Modifying the Nomenclature and Rates of Import Duty on Certain Articles Under Sec. 104 of TCC

September 15, 1997 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 439 MODIFYING THE NOMENCLATURE AND THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES UNDER SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFFAND CUSTOMSCODE OF 1978 (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE1464), AS AMENDED WHEREAS, Section 104, and 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464), as amended, empower the President, upon the recommendation of the National Economic and Development Authority, to increase, reduce or remove existing protective rates of import duty, as well as to modify the form of duty. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic 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 have the Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) rates of import duty in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite each article as specified In columns 4-7 of said Annex. SECTION 2. The nomenclature and the rates of import duty on tariff headings not enumerated and those listed but represented by the symbol ". . ." shall remain in force and effect. SECTION 3. Upon the effectivity of this Executive Order, the articles specifically listed in the aforesaid Annex "A" which are entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied the rates of duty therein prescribed. SECTION 4. All 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 fifteen (15) days following its complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines. DONE in the City of Manila, this 15th day of September, in the year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven. ANNEX A HDG. HARMONIZED Rate of Duty (%) 01 January NO. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION CODE 1997 1998 1999 2000 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) 15.16 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared. 1516.10 00 - x x x 1516.20 - Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: 1516.20 10 --- Wholly hydrogenated vegetable fats and oils (in solid forms, e.g., flakes) 10 3 3 3 1516.20 90 --- other 30 20 30 30 15.17 Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading No. 15.16. 1517.10 00 - x x x 1517.90 00 - Other 30 20 20 20 21.06 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included. 2106.10 00 -x x x 2106.90 -Other 2106.90 10 --- x x x 2106.90 20 --- x x x 2106.90 30 --- x x x 2106.90 40 --- x x x 2106.90 50 --- x x x 2106.90 60 --- x x x 2106.90 70 --- Food supplements 10 10 10 10 2106.90 90 --- x x x 22.02 Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading No. 20.09. 2202.10 00 x x x 2202.90 Other 2202.90 10 Flavoured UHT milk drink 20 20 10 10 2202.90 90 Other 30 20 20 20 28.08 2808.00 00 Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids 3 3 3 3 28.35 Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites), phosphates and polyphosphates. 2835.10 00 -x x x -x x x 2835.22 00 --x x x 2835.23 00 --x x x 2835.24 00 --x x x 2835.25 --Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate ("dicalcium phosphate"): 2835.25 10 --- Feed grade 20 10 10 3 2835.25 90 --- Other 3 3 3 3 2835.26 00 -- x x x 2835.29 00 -- x x x - x x x 2835.31 00 -- x x x 2835.39 -- x x x 2835.39 10 --- x x x 2835.39 90 --- x x x 36.02 3602.00 00 Prepared explosives, other than propellent powders. 10 10 10 10 39.07 Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms. 3907.10 00 - x x x 3907.20 00 - x x x 3907.30 - Epoxide resins: 3907.30 10 --- Epoxide based powder coating 10 10 10 10 3907.30 90 --- Other 3 3 3 3 3907.40 00 - x x x 3907.50 00 - x x x 3907.60 00 - x x x - Other polyesters: 3907.91 00 -- x x x 3907.99 -- Other: 3907.99 10 --- Polyester based powder coating 10 10 10 10 3907.99 90 --- Other 3 3 3 3 44.07 Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm. 4407.10 00 - Coniferous 3 3 3 3 - x x x: 4407.24 00 -- x x x 4407.25 00 -- x x x 4407.26 00 -- x x x 4407.29 00 -- x x x - x x x: 4407.91 00 -- x x x 4407.92 00 -- x x x 4407.99 00 -- x x x 48.05 Other uncoated paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets, not further worked or processed than as specified in Note 2 to this Chapter. 4805.10 00 - x x x - x x x: 4805.21 00 -- x x x 4805.22 00 -- x x x 4805.23 00 -- x x x 4805.29 00 -- x x x 4805.30 -- x x x: 4805.30 10 - x x x 4805.30 90 - x x x 4805.40 00 - x x x 4805.50 00 - x x x 4805.60 - Other paper and paperboard, weighing 150 g/m2 or less: 4805.60 10 --- Paper used as interleaf material for the packing of flat glass products, with a resin content of not more than 0.6% 10 10 10 10 4805.60 90 --- Other 20 10 10 10 4805.70 00 - x x x 4805.80 00 - x x x 59.11 Textile products and articles, for technical uses, specified in Note 7 to this Chapter. 