Amendments to LOI No. 1367 (s. 1983) Re: Importation of Liquor and Wines

April 12, 1984

LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1398

 

WHEREAS, in line with efforts to improve the balance of payments situation, Letter of Instructions No. 1367 dated November 25, 1983 suspended applications for the importation of liquors and wines;

WHEREAS, foreign investment in the form of raw materials, supplies, spare parts or other importations in a domestic company in an essential industry may be allowed by the Central Bank;

WHEREAS, importation of liquors and wines to be contributed as foreign equity investment in a registered export enterprise will not involve any foreign exchange outflow and will have very limited application;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby amend paragraph 1(c) of Letter of Instructions No. 1367 dated November 25, 1983, to read as follows:

"c. Liquor and wine, except liquor and wine imported as foreign equity investment in a registered export enterprise, whose exports are at least double the value of the import."

DONE in the City of Manila, this 12th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Four.