the BOC’s major revenue-generating collection districts, and its September shortfall needs to be viewed alongside its scale, trade volume, assessment environment and the continuing enforcement responsibilities attached to the country’s busiest container ports.
The fair reading of the numbers is not to declare the entire performance a failure because one major port fell below target.
The fair reading is that MICP has work to recover the gap while the overwhelming majority of collection districts delivered above their monthly targets.
THE BIGGER PICTURE: ₱4.146 BILLION ABOVE TARGET
The September figures ultimately speak louder than the noise.
Target: ₱89.184 billion.
Actual collection: ₱93.330 billion.
Surplus: ₱4.146 billion.
Positive deviation: 4.65%.
That is the bottom line.
And behind that bottom line are collectors and their respective teams—from Yas Mapa at NAIA, RJ Torralba at POM, Mimel Talusan at Batangas, Arnaldo
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