Modified Nomenclature and Rates of Import Duty on Information Technology Products Under P.D. No. 1464 As Amended
Executive Order No. 395, issued on December 31, 2004, modifies the nomenclature and import duty rates for Information Technology (IT) products in the Philippines, following the country's commitment to the Information Technology Agreement. The order specifies new duty rates for various IT products, effective January 1, 2005, while maintaining existing rates for other unspecified products. It empowers the President to adjust import duties based on recommendations from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). Additionally, any conflicting prior regulations are revoked, ensuring clarity and consistency in the application of this Executive Order.
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- What is Modified Nomenclature and Rates of Import Duty on Information Technology Products Under P.D. No. 1464 As Amended about?
- Executive Order No. 395, issued on December 31, 2004, modifies the nomenclature and import duty rates for Information Technology (IT) products in the Philippines, following the country's commitment to the Information Technology Agreement. The order specifies new duty rates for various IT products, effective January 1, 2005, while maintaining existing rates for other unspecified products. It empowers the President to adjust import duties based on recommendations from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). Additionally, any conflicting prior regulations are revoked, ensuring clarity and consistency in the application of this Executive Order.
- What type of law is Executive Order No. 395?
- Modified Nomenclature and Rates of Import Duty on Information Technology Products Under P.D. No. 1464 As Amended (Executive Order No. 395) is a Philippine Presidential Issuances enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Modified Nomenclature and Rates of Import Duty on Information Technology Products Under P.D. No. 1464 As Amended enacted?
- Modified Nomenclature and Rates of Import Duty on Information Technology Products Under P.D. No. 1464 As Amended (Executive Order No. 395) was enacted on Dec 31, 2004.
- What is the citation for Modified Nomenclature and Rates of Import Duty on Information Technology Products Under P.D. No. 1464 As Amended?
- Modified Nomenclature and Rates of Import Duty on Information Technology Products Under P.D. No. 1464 As Amended, Executive Order No. 395, Dec 31, 2004 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Executive Order No. 395
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Executive Orders
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 31, 2004
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 395
MODIFYING THE NOMENCLATURE AND THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) PRODUCTS UNDER SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978 (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464, AS AMENDED)
WHEREAS, on 13 December 1996, fourteen (14) economies signed in Singapore a Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology (IT) Products providing for the elimination/binding of tariffs on certain IT products beginning 01 July 1997 and ending on 01 January 2000 with extended staging of tariff reductions up to the year 2005 for developing countries; TSDHCc
WHEREAS, the Philippines formally signed the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) on 01 April 1997 and was ratified by the Philippine Senate on 03 December 1998;
WHEREAS, the Philippines availed of the flexibility of extended staging of tariff reductions on sensitive IT products up to year 2005 as approved by the Tariff and Related Matters (TRM) Cabinet Committee in its meeting of 24 March 1997 and confirmed by the NEDA Board on 25 March 1997;
WHEREAS, Section 402 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464), as amended, empowers the President of the Republic of the Philippines, 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, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, 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 be subject to the rates of import duty in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite each article.
SECTION 2. The nomenclature and the rate of import duty on tariff headings not enumerated and those listed but represented by the symbol "X X X" shall remain in force and effect.
SECTION 3. Upon the effectivity of this Executive Order, the articles specifically listed in the aforesaid "Annex" which are entered in or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied the rates of duty herein prescribed.
SECTION 4. All other Presidential issuances, administrative rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked or modified accordingly. ESIcaC
SECTION 5. This Executive Order shall take effect on 01 January 2005 following its complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 31st day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Four.
ANNEX A
| Hdg. | Tariff Code | Description | Rate of Duty (%) |
| 01 January 2005 | |||
| 38.18 | Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, | ||
| in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; | |||
| chemical compounds doped for use in | |||
| electronics. | |||
| 3818.00.10 | - Wafers or discs with silicon content not less than | Free | |
| 99%,not electrically programmed | |||
| 3818.00.90 | - Other | ||
| 85.17 | Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line | ||
| telegraphy, including line telephone sets with | |||
| cordless handsets and telecommunication | |||
| apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for | |||
| digital line systems; videophones. | |||
| - Telephone sets; videophones: | |||
| 8517.11.00 | - - XXX | ||
| 8517.19 | - - Other: | ||
| 8517.19.10 | - - - Telephone sets | Free | |
| 8517.19.20 | - - - XXX | ||
| to | |||
| 8517.90.90 | |||
