Amendments to E.O. No. 106 (July 10, 1993)

August 9, 1993 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 119 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.106 LIFTING THE SUSPENSION OF THE APPLICATION OF THE TARIFFCONCESSIONS GRANTED BY THE PHILIPPINES ON REFRACTORYBRICKS UNDER THE ASEAN PREFERENTIALTRADING ARRANGEMENTS WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 106 was issued on 10 July 1993 lifting the suspension of the application of the tariff concessions on refractory bricks under the ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangements (PTA); WHEREAS, Annex "A" of said Executive Order needs to be amended to effect certain necessary technical modifications; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the powers vested in me under Section 402 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, do hereby order: SECTION 1. Annex "A" of Executive Order No. 106 is hereby amended and a modified Annex "A" is herein provided. SECTION 2. Upon effectivity of this Executive Order, the 10% binding concession on refractory bricks and the Margin of Preference on fireclay bricks, including alumina bricks, as specified in Columns 7, 8 and 9 of attached Annex "A", as amended, shall be restored. In effect, such articles shall be subject to the Preferential ASEAN Tariff in accordance with the schedule indicated in Columns 10 to 13 of said amended Annex "A". SECTION 3. In the event that any subsequent changes are made in the basic Philippine rate of duty on item nos. (3) and (5), such articles shall automatically be accorded the corresponding amended rate of duty. The rates of duty on item nos. (1), (2), (4) and (6) shall remain bound at 10% for ASEAN. acd SECTION 4. All laws, orders issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof, inconsistent with this Executive Order, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. SECTION 5. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately. DONE in the City of Manila, this 9th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three. ANNEX A REFRACTORY PRODUCTS AND THE ASEAN PTA TARIFF CONCESSIONS RESTORED PURSUANT TO THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER Rate of Duty (%) Tariff Applicable ASEAN Concession/ Tariff (%) Margin of HS No. Description Starting 1 July Preference Starting 1 July 1993 1993 1993 1994 1995 1992 1993 1994 1993 1994 1995 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (1) ex 6902.10 00 Refractory bricks 20 20 20 20 10 B 10 B 10 B 10 10 10 10 containing by weight, singly or together, more than 50% of the elements Mg, Ca or Cr, expressed MgO, CaO or Cr2 O3 (2) ex 6902.20 10 Alumina-silica 20 20 20 20 10 B 10 B 10 B 10 10 10 10 refractory bricks (3) ex 6902.20 10 Alumina-silica 20 20 20 20 35 45 50 13 11 10 10 fireclay bricks (4) ex 6902.20 90 Refractory bricks 10 10 10 10 10 B 10 B 10 B 10 10 10 10 containing by weight more than 50% of alumina (Al2 O3), of silica (S102), or of a mixture or compound of these products, other than those of subheading No. 6902.20 10 (5) ex 6902.20 90 Fireclay bricks 10 10 10 10 35 45 50 6.5 5.5 5.0 5.0 containing by weight more than 50% of alumina (Al2 O3), of silica (S102), or of a mixture or compound of these products, other than those of subheading No. 6902.20 10 (6) ex 6902.90 00 Refractory bricks 10 10 10 10 10 B 10 B 10 B 10 10 10 10 other than those of subheading Nos. 6902.10 00, 6902.20 10 and 6902.20 90 Note B Binding at 10% ad valorem . Published in Malaya and the Philippine Times Journal on August 16, 1993. Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 89 No. 39 Page 5571 on September 27, 1993.