5911.10 00 Textiles fabrics, felt and felt lined woven fabrics, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, leather or other material, of a kind used for card clothing, and similar fabrics of a kind used for other technical purposes, including narrow fabrics made of velvet impregnated with rubber, for covering weaving spindles (weaving beams) 3 3 3 3 5911.20 00 - x x x - x x x: 5911.31 00 -- x x x 5911.32 00 -- x x x 5911.40 00 - x x x 5911.90 - x x x 5911.90 10 --- x x x 5911.90 90 --- x x x 74.09 Copper plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0.15 mm. 7409.11 00 - x x x 7409.19 00 -- x x x -- x x x 7409.21 00 -- x x x 7409.29 00 -- x x x Of copper-tin base alloys (bronze): 7409.31 00 -- In coils 3 3 3 3 7409.39 00 -- x x x 7409.40 00 - x x x 7409.90 00 - x x x 84.13 Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a measuring device; liquid elevators. - x x x 8413.11 00 -- x x x 8413.19 00 -- x x x 8413.20 00 - x x x 8413.30 00 - x x x 8413.40 00 - x x x 8413.50 00 - x x x 8413.60 00 - x x x 8413.70 - Other centrifugal pumps: 8413.70 10 --- Centrifugal water pumps, single stage, single suction, horizontal shaft type suitable for belt drive or direct coupling (except pumps with shafts common with prime mover) 10 10 10 10 8413.70 90 --- x x x - x x x 8413.81 00 -- x x x 8413.82 00 -- x x x - x x x 8413.91 --- x x x 8413.91 10 --- x x x 8413.91 90 --- x x x 8413.92 00 -- x x x 85.11 Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines (for example, ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, sparking plugs and glow plugs, starter motors); generators (for example, dynamos, alternators) and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with such engines. 8511.10 - x x x 8511.10 10 --- x x x 8511.10 90 --- x x x 8511.20 - Ignition magnetos; magneto-dynamos; magnetic flywheels: 8511.20 10 --- x x x 8511.20 20 --- Unassembled ignition magnetos and unassembled magneto-dynamos 3 3 3 3 8511.20 90 --- x x x 8511.30 - Distributors; ignition coils; 8511.30 10 --- x x x 8511.30 20 --- Unassembled distributors and --- unassembled ignition coils 3 3 3 3 8511.30 90 --- x x x 8511.40 - x x x 8511.40 10 --- x x x 8511.40 20 --- x x x 8511.40 90 --- x x x 8511.50 - x x x 8511.50 10 --- x x x 8511.50 20 --- x x x 8511.50 90 --- x x x 8511.80 - x x x 8511.80 10 --- x x x 8511.80 90 --- x x x 8511 90 00 - Parts 3 3 3 3 85.12 Electrical lighting and signaling equipment (excluding articles of heading No. 85.39), windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters, of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles 8512.10 00 - x x x 8512.20 - Other lighting or visual signaling equipment 8512.20 10 --- Unassembled 3 3 3 3 8512.20 90 --- Other 20 10 10 10 8512.30 - Sound signaling equipment: 8512.30 10 --- Unassembled 3 3 3 3 8512.30 90 --- Other 10 10 10 10 8512.40 00 - x x x 8512.90 00 - x x x 85.16 Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space heating apparatus and soil heating apparatus; electro-thermic hair dressing apparatus (for example hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand dryers; electric smoothing irons; other electro-thermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes; electric heating resistors, other than those of heading No. 85.45 8516.10 00 - x x x - x x x 8516.21 00 -- x x x 8316.29 00 -- x x x - x x x 8516.31 00 -- x x x 8516.3200 -- x x x 8516.33 00 -- x x x 8516.40 00 - x x x 8516.50 00 - x x x 8516.60 00 - x x x - x x x 8516.71 00 -- x x x 8516.72 00 -- x x x 8516.79 00 -- x x x 8516.80 -Electric heating resistors: 8516.80 10 --- x x x 8516.80 20 --- Sealed hotplates for stoves and ranges 3 3 3 3 8516.80 30 Other, for domestic appliances (e.g., stoves, ranges, flat-irons and rice cookers) 20 10 10 10 8516.80 90 --- x x x 8516.90 - x x x 8516.90 10 --- x x x 8516.90 90 --- x x x 85.36 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp- holders, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 volts. 8536.10 00 - x x x 8536.20 00 - x x x 8536.30 00 - x x x - x x x 8536.41 00 -- x x x 8536.49 00 -- x x x 8536.50 - Other switches: 8536.50 10 --- x x x 8536.50 20 --- High inrush switches and commutators for stoves and ranges 3 3 3 3 8536.50 90 --- x x x - x x x 8536.61 00 -- x x x 8536.69 -- x x x 8536.69 10 --- x x x 8536.69 90 --- x x x 8536.90 - x x x 8536.90 10 --- x x x 8536.90 90 x x x 95.04 Articles for funfair, table or parlour games, including pintables, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling alley equipment: 9504.10 00 - x x x 9504.20 - Articles and accessories for billiards: 9504.20 10 --- Billiard tables 20 10 10 10 9504.20 90 --- Other 10 10 10 10 9504.30 00 - x x x 9504.40 00 - x x x 9504.90 - Other: 9504.90 10 --- Bowling requisites of all kinds (e.g., automatic bowling alley equipment, balls, pins, pindecks, bowling lanes). 10 10 10 10 9504.90 90 --- Other 30 20 20 20