Modifying the Nomenclature and Rates of Import Duty on Various Products Under Sec. 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code

April 7, 2009

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 790

MODIFYING THE NOMENCLATURE AND RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON VARIOUS PRODUCTS UNDER SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978 (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464), AS AMENDED

WHEREAS, the modification in the rates of import duty will provide affordable raw material inputs and consumer products which are not locally available; cEaSHC

WHEREAS, modification of nomenclature will provide transparency in the trade of biofuels and biofuel blends;

WHEREAS, Section 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464), as amended, empowers the President of the Republic of the Philippines to increase, reduce, or remove existing rates of import duty, as well as to modify the form of duty and the tariff nomenclature, under Section 104 of the Code;

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 the Annex hereof (composed of 3 pages), as classified under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, shall be subject to the Most-Favoured Nation (MFN) rate 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 ". . ." shall remain in force and in effect.

SECTION 3. Upon the effectivity of this Executive Order, all articles listed in the Annex which are entered into and withdrawn from warehouse in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied the MFN rate of duty as indicated in column 4.

SECTION 4. All Presidential issuance, administrative rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are contrary to or inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.

SECTION 5. This Executive Order shall take effect thirty (30) days following its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines. DAEIHT

DONE in the City of Manila, 7th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Nine.

ANNEX

Hdg. No.	AHTN Code	Description	Rates of
			Duty (%)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
23.03		Residues of starch manufacture and
		similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse
		and other waste of sugar manufacture,
		brewing or distilling dregs and waste,
		whether or not in the form of pellets.
	2303.10
	to
	2303.20.00	- X X X
	2303.30.00	- Brewing or distilling dregs and waste	1
23.04	2304.00.00	Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether	1
		or not ground or in the form of pellets,
		resulting from the extraction of soya-bean
		oil
25.05		Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not
		coloured, other than metal-bearing sands
		of Chapter 26.
	2505.10.00	- Silica sands and quartz sands	1
	2505.90.00	- X X X
25.07	2507.00.00	Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether	1
		or not calcined.
25.08		Other clays (not including expanded
		clays of heading 68.06), andalusite,
		kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not
		calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas
		earths.
	2508.10.00	- Bentonite	1
	2508.30.00
	to
	2508.70.00	- X X X
25.30		Mineral substances not elsewhere
		specified or included.
	2530.10.00
	to
	2530.20.20	- - X X X
	2530.90.00	- Other:
	2530.90.00A	- - Zircon flour	1
	2530.90.00B	- - Other	3
27.10		Petroleum oils and oils obtained from
		bituminous minerals, other than crude;
		preparations not elsewhere specified or
		included, containing by weight 70% or
		more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained
		from bituminous minerals, these oils
		being the basic constituents of the
		preparations; waste oils.
		- Petroleum oils and oils obtained from
		bituminous minerals, other than crude;
		preparations not elsewhere specified or
		included, containing by weight 70% or
		more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained
		from bituminous minerals, these oils being
		the basic constituents of the preparations
	2710.11	- - Light oils and preparations:
		- - - Motor spirit:
	2710.11.11	- - - - Premium leaded:
	2710.11.11A	- - - - - Bioethanol blended	3
	2710.11.11B	- - - - - Other	3
	2710.11.12	- - - - Premium unleaded:
	2710.11.12A	- - - - - Bioethanol blended	3
	2710.11.12B	- - - - - Other	3
	2710.11.13	- - - - Regular leaded:
	2710.11.13A	- - - - - Bioethanol blended	3
	2710.11.13B	- - - - - Other	3
	2710.11.14	- - - - Regular unleaded:
	2710.11.14A	- - - - - Bioethanol blended	3
	2710.11.14B	- - - - - Other	3
	2710.11.15	- - - - Other, leaded:
	2710.11.15A	- - - - - Bioethanol blended	3
	2710.11.15B	- - - - - Other	3
	2710.11.16	- - - - Other, unleaded:
	2710.11.16A	- - - - - Bioethanol blended	3
	2710.11.16B	- - - - - Other	3
	2710.11.20
	to
	2710.11.90	- - - X X X
	2710.19	- - Other:
		- - - X X X
	2710.19.13
	to
	2710.19.60	- - - X X X
		- - - Fuel oils:
	2710.19.71	- - - - High speed diesel fuel:
	2710.19.71A	- - - - - Biodiesel blended	3
	2710.19.71B	- - - - -Other	3
	2710.19.72	- - - - Other diesel fuel:
	2710.19.72A	- - - - - Biodiesel blended	3
	2710.19.72B	- - - - - Other	3
	2710.19.79
	to
	2710.99.00	- - X X X
38.24		Prepared binders for foundry moulds
		or cores; chemical products and
		preparations of the chemical or allied
		industries (including those consisting of
		mixtures of natural products), not
		elsewhere specified or included.
	3824.10.00
	to
	3824.83.00	- - X X X
	3824.90	- Other:
	3824.90.10
	to
	3824.90.60	- - X X X
	3824.90.90	- - Other:
	3824.90.90A	- - - X X X
	3824.90.90B	- - - X X X
	3824.90.90C	- - - Coconut methyl ester	3
	3824.90.90D	- - - Other	3
39.06		Acrylic polymers in primary forms.
	3906.10
	to
	3906.10.90	- - X X X
	3906.90	- Other:
		- - X X X
	3906.90.11
	to
	3906.90.19	- - - X X X
		- - Other:
	3906.90.91	- - - X X X
	3906.90.99	- - - Other:
	3906.90.99A	- - - - Sodium polyacrylate	3
	3906.90.99B	- - - - Other	7
61.15		Panty hose, tights, stockings, socks and
		other hosiery, including graduated
		compression hosiery (for example,
		stockings for varicose veins) and
		footwear without applied soles, knitted
		or crocheted.
	6115.10.00	- Graduated compression hosiery (for	1
		example, stockings for varicose veins)
	6115.21.00
	to
	6115.99.00	- - X X X