Modifying the Nomenclature and Most-Favored-Nation Rates of Duty on Various Agricultural Products

June 15, 2007

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 627

MODIFYING THE NOMENCLATURE AND MOST-FAVORED NATION (MFN) RATES OF DUTY ON VARIOUS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978, AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE PHILIPPINE COMMITMENT ON RICE UNDER THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE

WHEREAS, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture embodies the rules and commitments of WTO members in improving market access and promoting fairer competition in agriculture; THESAD

WHEREAS, Annex 5 of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, otherwise known as the "special treatment," provision, provides for restriction on imports of primary sensitive agricultural products subject to strictly defined conditions;

WHEREAS, the Philippine government applied for a seven (7) year extension of the Special Treatment on rice under Annex 5 of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture until 2012;

WHEREAS, Paragraph 9, Section B, Annex 5 of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture mandates the Philippine government to compensate other WTO member countries by reducing the Most Favored Nation (MFN) rates of duty on certain agriculture products for the requested seven (7) year extension of the special treatment on rice;

WHEREAS, the modification and rectification of Schedule LXXV of the Philippines took effect on 27 December 2006;

WHEREAS, Section 402 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, empowers the President to modify import duties for the promotion of foreign trade.

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 rates 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effectivity of this Executive Order, the articles specifically listed in the aforesaid Annex "A" which are entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied the rates of duty herein prescribed.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.

SECTION 5. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately following its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 15th day of June, in the Year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seven.

ANNEX A

 

Hdg.	AHTN Code	Description	Rate of Duty (%)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
02.07		Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of
		heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen.
		- Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus:
	0207.11.00
	to
	0207.13.00B	--- x x x
	0207.14	-- Cuts and offal, frozen:
	0207.14.10A
	to
	0207.14.30B	---- xxx
	0207.14.90	--- other
	0207.14.90A	---- Mechanically deboned or separated meat	5
	0207.14.90B	---- Other, In-Quota	40
	0207.14.90C	---- Other, Out-Quota	40
		- Of Turkeys:
	0207.24.00
	to
	0207.26.00B	--- xxx
	0207.27	-- Cuts and offal, frozen
	0207.27.10A	--- xxx
	0207.17.10B	--- xxx
	0207.27.90	--- Other
	0207.27.90A	--- Mechanically deboned or separated meat	5
	0207.27.90B	--- Other, In-Quota	30
	0207.27.90C	--- Other, Out-Quota	40
		- xxx
	0207.32
	to
	0207.36.90B	---- xxx
10.06		Rice.
	1006.10	- Rice in the husk (paddy or rough):
	1006.10.00A	--- xxx
	1006.10.00B	---- Other, In-Quota	40
	1006.10.00C	---- Other, Out-Quota	50
	1006.20	- Husked (brown) rice:
	1006.20.10	-- Thai Hom Mali rice
	1006.20.10A	--- In-Quota	40
	1006.20.10B	--- Out-Quota	50
	1006.20.90	-- Other
	1006.20.90A	--- In-Quota	40
	1006.20.90B	--- Out-Quota	50
	1006.30	- Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or
		not polished or glazed:
		-- Fragrant rice:
	1006.30.15	--- Thai Hom Mali rice
	1006.30.15A	---- In-Quota	40
	1006.30.15B	---- Out-Quota	50
	1006.30.19	--- Other:
	1006.30.19A	---- In-Quota	40
	1006.30.19B	---- Out-Quota	50
	1006.30.20	-- Parboiled rice
	1006.30.20A	--- In-Quota	40
	1006.30.20B	--- Out-Quota	50
	1006.30.30	-- Glutinous rice (pulot)
	1006.30.30A	--- In-Quota	40
	1006.30.30B	--- Out-Quota	50
	1006.30.90	-- Other:
	1006.30.90A	--- In-Quota	40
	1006.30.90B	--- Out-Quota	50
	1006.40.0	- Broken rice
	1006.40.00A	--- In-Quota	40
	1006.40.00B	--- Out-Quota	50
12.05		Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken
	1205.10.00	- Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds	1
	1205.90.00	- Other	1
16.02		Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal
		or blood
	1602.10
	to
	1602.20.00	- xxx
		- Of poultry of heading 01.05
	1602.31.00	-- Of turkeys:
	1602.31.00A	--- Mechanically deboned or separated meat	5
	1602.31.00B	--- Other, in airtight containers	40
	1602.31.00C	--- Other, not in airtight containers	40
	1602.32
	to
	1602.90.90B	--- xx

 

Published in The Manila Times on June 28, 2007 and in the Official Gazette, Vol. 103, No. 32, p. 5103, August 6, 2007.