Amending the Tariff and Customs Code

March 19, 1976

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 908

AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE

I, FERDINAND E, MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree:

SECTION 1. Heading Nos. 32.05, 32.06 and 32.07, Chapter 32 of the Revised Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended, are hereby further amended to read as follows:

"32.05	Synthetic organic dyestuffs
	(including pigment dyestuffs);
	synthetic organic products of
	a kind used as luminophores;
	products of the kind known
	as optical bleaching agents,
	substantive to the fibre, natural
	indigo	ad val. 20%
"32.06	Colours lakes	ad val 20%
"32.07	Other colouring matter, inorganic
	products of a kind used as
	luminophores	ad val. 20%

SECTION 2. Heading No. 51.01, Chapter 51 of the Revised Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: aisa dc

"51.01	Yarn of man-made fibres
	(continuous) not put up for
	retail sale:
A.	Article not included in
	subheading B hereof	ad val. 30%
B.	Polyester yarn except when
	imported directly by textile mills
	under prior joint authorization of the
	Tariff Commission and Board of
	Investments	ad val. 50%

 

SECTION 3. Heading No. 55.01, Chapter 55 of the Revised Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 34, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"55.01

Cotton, not carded or combed

ad val. 10%

SECTION 4. Heading No. 59.01, Chapter 59 of the Revised Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 34, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"59.01	Wadding and articles of
	wadding; textile flock and dust
	and mill neps:
A.	Wadding for cutting up into
	cigarette filter tips	ad val. 50%
B.	Other	ad val. 100%

SECTION 5. All laws, orders and decrees particularly Presidential Decree No. 750, as well as rules and regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed and/or modified accordingly.

SECTION 6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 19th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Six.