Establishment of an Export Clearance and Monitoring System on Exports of Footwear

May 19, 1980

LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1022

You are hereby directed to establish the export clearance and monitoring system on the exports of the footwear from the Philippines to the United States pursuant to the following guidelines: cd

1. The system shall implement the understanding between the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America regarding the export of footwear to the United States, reached during the bilateral consultations on footwear held in Washington D.C. on 19-21 July, 1979, that all exports of footwear to the United States shall require prior clearance from the Footwear Export Unit of the Ministry of Trade. cdt

2. The term "footwear" shall mean footwear classified under the 1977 Philippine Standard Classification Code (PSCC) 851.02 through 851.04 and/or 1978 Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (TSUSA) 700.05 through 700.85.

3. Every export shipment shall be covered by an export clearance from the Ministry of Trade, as a prerequisite to the issuance of the Authority to Load by the Bureau of Customs.

4. All applications for clearance must be filed with the Footwear Export unit, Ministry of Trade which for convenience of the exporting community must hold office at the Integrated Export Clearance Center, Bureau of Customs. Applications must be filed in the form and according to such guidelines as may be prescribed. cd

5. For footwear manufactured out of imported semi-processed materials, compliance with existing orders and policies on value added must be considered in the issuance of export clearance. acd

6. An Inter-Agency Committee is hereby created composed of the above mentioned agencies and chaired by the Deputy Minister for Trade, to monitor and report to the President the implementation of these instructions.

This Letter of Instructions shall take effect immediately.

Manila, May 19, 1980.