Amendments to E.O. No. 367 (January 18, 1972)

January 21, 1972 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 367-A AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.367 DATED JANUARY 18, 1972, ENTITLED "MODIFYING THE RATES OF IMPORTDUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO.1937, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMSCODE OF THEPHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED" WHEREAS, Executive order No. 367 dated January 18, 1972, might create some ambiguity in the interpretation and application of its provisions, apart from the fact that it contains superfluous and unnecessary subheadings; WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to simplify and harmonize commodity classifications in the executive order with those of the Tariff and Customs Code for a more effective, proper and correct implementation and administration of said executive order; and asia dc WHEREAS, it is also necessary to effect a more comprehensive adoption of the recommendations of the Tariff Commission and the National Economic Council; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby amend Executive Order No. 367 dated January 18, 1972, to read as follows: SECTION 1. The articles specifically listed hereunder as classified under Section 104 of Republic Act No. 1937 pay the following rates of import duty: Tariff Rate Heading Description of Articles of No. Duty 02.06 Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, dried, smoke, cooked or similarly treated; A. Ham and bacon ad val. 130% B. . . . ex. Shoulders, other pork, beef or veal, poultry and other smoked, dried, salted or cooked meat ad val. 90% 03.01 Fish, fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen: A. . . . B. Dead ad val. 105% 03.02 Fish, salted, dried or smoked ad val. 105% 03.03 Crustaceans and mollusks, whether in shell or not, fresh (live or dead), chilled, frozen, salted, dried or cooked: A. Fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen ad val. 105% B. Salted, dried of cooked ad val. 105% 04.01 Milk and cream, fresh, not concentrated or sweetened ad val. 30% 04.03 Butter: A. . . . B. Other n. w., kg. P3.80 or 100% 04.04 Cheese and curd: A. . . . B. Other ad val. 80% 04.05 Hen's and birds' eggs and egg yolks, fresh, dried, powdered, or otherwise preserved, sweetened or not ad val. 130% 06.03 Cut flowers and flowers buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared ad val. 70% ex. Cut flowers ad val. 100% 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 ad val. 70% ex. Foliage ad val. 100% 07.01 Vegetables, fresh of chilled: A. Garlic g.w., 100 kgs. P200.00 B. . . . ex. Onions and potatoes g.w., 100 kgs. P120.00 C. Other g.w., 100 kgs. P120.00 07.02 Vegetables preserved by freezing g.w., 100 kgs. P120.00 07.04 Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut or sliced, but not further prepared g.w., 100 kgs. P160.00 07.05 Dried leguminous vegetables, whole, skinned of split g.w., 100 kgs. P15.00 ex. Chick peas and sweet peas (excluding those in bulk containers for canning); lentils and other legumes (pulses) g.w., 100 kgs. P60.00 08.04 Grapes: A. Fresh g.w., 100 kgs. P50.00 or ad val. 60% B. . . . 08.05 Nuts other than coconuts, fresh or dried, shelled or not ad val. 100% ex. Almonds, chestnuts and walnuts ad val. 130% 08.06 Apples, pears and quinces, fresh g.w., 100 kgs. P15.00 ex. Apples and pears g.w., 100 kgs. P50.00 or 55% 08.07 Stone fruits, fresh g.w., 100 kgs. P15.00 ex. Cherries, peaches and plums g.w., 100 kgs. P60.00 08.08 Berries, fresh g.w., 100 kgs. P60.00 08.09 Other fruits, fresh 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. P100.00 09.01 Coffee (including husks, skins and other waste), whether or not roasted or freed of caffeine: A. . . . B. . . . ex. Coffee, roasted including ground ad val. 80% 09.03 Mate ad val. 105% 09.04 Pepper of the genus Piper, pimento of the genus Capsicum grossum) or the genus Pimenta: A. . . . B. . . . ex. Pepper, in consumer containers ad val. 105% 09.10 Saffron and other spices: A. . . . ex. Ginger, fresh, dried, including frozen not in airtight containers g.w., 100 kgs. P64.00 B. . . . ex. Other spices, ground, n. e. s. (in consumer containers) l.w., 100 kgs. P80.00 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. . . . B. . . . ex. Barley, pearled g.w., 100 kgs. P120.00 12.01 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit, whole or broken: A. . . . B. Groundnuts (e. g., peanuts) g.w., 100 kgs. P200.00 C. . . . D. . . . 