Modifying the Rates of Import Duty on Certain Imported Articles Under R.A. No. 1937

January 18, 1972 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 367 MODIFYING THE RATESOF IMPORT DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO.1937, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFFAND CUSTOMSCODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED Pursuant to the powers vested in me by Section 401 of Republic Act No. 1937, as amended, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby direct and order: asia dc SECTION 1. The articles specifically listed hereunder as classified under Section 104 of Republic Act No. 1937 shall pay the following rates of import duty: Tariff Rate Heading Description of Article of No. Duty 02.06 Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, dried, smoked, cooked or similarly treated: A. Bacon, ham and shoulders, not in airtight containers ad val. 130% B. Other pork, n.e.s., not in airtight containers, dried, smoked, salted or cooked ad val. 90% C. Beef or veal, dried, smoked, salted or cooked not in airtight containers ad val. 90% D. Poultry, dried, smoked, salted or cooked not in airtight containers ad val. 90% E. Other smoked, dried, salted or cooked meat, n.e.s. ad val. 90% F. Other ad val. 60% 03.01 Fish, fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen: A. . . . B. Dead: 1. Fish, fresh, chilled or frozen ad val. 105% 2. Other ad val. 75 % 03.02 Fish, salted, dried or smoked but not further prepared ad val. 105 % 03.03 Crustaceans and mollusks, whether in shell or not, fresh (live or dead), chilled, frozen, salted, dried or cooked: A. Crustaceans and mollusks, fresh, chilled or frozen ad val. 105 % B. Crustaceans and mollusks, salted or dried, not in airtight containers ad val. 105 % 04.01 Milk and cream, fresh, not concentrated or sweetened (including buttermilk, skim milk, sour milk, sour cream and whey) ad val. 30 % 04.03 Butter: A. . . . B. Butter: 1. Fresh, chilled, salted or not n.w., kg. P3.50 or ad val. 100% 2. In airtight containers n.w., kg. P7.60 or ad val. 100% 04.04 Cheese and curd: A. . . . B. Cheese ad val. 80% 04.05 Hens' and other birds' eggs and egg yolks, fresh, dried, powdered, or otherwise preserved, sweetened or not. A. Fresh eggs in shell, all kinds ad val. 130% B. Eggs in shell, preserved in any form, all kinds ad val. 130% C. Other preserved eggs, not in the shell n.e.s. ad val. 130% D. Other ad val. 100% 06.03 Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared: A. Cut flowers ad val. 100% B. Other ad val. 70% 06.04 Foliage, branches and other parts (other than flowers or buds) of trees, shrubs, bushes and other plants, and mosses and grasses, being articles of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared: A. Foliage ad val. 100% B. Other ad val. 70% 07.01 Vegetables, fresh or chilled: A. Garlic, not in airtight containers g.w., 100 kgs. P150.00 B. Onions, and Irish Potatoes, not in airtight containers g.w., 100 kgs. P120.00 C. Shallots g.w., 100 kgs. P30.00 D. Carrots, bamboo sprouts, cabbages, cauliflowers, lettuce, not in airtight containers g.w., 100 kgs. P120.00 E. Chick peas and sweet peas (excluding those in bulk containers for canning) g.w., 100 kgs. P60.00 F. Other, not in airtight containers g.w., 100 kgs. P120.00 07.04 Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut or sliced, but not further prepared: A. Garlic g.w., 100 kgs. P150.00 B. Irish potatoes, onions, carrots, bamboo sprouts, cabbages, cauliflowers, and lettuce g.w., 100 kgs. P120.00 C. Other vegetables, dried g.w., 100 kgs. P160.00 D. Moss and seaweeds, dried g.w., 100 kgs. P120.00 E. Other g.w., 100 kgs. P40.00 07.05 Dried leguminous vegetable, whole, skinned or split: A. Chick peas and sweet peas (excluding those in bulk containers for canning) g.w., 100 kgs. P60.00 B. Other g.w., 100 kgs. P15.00 08.02 Citrus fruit: A. Oranges, tangerines and mandarines, fresh or chilled g.w., kg. P1.50 B. Lemons, pomelos and grape-fruits, fresh or chilled g.w., kg. P1.50 or ad val. 90% C. Other g.w., kg. P1.50 or ad val. 60% 08.04 Grapes: A. Fresh or chilled g.w., 100 kgs. P50.00 or ad val. 60% B. Dried g.w., 100 kgs. P40.00 or ad val. 30% 08.05 Nuts other than coconuts, fresh or dried, shelled or not: A. Almonds, chestnuts, and walnuts, not in airtight containers ad val. 130% B. Peanuts, other nuts and nut preparations, not in airtight containers ad val. 105% C. Other ad val. 100% 08.06 Apples, fresh or chilled g.w., 100 kgs. P60.00 or ad val. 80% 08.07 Stone fruits, fresh: A. Cherries, fresh or chilled g.w., 100 kgs. P60.00 B. Other g.w., 100 kgs. P15.00 08.08 Berries, fresh g.w., 100 kgs. P60.00 08.09 Other fruits, fresh: A. Bananas, plantains and litchi, fresh or chilled g.w., 100 kgs. P60.00 B. Other fresh fruits n.e.s. g.w., 100 kgs. P60.00 08.12 Fruits, dried, other than those falling within heading Nos. 08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, or 08.05 g.w., 100 kgs. P60.00 09.01 Coffee (including husks, skins and other waste), whether or not roasted or freed of caffeine: casia A. Coffee, roasted, including ground ad val. 80% B. Other ad val. 50% 09.03 Mate ad val. 105% 09.04 Pepper of the genus Piper; pimento of the genus Capsicum (except Capsicum grossum) or the genus Pimenta: A. Pepper, in consumer containers ad val. 105% B. Whole, other ad val. 60% C. Other ad val. 75% 09.10 Saffron and other spices: A. Ginger, fresh, dried, including frozen not in airtight containers g.w., 100 kgs. P64.00 B. Other, unground g.w., 100 kgs. P16.00 C. Other, ground g.w., 100 kgs. P20.00 11.02 Cereal groats and cereal meal: other worked cereal grains (e.g., rolled or flaked, with or without heat-treatment, polished, pearled or crushed, or enriched by vitamins or minerals but not further prepared), except husked, glazed, polished or broken rice; edible germ of cereals: A. Oat groats g.w., 100 kgs. P15.00 B. Barley, pearled g.w., 100 kgs. P120.00 C. Other g.w., 100 kgs. P30.00 12.08 Locust beans, fresh or dried, whether or not crushed or ground, but not further prepared; fruit kernels and other vegetable products of a kind used primarily for human food, not otherwise provided for: A. Melon, watermelon, and pumpkin seeds for food g.w., 100 kgs. P40.00 or ad val. 60% B. Other g.w., 100 kgs. P10.00 or ad val. 30% 15.13 Margarine, imitation lard and other prepared edible fats; A. Margarine; animal, vegetable or mixed; shortening, lards or lard substitute and similar edible fats 1.w., kg. P2.80 B. Other 1.w., kg. P0.70 16.01 Sausages and similar preparations of meat, meat offals or any other animal substance: A. In airtight containers: 1. Sausages, bilbao type 1.w., kg. P3.75 and ad val. 110% 2. Other ad val. 110% B. Other ad val. 110% 16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offals: A. . . . B. Bacon, ham, other pork n.e.s., other beef n.e.s., poultry, meat pastes and spreads, all in airtight containers ad val. 105% C. Other 75% 16.03 Meat extracts, soups and broths: A. Soups in liquid, solid or powdered form, and meat juice, in airtight containers ad val. 105% B. Other meat extracts and preparations, n.e.s. in airtight containers ad val. 105% 16.04 Prepared or preserved fish, including caviar and caviar substitutes and fish soups: A. Mackerel, salmon, sardines, anchovies and tuna: 1. Tuna and anchovies in airtight containers ad val. 60% 2. . . . B. Caviar and caviar substitutes: 1. Roe (fish eggs, caviar) 1.w., kg. P4.00 and ad val. 80% 2. Other 1.w., kg. P1.00 and ad val. 50% C. Halibut in airtight containers 1.w., kg. P4.00 and ad val. 80% D. Other 1.w., kg. P4.00 and ad val. 80% 16.05 Crustaceans and mollusks, prepared or preserved, including soups: A. . . . B. Abalone, crabs and crabmeat, clams, oysters and shrimps, prepared, in airtight containers 1.w., kg. P4.00 and ad val. 80% C. Other 1.w., kg. P4.00 and ad val. 80% 17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar: A. . . . B. Refined g.w. 100 kgs. P160.00 17.02 Other sugars, including artificial honey (whether or not mixed with natural honey); caramel: A. Sugar cane and sugar beet syrup g.w., 100 kgs. P200.00 B. Corn syrup for table use g.w., 100 kgs. P200.00 C. Other sugar and syrup, n.e.s. g.w., 100 kgs. P200.00 D. Other g.w., 100 kgs. P50.00 17.03 Molasses, whether or not decolorized: A. Molasses, edible g.w., 100 kgs. P200.00 B. Other g.w., 100 kgs. P50.00 17.04 Sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa: A. Chewing gum 1.w., 100 kgs. P200.00 or ad val. 160% B. Other 1.w., 100 kgs. P200.00 or ad val. 160% 18.03 Cocoa paste (in bulk or in block) ad val. 90% 18.04 Cocoa butter (fat or oil) ad val. 100% 18.05 Cocoa powder, whether or not sweetened (including "Quickmix") ad val. 90% 18.06 Chocolate and chocolate products: A. . . . B. Other ad val. 100% 19.02 Preparations of flour, starch or malt extract, of a kind used as infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes, containing less than fifty per cent by weight of cocoa: A. . . . B. Cereal foods for infants ad val. 60% C. Other preparations of cereals, flour and fecula for food n.e.s. (including cereal products made from flour or starch containing not more than 20 per cent sugar, honey, eggs, fats, cheese, fish, shrimp, or fruit, etc. ad val. 60% D. Food preparations for babies, all kinds, n.e.s. (e.g., preparations of vegetable, fruit, meat, fish, etc) ad val. 60% E. Other ad val. 20% 19.03 Macaroni, vermicelli, spaghetti and similar products (including sotanghon, miki, bihon and misua) ad val. 130% 19.05 Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals (puffed rice, corn flakes and similar products): A. Cereal foods, including canned popcorn in airtight containers, ready to eat ad val. 75% B. Other ad val. 45% 19.07 Bread, ships' biscuits and other ordinary bakers' products, not containing sugar, honey, eggs fats, cheese or fruit g.w., 100 kgs. P120.00 19.08 Pastry, biscuits, cakes and other fine bakers' products, whether or not containing cocoa in any proportion: A. Other bakery products (bread, biscuits, and similar ordinary bakers' products) g.w., 100 kgs. P120.00 B. Fine bakers' products (cakes, pastries, and similar fine bakers' products) g.w., 100 kgs. P160.00 C. Other g.w., 100 kgs. P80.00 20.01 Vegetables and fruits preserved in vinegar or acetic acid, with or without salt, spices or mustard pickles and the like: A. Pickled olives and soybean (Tausi) ad val. 130% B. Other ad val. 130% 20.02 Vegetables preserved otherwise than in vinegar or acetic acid: A. Corn in airtight containers ad val. 75% B. Asparagus, bamboo sprouts, beets, carrots, cabbages, cauliflower, baked beans, (including pork and beans in airtight containers), other beans n.e.s., chick peas, sweet peas, mushrooms, pimientos, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and other vegetables, in airtight containers ad val. 130% C. Moss and seaweeds, canned ad val. 130% D. Other (excluding vegetable pastes for food manufactures) ad val. 130% 20.04 Fruits, fruit peels and parts of plants preserved in sugar (drained, glace or crystallized): A. . . . B. Almonds, chestnuts and walnuts, in airtight containers ad val. 130% C. Peanuts, other nuts and nut preparations n.e.s. (including filberts, pecans, cashew nuts and mixed nuts), in airtight containers ad val. 105% D. Fruit cocktail or fruit for salad, pineapples, cherries, other fruits and fruit preparations, n.e.s., in airtight containers ad val. 105% E. Other ad val. 75% 20.06 Fruits, including crushed fruits otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or spirit: A. . . . B. Almonds, chestnuts and walnuts, in airtight containers ad val. 130% C. Peanuts, other nuts and nut preparations n.e.s. (including filberts, pecans, cashew nuts and mixed nuts) in airtight containers ad val. 105% D. Fruit cocktail or fruit for salad, pineapples, cherries, other fruits and fruit preparations, n.e.s. in airtight containers cdasia ad val. 105% E. Other ad val. 75% 20.07 Fruit and vegetable juices, whether or not containing added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit: A. Concentrates: 1. Pineapple in airtight containers, and natural fruit juice concentrates (liquid form) in retail containers (cans, bottles, etc.) ad val. 60% 2. Other ad val. 20% B. Other: 1. Pineapple juice in airtight containers; other fruit juices, unfermented, whether frozen or not, in airtight containers; tomato juice, and other vegetable juices, unfermented, n.e.s. in airtight containers ad val. 105% C. Other ad val. 75% 21.02 Coffee extracts, essences, concentrates and similar preparations with a basis of coffee, liquid or dry ad val. 70% 21.04 Sauces and similar prepared seasoning: A. Fish sauce in airtight containers 1.w., kg. P4.00 and ad val. 80% B. Soybean sauce, tomato catsup, and maggi seasoning 1.w., kg. P3.20 or ad val. 105% C. Other 1.w., kg. P0.80 and ad val. 75% 21.05 Prepared vegetable soups and broths containing neither meat not meat extracts or only traces thereof, plain, flavored or seasoned: A. Bouillon and vegetable soup ad val. 80% B. Other ad val. 50% 21.06 Active natural yeast; prepared baking powders: A. Active natural yeast: 1. Baking yeast ad val. 105% 2. Other ad val. 75% B. Other ad val. 25% 21.07 Edible preparations and condiments not otherwise provided for: A. Non-alcoholic composite concentrates for making beverages: 1. Synthetic fruit drink flavors (concentrated) in retail containers ad val. 100% 2. Other ad val. 20% B. Salad dressing, mayonnaise and sandwich spread 1.w., kg. P3.20 or ad val. 100% C. Prepared bird's nest, other dairy products, n.e.s., and other food preparations, n.e.s. ad val. 100% D. Other ad val. 70% 22.02 Lemonade flavored aerated waters and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit and vegetable juices falling within heading No. 20.07 ad val. 130% 22.03 Beer, ale, porter, stout and other fermented cereal beverages ad val. 105% 22.08 Ethyl alcohol, whether or not denatured: A. Denatured (rubbing) 1. P8.00 B. Other 1. P2.00 22.09 Spirits, liquors and all other spirituous beverages: A. Spirits (e.g. whisky, rum, gin, brandy, arrack): 1. Gin and rum 1. P8.00 or ad val. 130% 2. Other 1. P2.00 or ad val. 100% B. . . . 22.10 Vinegar, all kinds 1. P2.00 24.02 Manufactured tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences: A. Smoking tobacco for pipes and cigarettes: 1. Smoking pipe tobacco n.w., kg. P60.00 and ad val. 130% 2. Other n.w., kg. P15.00 and ad val. 100% B. . . . C. Cigars and cherrots of all kinds, including paper cigars: 1. Cigars and cherrots n.w., kg. P80.00 and ad val. 130% 2. Other n.w., kg. P20.00 and ad val. 100% D. . . . E. . . . F. Tobacco extracts, tobacco lyes and tobacco sauces: 1. Homogenized sheet or foil made of tobacco * 1.w., kg. P4.00 2. Other * 1.w., kg. P6.00 25.01 Common salt (including rock salt, sea salt and table salt); pure sodium chloride; salt liquors; sea water: A. Common salt (Sodium Chloride); industrial grade of more than 90% purity: 1. Refined salt (purified vacuum pan salt or grained salt in the form of fine crystals (100% passing thru a No. 20 U.S. Bureau of Standards sieve) containing not less than 99.5% sodium chloride on a dry basis) ad val. 80% 2. Other ad val. 50% B. . . . 29.23 Single or complex oxygen-function amino-compounds: A. Monosodium glutamate: 1. In retail containers n.w., kg. P4.00 or ad val. 60% 2. Other n.w., kg. P3.00 or ad val. 50% B. . . . C. . . . 30.03 Medicaments (including veterinary medicaments): A. . . . B. Other: 1. Cough drops ad val. 60% 2. Other ad val. 30% 32.09 Varnishes, lacquers and lacquer enamels; other paints and enamels; distempers, water pigments of the kind used for finishing leather, pigments in linseed oil, white spirit, spirits of turpentine, varnish or other paint or enamel media; prepared dyes in forms or packings of a kind sold by retail; stamping foil: A. . . . B. . . . C. Water paints and ready mixed paints ad val. 130% D. Other ad val. 100% 32.13 Writing ink, printing ink and other inks: A. Writing and drawing inks: 1. Writing ink ad val. 80% 2. Other ad val. 50% B. . . . C. . . . 