Modifying the Rates of Import Duty on Certain Imported Articles as Provided Under Republic Act Numbered Nineteen Hundred Thirty-Seven, Otherwise Known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as Amended

January 20, 1969 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 165 MODIFYING THE RATES OF IMPORTDUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINETEENHUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMSCODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED. Pursuant to the powers vested in me by Section 401 of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen Hundred Thirty-Seven, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby direct and order: SECTION 1. The articles specifically listed hereunder as classified under Section 104 of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen Hundred Thirty-Seven shall pay the following rates of import duty: acd T. H. No. Description of Articles Rate of Duty 23.01 Flour, meal and residues of meat, marine animals, fish, crustaceans or mollusks, unfit for human consumption; greaves: A. Fish meal, meat and bone meal and feather meal when imported by bonafide feed millers for their exclusive use in the production of animal and/or poultry feeds with previous authorization by the Secretary of Agriculture & Natural Resources, which authorization shall not be granted when fish meal, meat and bone meal and other meal are already produced locally to meet the requirements of the poultry feeds industry. 5% ad val. B. Other 10% ad val. 23.04 Oil cake and other residues (except dregs) resulting from the extraction of vegetable oils: A. Soybean meal: 1. Soybean meal when imported by bonafide feed millers for their exclusive use in the production of animal and/or poultry feeds with previous authorization by the Secretary of Agriculture & Natural Resources, which authorization should not be granted when soybean meal is already available locally to meet the requirements of the poultry feeds industry. 10% ad val. 2. Other 26% ad val. B. Other 20% ad val. 28.40 Phosphites, hypophosphites and phosphates: A. Calcium phosphate, when imported by bonafide feed millers for their exclusive use in the production of animal and/or poultry feeds with previous authorization by the Secretary of Agriculture & Natural Resources, which authorization shall not be granted when Calcium phosphate are already produced locally to meet the requirements of the poultry feeds industry. 5% ad val. B. Other 10% ad val. 29.38 Provitamins and vitamins, including concentrates: A. Provitamins and vitamins, including concentrates, when imported by bonafide feed millers for their exclusive use in the production of animal and/or poultry feeds with previous authorization by the Secretary of Agriculture & Natural Resources, which authorization shall not be granted when Provitamins and vitamins are already produced locally to meet the requirements of the poultry feeds industry. 5% ad val. B. Other 10% ad val. 29.44 Antibiotics: A. When imported by bonafide feed millers for their exclusive use in the production of animal and/or poultry feeds with previous authorization by the Secretary of Agriculture & Natural Resources, which authorization shall not be granted when antibiotics are already produced locally to meet the requirements of the poultry feeds industry. 5% ad val. B. Other 10% ad val. 29.05 Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated or nitrated derivatives: A. Menthol 30% ad val. B. Other 10% ad val. 33.01 Essential oils (terpeneless or not) concretes and absolutes; resinoids: A. . . . B. Peppermint oil 25% ad val. C. Other 50% ad val. SECTION 2. After the expiration of thirty (30) days from the issuance of this Order, all the above-described articles entered or withdrawn from warehouses, in the Philippines, for consumption shall be subject to the rates of import duty herein prescribed. SECTION 3. Any unwarranted increase in prices of local products benefited by these tariff changes may be sufficient ground for the revocation of such tariff changes . aisa dc DONE IN THE CITY OF MANILA, this 20th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine.