Modifying the Nomenclature and Rates of Import Duty on Various Products Under Sec. 104 of TCC

July 21, 2000 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 276 MODIFYING THE NOMENCLATURE AND THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON VARIOUS PRODUCTS UNDER SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS C OD E OF 1978 (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1 46 4, AS AMENDED) WHEREAS, the reduction in the rates of duty on various products will provide the necessary assistance to domestic industries to be globally competitive; WHEREAS, Section 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, empowers the President to increase, reduce or remove existing rates of duty, as well as to modify the tariff nomenclature; ScaHDT NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order: SECTION 1. The articles specifically listed in "Annex A" hereof, as classified under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, shall be subject to the rates of import duty in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite each article. SECTION 2. The nomenclature and the rates of import duty on tariff headings not enumerated and those listed but represented by the symbol "x x x" shall remain in force and effect. SECTION 3. Upon the effectivity of this Executive Order, the articles specifically listed in the aforesaid "Annex" which are entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied the rates of duty herein presented. CIAcSa SECTION 4. All other Presidential issuances, administrative rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked or modified accordingly. SECTION 5. This Executive Order shall take effect thirty (30) days following the complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines. DONE in the City of Manila, this 21st day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand. Published in Malaya and the Manila Times on August 19, 2000. Annex A HDG. H.S. RATE OF NO. CODE DESCRIPTION DUTY (%) 2000 20.09 Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. - xxx 2009.11 00 to 2009.50 00 - xxx 2009.60 00 - Grape juice (including grape must) 3 2009.70 00 - xxx 2009.80 00 - xxx 2009.90 00 - xxx 29.16 Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives. - Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives: 2916.11 00 -- xxx 2916.12 00 -- xxx 2916.13 00 -- xxx 2916.14 -- Esters of methacrylic acid: 2916.14 10 --- Methyl methacrylate Free 2916.14 90 --- Other 3 2916.15 00 -- xxx 2916.19 00 to 2916.39 00 -- xxx 44.08 Veneer sheets and sheets for plywood (whether or not spliced) and other wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm. 4408.10 - Coniferous: 4408.10 10 --- xxx; radiata pinewood for blockboard manufacturing 3 4408.10 90 --- xxx - xxx 4408.31 00 to 4408.90 90 --- xxx 48.02 Uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and punch card stock and punch tape paper, in rolls or sheets, other than paper of heading No. 48.01 or 48.03; hand-made paper and paperboard. 4802.10 00 to 4802.40 00 - xxx - Other paper and paperboard, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical process or of which not more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres: 4802.51 00 -- xxx 4802.52 -- Weighing 40 g/m2 or more but not more than 150 g/m2: 4802.52 10 --- Fancy paper and paperboard including with watermarks, granatized felt finish, fibers or blend of specks and vellum antique finish weighing 40 g/m2 or more but not more than 150 g/m2 3 4802.52 90 --- Other 10 4802.53 - Weighing more than 150 g/m2: 4802.53 10 --- Fancy paper and paperboard including with watermarks, granatized felt finish fibers or blend of specks and vellum antique finish weighing more than 150 g/m2 3 4802.53 90 --- Other 10 4802.60 00 - xxx 48.23 Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, cut to size or shape; other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres. - xxx 4823.11 to 4823.70 00 - xxx 4823.90 - Other: 4823.90 10 to 4823.90 70 --- xxx 4823.90 80 --- Die-cut polyethylene (PE) coated paperboard for paper cup-making 3 4823.90 90 --- xxx 58.06 Narrow woven fabrics, other than goods of heading No. 58.07; narrow fabrics consisting of warp without weft assembled by means of an adhesive (bolducs). 5806.10 00 - xxx 5806.20 00 - xxx - Other woven fabrics: 5806.31 -- xxx 5806.31 10 --- xxx 5806.31 20 --- xxx 5806.31 90 --- xxx 5806.32 -- Of man-made fibres: 5806.32 10 --- xxx 5806.32 20 --- Safety seat belt webbing 3 5806.32 90 --- xxx 5806.39 00 -- xxx 5806.40 00 - xxx 72.09 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated. - In coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold- reduced): 7209.15 00 -- Of a thickness of 3 mm or more 3 * 7209.16 00 -- Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less than 3 mm 3 * 7209.17 00 -- Of a thickness of 0.5 mm or more but not exceeding 1 mm 3 * 7209.18 -- Of a thickness of less than 0.5 mm: 7209.18 10 --- xxx 7209.18 90 --- Other 3 * - Not in coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold- reduced): 7209.25 00 -- Of a thickness of 3 mm or more 3 * 7209.26 00 -- Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less than 3 mm 3 * 7209.27 00 -- Of a thickness of 0.5 mm or more but not exceeding 1 mm 3 * 7209.28 00 -- Of a thickness of less than 0.5 mm 3* * 7209.90 00 - Other 3 * 72.11 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, not clad, plated or coated. - xxx 7211.13 00 -- xxx 7211.14 00 -- xxx 7211.19 00 -- xxx - Not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced): 7211.23 00 -- Containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon 3 * 7211.29 00 -- Other 3 * 7211.90 00 - Other 3 * 73.06 Other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (for example, open seam or welded, riveted or similarly closed), of iron or steel. 7306.10 00 - xxx 7306.20 00 - xxx 7306.30 - Other, welded, of circular cross-section, of iron or non- alloy steel: 7306.30 10 --- xxx 7306.30 20 --- Single-walled or double-walled, copper plated or fluororesin coated (FRC) or zinc chromated (ZMC3) steel tubes, of an external diameter not exceeding 15 mm 3 7306.30 30 to 7306.90 90 --- xxx 84.09 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading No. 84.07 or 84.08. 8409.10 00 - xxx - Other: 8409.91 -- Suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines: 8409.91 10 --- Alternator brackets; oil pans 3 8409.91 90 --- Other 10 8409.99 00 -- xxx 84.18 Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading No. 84.15. 8418.10 to 8418.69 90 --- xxx - Parts: 8418.91 00 -- xxx 8418.99 -- Other: 8418.99 10 --- Aluminum rollbonds for subheading Nos. 8418.10 10, 8418.21 00, 8418.22 00 and 8418.29 00 3 8418.99 90 --- Other 7 84.21 Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases. - xxx 8421.11 00 to 8421.19 90 --- xxx - Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids: 8421.21 00 -- xxx 8421.22 00 -- xxx 8421.23 00 -- Oil or petrol-filters for internal combustion engines 3 8421.29 00 to 8421.99 00 -- xxx 85.06 Primary cells and primary batteries. 8506.10 00 - xxx 8506.30 00 - xxx 8506.40 00 - xxx 8506.50 00 - Lithium 3 8506.60 00 - xxx 8506.80 00 - xxx 8506.90 00 - xxx 87.08 Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings Nos. 87.01 to 87.05. 8708.10 - xxx 8708.10 10 --- xxx 8708.10 90 --- xxx - Other parts and accessories of bodies (including cabs): 8708.21 -- Safety seat belts: 8708.21 10 --- Parts 3 8708.21 90 --- Other 10 8708.29 to 8708.80 90 --- xxx - Other parts and accessories: 8708.91 to 8708.94 20 --- xxx 8708.99 -- Other: 8708.99 10 --- xxx 8708.99 20 --- xxx; engine brackets 3 8708.99 90 --- xxx * 7% when CRC producers are able to supply at least 50% of market requirement based on 1997 Philippine Iron and Steel Institute (PISI) data as certified by the Board of Investments (BOI).