34.01 Soap, including medicated soap: A. Laundry soap, medicated soap, and toilet and fancy soap ad val. 70% B. Other soaps, n.e.s. ad val. 70% 34.02 Organic surface-active agents; surface-active preparation and washing preparation, whether or not containing soap: A. Clorox and similar bleaching, disinfecting and deodorizing agents (e.g. Sani-clor and Purex); detergents and emulsifiers, if put up in retail packages ad val. 60% B. Other cleansing preparations, n.e.s. ad val. 60% C. Other ad val. 25% 34.04 Artificial waxes (including water-soluble waxes); prepared waxes, not emulsified or containing solvents ad val. 60% 34.05 Footwear, furniture and floor polishes and creams, metal polishes, scouring powders and similar preparations, but excluding prepared waxes falling within heading No. 34.04: A. Polishes, creams and similar preparations for footwear and other articles of leather ad val. 130% B. Polishes, pastes, powder and similar preparations for polishing and preserving wood, metal, glass or other materials; floor wax and cleansers ad val. 70% C. Other ad val. 40% 34.06 Candles, tapers, night lights and the like ad val. 90% 35.03 Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangles, whether or not colored or surface-worked) and gelatin derivatives; glues derived from bones, hides, nerves, tendons, or similar products, and fish glues; icinglass: A. . . . B. Gelatin, edible, n.e.s. excluding u.s.p grade ad val. 60% C. Other ad val. 15% 35.06 Prepared glues not otherwise provided for; products suitable for use as glues put up for sale by retail as glues in packages not exceeding a net weigh of one kilogram: A. Paste ad val. 70% B. Other ad val. 40% 36.05 Firecrackers and pyrotechnic products (e.g., fireworks, fog signals, fuses, amorces), rain rockets: A. Firecrackers 1.w., kg. P20.00 B. Pyrotechnic products (e.g. fireworks) ad val. 60% C. Other ad val. 30% 36.06 Matches (excluding Bengal matches) 1.w., kg. P6.00 36.07 Ferrocerium and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms: A. Flints ad val. 130% B. Other ad val. 100% 36.08 Other combustible preparations and products: A. Lighter fuel (e.g. lighter fluids, butane, gas refills, etc.) ad val. 90% B. Other ad val. 90% 37.07 Other cinematographic film, exposed, whether of not incorporating a sound track, negative or positive: A. Newsreels, travelogues, technical and scientific films linear meter P0.20 B. Other linear meter P1.50 38.19 Chemical products and preparations of the chemical and allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products) not otherwise provided for; residual products of the chemical and allied industries, not otherwise provided for: A. . . . B. . . . C. . . . D. Meat tenderizer ad val. 60% E. Other ad val. 35% 39.07 Articles of materials of the kinds described in headings numbered 39.01 to 39.06: A. Garden hose, table and kitchen utensils, n.e.s., table and other household decorated articles, and other wearing apparel (not made of synthetic fibers), n.e.s. ad val. 100% B. Other ad val. 100% 40.08 Plates and sheets (not cut, or cut into rectangles), strips and profile shapes of unhardened vulcanized rubber: A. . . . 1. . . . 2. . . . B. Rubber mats and matting ad val. 60% C. Other ad val. 25% 40.09 Piping and tubing of unhardened vulcanized rubber: A. Garden hose ad val. 60% B. Other ad val. 25% 40.11 Rubber tires and tubes for vehicles and aircraft: A x x x B. For tractors ad val. 45% C. For scooters ad val. 100% D. For tricycles, baby carriages and other velocipedes ad val. 130% E. For motorcycle tires and tubes ad val. 130% F. For bicycle tires with sizes as follows: ad val. 130% SECTION 2. After the expiration of thirty (30) days from the issuance of this Order, all the above-described articles entered or withdrawn from warehouse, in the Philippines, for consumption shall be subject to the rate of import duty herein prescribed. casia SECTION 3. Any unwarranted increase in the prices of local products benefited by these tariff changes may be sufficient ground for the revocation of such tariff changes. DONE in the City of Manila, this 18th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Two. Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 68 No. 5 page 805 on January 31, 1972.