| 85.23 | Prepared unrecorded media for sound recording | ||
| or similar recording of other phenomena, other | |||
| than products of Chapter 37. | |||
| - Magnetic tapes: | |||
| 8523.11 | - - Of a width not exceeding 4 mm: | ||
| 8523.11.10 | - - - XXX | ||
| 8523.11.90 | - - - Other | Free | |
| 8523.12 | - - Of a width exceeding 4 mm but not exceeding | ||
| 6.5 mm: | |||
| 8523.12.10 | - - - Videotape | Free | |
| 8523.12.20 | - - - XXX | ||
| 8523.12.30 | - - - UMATIC, BETACAM, DIGITAL tape | Free | |
| 8523.12.90 | - - - Other | Free | |
| 8523.13 | - - Of a width exceeding 6.5 mm: | ||
| 8523.13.10 | - - - Videotape | Free | |
| 8523.13.20 | - - - XXX | ||
| 8523.13.30 | - - - UMATIC, BETACAM, DIGITAL tape | Free | |
| 8523.13.40 | - - - In pancake form | Free | |
| 8523.13.90 | - - - Other | ||
| A. Jumbo form | Free | ||
| B. Other | Free | ||
| 8523.20 | - Magnetic discs: | ||
| 8523.20.10 | - - XXX | ||
| 8523.20.20 | - - Video disks | Free | |
| 8523.20.30 | - - Other hard disks | Free | |
| 8523.20.40 | - - XXX | ||
| 8523.20.90 | - - Other | Free | |
| 8523.30.00 | - XXX | ||
| 8523.90 | - Other: | ||
| 8523.90.10 | - - For video | Free | |
| 8523.90.20 | - - XXX | ||
| 8523.90.90 | - - Other | Free | |
| 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 | - XXX | ||
| to | |||
| 8536.49 00 | |||
| 8536.50 | - Other switches: | ||
| 8536.50.10 | - - XXX | ||
| to | |||
| 8536.50.40 | |||
| 8536.50.50 | - - Electronic AC switches consisting of optically | Free | |
| coupled input and output circuits (Insulated | |||
| thyristor AC switches);electronic switches, | |||
| including temperature protected electronic | |||
| switches, consisting of a transistor and a logic | |||
| chip (chip-on-chip technology) for a voltage not | |||
| exceeding 1000 volts; electromechanical snap | |||
| action switches for a current not exceeding | |||
| 11 amps | |||
| 8536.50.60 | - - XXX | ||
| 8536.50.90 | - - XXX | ||
| - Lamp-holders, plugs and sockets: | |||
| 8536.61 | - - XXX | ||
| 8536.61.10 | - - - XXX | ||
| 8536.61.90 | - - - XXX | ||
| 8536.69 | - - Plugs and sockets: | ||
| 8536.69.10 | - - - XXX | ||
| 8536.69.20 | - - - XXX | ||
| 8536.69.30 | - - - Sockets and other plugs for co-axial cables and | Free | |
| printed circuits | |||
| 8536.69.90 | - - XXX | ||
| to | |||
| 8536.90.90 | |||
| 85.44 | Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, | ||
| cable, (including co-axial cable) and other | |||
| insulated electric conductors, whether or not | |||
| fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made | |||
| up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not | |||
| assembled with electric conductors or fitted with | |||
| connectors. | |||
| - XXX | |||
| 8544.11 | - - XXX | ||
| to | |||
| 8544.30.90 | |||
| - Other electric conductors, for a voltage not | |||
| exceeding 80 V: | |||
| 8544.41 | - - Fitted with connectors: | ||
| - - - Of a kind used for telecommunications: | |||
| 8544.41.11 | - - - - Telephone cables, submarine | Free | |
| 8544.41.12 | - - - - Telephone cables, other than submarine | Free | |
| 8544.41.13 | - - - - Telegraph and radio relay cables, submarine | Free | |
| 8544.41.14 | - - - - Telegraph and radio relay cables, other than | Free | |
| submarine | |||
| 8544.41.15 | - - - - Other plastic insulated electric cable having | Free | |
| cross section not exceeding 300 mm2 | |||
| 8544.41.19 | - - - - Other | Free | |
| - - - XXX | |||
| 8544.41.91 | - - - - XXX | ||
| to | |||
| 8544.41.99 | |||
| 8544.49 | - - Other: | ||
| - - - Of a kind used for telecommunications: | |||
| 8544.49.11 | - - - - Telephone, telegraph and radio relay cables, | Free | |
| submarine | |||
| 8544.49.12 | - - - - Telephone, telegraph and radio relay cables, | Free | |
| other than submarine | |||
| 8544.49.19 | - - - - Other | Free | |
| - - - XXX | |||
| 8544.49.91 | - - - - XXX | ||
| to | |||
| 8544.49.99 | |||
| - Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding | |||
| 80 V but not exceeding 1,000 V: | |||
| 8544.51 | - - Fitted with connectors: | ||
| - - - Of a kind used for telecommunications: | |||
| 8544.51.11 | - - - - Telephone, telegraph and radio relay cables, | Free | |
| submarine | |||
| 8544.51.12 | - - - - Telephone, telegraph and radio relay cables, | Free | |
| other than submarine | |||
| 8544.51.19 | - - - - Other | Free | |
| - - - XXX | |||
| 8544.51.91 | - - - - XXX | ||
| to | |||
| 8544.70.90 | |||
| 90.26 | Instruments and apparatus for measuring or | ||
| checking the flow, level, pressure or other | |||
| variables of liquids or gases (for example, | |||
| flowmeters, level gauges, manometers, heat | |||
| meters),excluding instruments and apparatus of | |||
| heading 90.14, 90.15, 90.28 or 90.32. | |||
| 9026.10 | - For measuring or checking the flow or level of | ||
| liquids: | |||
| 9026.10.10 | - - Level gauges for motor vehicles, electrically | Free | |
| operated | |||
| 9026.10.20 | - - Level gauges for motor vehicles, not electrically | Free | |
| operated | |||
| 9026.10.30 | - - Other, electrically operated | Free | |
| 9026.10.90 | - - Other, not electrically operated | Free | |
| 9026.20 | - For measuring or checking pressure: | ||
| 9026.20.10 | - - Pressure gauges for motor vehicles, electrically | Free | |
| operated | |||
| 9026.20.20 | - - Pressure gauges for motor vehicles, not | Free | |
| electrically operated | |||
| 9026.20.30 | - - Other, electrically operated | Free | |
| 9026.20.40 | - - Other, not electrically operated | Free | |
| 9026.80 | - XXX | ||
| to | |||
| 9026.90.20 |
Cite This Law
Modified Nomenclature and Rates of Import Duty on Information Technology Products Under P.D. No. 1464 As Amended, Executive Order No. 395, Dec 31, 2004 (Philippines)
Modified Nomenclature and Rates of Import Duty on Information Technology Products Under P.D. No. 1464 As Amended, Executive Order No. 395 (Phil. 2004)
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