12.02 Flour of oil seeds and oleaginous fruit (excluding prepared mustard flour) g.w., 100 kgs. P50.00 ex. Soybean powder g.w., 100 kgs. P200.00 12.08 Locust beans, fresh or dried, whether or not crushed or ground, but not further prepared; fruit kernels and other vegetables products of a kind used primarily for human food, not otherwise provided for g.w., 100 kgs. P10.00 or ad val. 30% ex. Other seeds for food (melon, watermelon, pumpkin) n.e.s. g.w., 100 kgs. P40.00 or 60% 14.05 Other vegetable materials ad val. 60% ex. Moss and seaweeds, dried ad val. 90% 15.13 Margarine, imitation lard and other prepared edible fats l.w., kg. P2.80 16.01 Sausages and similar preparations of meat , meat offals or any other animal substances: A. . . . 1. Sausages, Bilbao type l.w., kg. P15.00 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. . . . ex. Ham, bacon, poultry, other pork and beef and meat pastes and spreads in airtight containers ad val. 105% 16.03 Meat extracts, soups and broths ad val. 75% ex. Soups (in liquid, solid or powder) meat juice and 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. . . . 1. Tuna ad val. 60% 2. . . . ex. Anchovies ad val. 60% B. Caviar and caviar substitutes l.w., kg. P4.00 and ad val. 85% C. Others l.w., kg. P4.00 and ad val. 85% 16.05 Crustaceans and mollusks, prepared or preserved, including soups: A. x x x B. Other l.w., kg. P4.00 and ad val. 85% 17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar: A. x x x B. Refined g.w., 100 kgs. P160.00 17.02 Other sugars, including artificial honey (whether or not mixed with natural honey); caramel g.w., 100 kgs. P50.00 ex. Sugar cane syrup, sugar beet syrup, maple sugar and maple syrup, corn syrup for table use and other sugar and syrup, n.e.s. g.w., 100 kgs. P200.00 17.03 Molasses, whether or not decolorized cdtai g.w., 100 kgs. P50.00 ex. Molasses, edible l.w., 100 kgs. P200.00 17.04 Sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa n.e.s. l.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 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. . . . ex. Cereal foods for infants; food preparations for babies, all kinds, n.e.s. and 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% sugar, honey eggs, fats, cheese, fish, shrimps, fruit, etc. ad val. 60% 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) ad val. 75% 19.07 Bread, ship 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 g.w., 100 kgs. P160.00 20.01 Vegetables and fruits preserved in vinegar or acetic acid, with or without salt, spices or mustard, including pickles, mustard pickles and the like ad val. 100% ex. Pickled olives, pickled soybean (tausi) and other pickled vegetables, n.e.s. ad val. 130% 20.02 Vegetables preserved otherwise than in vinegar or acetic acid ad val. 130% 20.06 Fruits, including crushed fruits, otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or spirit: A. . . . B. Other ad val. 105% 20.07 Fruit and vegetable juices, whether or not containing added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit: A. . . . ex. Pineapple concentrates in airtight containers and natural fruit juice concentrates (liquid form) in retail containers (cans, bottles, etc.) ad val. 60% B. . . . ex. Pineapple juice and other fruit juices, unfermented; tomato juice and other vegetable juices, unfermented, n.e.s. in aircraft, containers ad val. 105% 21.02 Coffee extracts essences, concentrates and similar preparations with a basis of coffee, liquid or dry cdasia ad val. 70% 21.04 Sauces and similar prepared seasoning l.w., kg. P3.20 and 105% ad val. 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. 100% ex. Non-alcoholic beverages excluding fruit and vegetable juices falling within heading No. 20.07 ad val. 130% 22.03 Beer, ale, porter and stout ad val. 105% 22.07 Other fermented beverages (e.g., cider, perry and mead): A. In receptacles containing each more than two liters 1. P0.15 or ad val. 100% ex. Other fermented cereal beverages 1. P0.60 or ad val. 100% B. In other receptacles 1. P1.00 or ad val. 100% ex. Other fermented cereal beverages 1. P0.60 or ad val. 100% 22.08 Ethyl alcohol, whether or not denatured: A. . . . ex. Rubbing (denatured) alcohol 1. P3.00 B. . . . 