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 IMPORT DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1937, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, 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.