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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 139


 


EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 139 - MODIFYING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978, AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE MARGINS OF PREFERENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECISIONS OF THE SEVENTEENTH ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS (AEM) MEETING AND THE EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND TOURISM (COTT)
 


Pursuant to the powers vested in me under Section 402 of the Tariff of Customs Code of 1978, as amended, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, 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 accorded the margins of preference as specified in Column 4 of the said “Annex “A”. In effect, such articles shall be subject to the Preferential Tariff for ASEAN in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite each article as specified in Column 5 of the said Annex “A”.

SECTION 2.    In the event that subsequent changes are made in the basic Philippine rate of duty on any of the above-mentioned articles, such articles shall automatically be accorded the corresponding margins of preference specified in Column 4 of the said Annex “A”. 

SECTION 3.    After the date of effectivity of this Executive Order, all the above described articles entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be subject to the rate of import duty herein prescribed subject to qualification under the Rules of Origin as specified in the Agreement on ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangements ratified on August 1, 1977. 

SECTION 4.    This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 27th day of February in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven. 

ANNEX “A”
ARTICLES GRANTED MARGINS OF PREFERENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECISION OF THE 17th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS AND THE 18th COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND TOURISM MEETINGS

     CCC No.       Description      Existing        Margin of        ASEAN
    of Product    Rate of Duty    Preference    Preferential
    Tariff

          (1)                   (2)                   (3)                  (4)                  (5)

A.    Articles Negotiated During the 18th COTT Meeting

      ex. 25.31    900 Feldspar    20%    Additional    13%
    10%
    ex. 29.16     000 Citric acid    10%    Additional    6.5%
    10%
    ex. 35.05    000 Dental Alloy    10%    Additional    6.5%
    10%
    ex. 83.01    000 Padlocks    30%    Additional    21%
    10%
    ex. 85.25    200 Insulators of
    porcelain    30%    Additional    21%
    10%

B.    Articles With Import Value of Over $10 Million (CIF)
       In 1978 Accorded 25% Margin of Tariff Preference  

10.01    900 Other wheat (including
    spelt) and meslin,
    unmilled    10%    25%    7.5%

    ex. 26.01          200 Iron ores, non-
    agglomerated    10%    25%    7.5%

    ex. 27.04       100 Coke and semi-coke
    (including char) of
    coal, whether or not
    agglomerated    10%    Additional    7.5%
    5%
   ex. 28.16     000 Ammonia in aqueous
    solution (aqual
    ammonia)    10%    25%    7.5%
    31.02    700 Urea, whether or not
    pure              20%    25%    15%

     ex. 32.05    100 Other synthetic
    organic dye-stuffs
    (including pigment    Additional
    dyestuff)          10%     5%      7.5%

     ex. 38.14    000 Gum inhibitors and
     similar prepared
     additives for
     mineral oils    20%    25%    15%

    ex. 76.01    200 Ingots and pigs    Additional
    of aluminum    10%    25%    7.5%

    ex. 76.01    200 Aluminum and aluminum
    alloys, unwrought

    ex. 79.01    200 Ingots, slabs, and
    pigs, of zinc (including    Additional    
    zinc spelter)    10%    5%    7.5%

    ex. 84.22    600 Loading machines other
    than yarders (e.g., pay
    loaders, wheel loaders)    20%    25%    15%

    ex. 82.62    000 Ball bearings    10%    Additional    7.5%
    5%

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