22.09 Spirits, liqueurs and all other spirituous beverages: A. . . . ex. Gin and rum 1. P8.00 or ad val, 130% B. . . . 22.10 Vinegar 1. P2.00 24.02 Manufactured tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences: A. . . . ex. Smoking pipe tobacco n.w., kg. P60.00 and ad val. 130% B. Chewing tobacco and snuff n.w., kg. P60.00 and ad val. 130% C. . . . ex. Cigars and cheroots n.w., kg. P80.00 and ad val. 130% D. Cigarettes of all kinds n.w., kg. P20.00 and ad val. 80% E. . . . F. . . . G. . . . H. Other n.w., kg. P25.00 and ad val. 130% 25.01 Common salt (including rock salt, sea salt and table salt); pure sodium chloride; salt liquors; sea water; A. . . . ex. 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% of sodium chloride on a dry basis but not including chemically pure sodium chloride) ad val. 80% B. . . . 29.23 Single or complex oxygen- function amino-compounds: A. . . . ex. Food seasoning in retail containers (mono- sodium glutamate) n. w., kg., P4.00 or ad val. 60% B. . . . C. . . . 30.03 Medicaments (including veterinary medicaments): A. . . . B. . . . ex. Cough drops ad val. 60% 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. . . . ex. Water paints and ready mixed paints ad val. 130% 32.13. Writing ink, printing ink and other inks: A. . . . ex. Writing ink ad val. 80% B. . . . C. . . . 34.01 Soap, including medicated soap cdtai ad val. 70% 34.02 Organic surface-active agents; surface-active preparations and washing preparations, whether or not containing soap ad val. 25% ex. Chlorox and similar bleaching, disinfecting and deodorizing agents (e.g., Sani-color and Purex); detergents and emulsifiers put up on retail packages; other cleansing preparations, n.e.s. ad val. 60% 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. Other ad val. 70% 34.06 Candles, tapes, 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; isinglass: A. . . . B. . . . ex. Gelatin, edible, n. e. s., (excluding U.S.P. grade) ad val. 60% 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 weight of one kilogram ad val. 40% ex. Paste ad val. 70% 36.05 Firecrackers and pyrotechnic products (e.g., fireworks, fog signals, fuses, amorces), rain rockets: A. Firecrackers l. w., kg. P20.00 B. . . . ex. Pyrotechnical articles (fireworks, etc.) ad val. 60% 36.06 Matches (excluding Bengal matches) l.w., kg. P6.00 36.07 Ferrocerium and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms ad val. 100% ex. Flints ad val. 130% 36.08 Other combustible preparations and products ad val. 90% 37.07 Other cinematographic film, exposed, whether or not developed and whether or 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 mixture of natural products) not otherwise provided for; residual products of the chemical and allied industries, not otherwise provided for: A. . . . B. . . . C. . . . D. . . . ex. Meat tenderizer ad val. 60% 39.02 Articles of materials of the kinds described in headings numbered 39.01 to 39.06 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. . . . ex. Rubber mats and mattings ad val. 60% 40.09 Piping and tubing of unhardened vulcanized rubber ad val. 25% ex. Garden hose ad val. 60% 40.11 Rubber tires and tubes for vehicles and aircraft: A. . . . B. . . . ex. Rubber tires for tricycles, baby carriages and other velocipedes; motorcycles tires and tubes; 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 of withdrawn from warehouse, in the Philippines, for consumption shall be subject to the rate of import duty herein prescribed. SECTION 3. The articles whose rates of duty are increased by this Order are those that are described and classified as Unclassified Consumer Goods (UC), Semi-Unclassified Consumer Goods (SUC) and Non-Essential Consumer Goods (NEC) by the Central Bank of the Philippines in accordance with Central Bank Circular numbered 289, dated February 21, 1970, as amended. SECTION 4. 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. acd DONE in the City of Manila, this 21st day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Two.