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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 234


 
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 234 - MODIFYING THE RATES OF DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978, AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE 2000-2003 PHILIPPINE SCHEDULE OF TARIFF REDUCTION OF PRODUCTS TRANSFERRED FROM THE TEMPORARY EXCLUSION LIST AND THE SENSITIVE LIST TO THE INCLUSION LIST OF THE ACCELERATED COMMON EFFECTIVE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF (CEPT) SCHEME FOR THE ASEAN FREE TRADE AREA (AFTA) AND THE UNIFICATION OF THE CEPT RATES ON EXTRACTED TARIFF LINES
 


WHEREAS, at its Meeting on 11 November 1998, the Tariff Related Matters (TRM) Cabinet Committee approved the transfer of popcorn and grain sorghum from the CEPT Sensitive List to the Inclusion List;  

WHEREAS, at its Meeting on 19 August 1999, the NEDA Board approved the acceleration of the CEPT rates on eight hundred fifty (850) tariff lines to 0-5% and likewise decided on the unification of the CEPT rates on extracted tariff lines to facilitate the implementation of the AFTA-CEPT on said products;

WHEREAS, the 13th AFTA Council Meeting and the 31st ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting held in Singapore on 29 September 1999 and 30 September 1999, respectively agreed that ASEAN Member Countries shall prepare the legal enactment to implement the schedule of tariff reductions of products transferred from the Temporary Exclusion List (TEL) to the CEPT Inclusion List covering the period from 2000-2003;

WHEREAS, Section 402 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464), as amended, empowers the President, 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, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, 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” (Articles Granted Concession under the AFTA-CEPT) hereof, as classified under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, shall be subject to the ASEAN Common Effective Preferential Tariff in accordance with the 2000-2003 schedule indicated in Columns 4-7 of Annex “A”. The ASEAN CEPT rates so indicated shall be accorded to imports coming from ASEAN member states applying CEPT concession to the same product pursuant to Article 4 of the CEPT Agreement and its Interpretative Notes.

SECTION 2.    In the event that any subsequent changes are made in the basic (MFN) Philippine rate of duty on any of the articles listed in Annex “A” to a rate lower than the rate prescribed in Columns 4-7 of Annex “A” such article shall automatically be accorded the corresponding reduced duty.

SECTION 3.    The Margins of Preference (MOPs) accorded under the ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangements (PTA) shall no longer be extended to any of the products listed in Annex “A” hereof.  

SECTION 4.    From the date of effectivity of this Order, all articles listed in Annex “A” entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be imposed the rates of duty therein prescribed subject to qualification under the Rules of Origin as provided for in the Agreement on the CEPT Scheme for the AFTA signed on 28 January 1992.

SECTION 5.    All Presidential issuances, administrative rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are contrary or inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.  

SECTION 6.    This Executive Order shall take effect 1 January 2000.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 27th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand.

ANNEX A
ARTICLES GRANTED CONCESSION UNDER THE COMMON EFFECTIVE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF (CEPT) SCHEME FOR THE ASEAN FREE TRADE AREA (AFTA)

    APPLICABLE ASEAN CEPT RATE (%)
    HDG.    H.S.
    NO.        CODE    DESCRIPTION    1 January of Year
    2000    2001       2002                   2003
    (1)    (2)    (3)    (4)    (5)    (6)    (7)

10.05    Maize (corn).
1005.90          - Other:
1005.9010    --- Popcorn                  10    10    5    5
10.07    1007.00 00    Grain sorghum.    10    10    5    5
11.03    Cereal groats, meal and pellets.
                        - Groats and meal:
1103.11         -- Of wheat:
1103.11 10    --- Durum or hard wheat semolina    3      3      3    3
1103.11 90    --- Other                                            10    10    10    5
1103.13 00    -- Of maize (corn)                             20    10    10    5
1103.14 00    -- Of rice                                           20    10    10    5
11.04    Cereal grains otherwise worked (for example, hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled),
              except rice of heading No. 10.06; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground.
             -  Other worked grains (for example,
                hulled pearled, sliced or kibbled):
1104.21 00    -- Of barley                                      10    10    10    5
1104.22 00    -- Of oats                                         10    10    10    5
1104.23 00    -- Of maize (corn)                           20    10    10    5
12.12    Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or
             dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including
             unroasted chicory roots of the variety Cichorium intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for
             human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included.
1212.20 00    - Seaweeds and other algae             3      3      3     3
16.02    Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood.
            - Of poultry of heading No. 01.05:
1602.32          --  Of fowls of the species Gallus
                                    domesticus:
1602.32 10    --- In airtight containers:
1602.32 11    ---- In Quota                                    20    20    20    5
1602.32 12    ---- Out Quota                                 20    20    20    5
1602.32 90    --- Other:
1602.32 91    ---- In Quota                                   20    20    20    5
1602.32 92    ---- Out Quota                                20    20    20    5
1602.39           -- Other:
1602.39 10    --- In airtight containers:
1602.39 11    ---- In-Quota                                   20    20    20    5
1602.39 12    ---- Out-Quota                                20    20    20    5
1602.39 90    --- Other:
1602.39 91    ---- In-Quota                                   20    20    20    5
1602.39 92    ---- Out-Quota                                20    20    20    5
                                           - Of swine:
1602.41           -- Hams and cuts thereof:
1602.41 10    --- In airtight containers:
1602.41 11    ---- In-Quota                                    20    20    20    5
1602.41 12    ---- Out-Quota                                 20    20    20    5
1602.41 90    --- Other:
1602.41 91    ---- In-Quota                                    20    20    20    5
1602.41 92    ---- Out-Quota                                 20    20    20    5
1602.42          -- Shoulders and cuts thereof:
1602.42 10    --- In-Quota                                      20    20    20    5
1602.42 20    --- Out-Quota                                   20    20    20    5
1602.49          -- Other, including mixtures:
1602.49 10    --- In-Quota                                       20    20    20    5
1602.49 20    --- Out-Quota                                    20    20    20    5
1602.90            - Other, including preparations of
                            blood of any animal:
1602.90 10    --- In airtight containers:
1602.90 11    ---- In-Quota                                       20    20    20    5
1602.90 12    ---- Out-Quota                                    20    20    20    5
1602.90 90    --- Other:
1602.90 91    ---- In-Quota                                        20    20    20    5
1602.90 92    ---- Out-Quota                                     20    20    20    5
19.01    Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or
              containing less than 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not
              elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings Nos. 04.01 to 04.04,
              not containing cocoa or containing less than 5% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally
              defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included.
1901.20 00    -  Mixes and doughs for the
                           preparation of bakers’ wares of
                           heading No. 19.05                             3    3    3    3
1901.90           - Other:
1901.90 90    --- Other                                                 5    5    5    5
20.06    2006.00 00    Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and
                                      other parts of plants, preserved by
                                     sugar (drained, glace or crystallised).    5    5    5    5
20.09    Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added
              spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
              - Orange juice:
2009.11 00    -- Frozen                                                       3    3    3    3
2009.19 00    -- Other                                                         3    3    3    3
21.01    Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or mate and preparations with a basis of
             these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or mate; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee  
             substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof.
           -  Extracts, essences and concentrates
              of coffee, and preparations with a
              basis of these extracts, essences or
              concentrates or with a basis of
              coffee:
2101.11         --  Extracts, essences and
                           concentrates:
2101.11 10    --- In-Quota                         20    20    20    5
2101.11 20    --- Out-Quota                      20    20    20    5
2101.12          --  Preparations with a basis of extracts
                            or concentrates or with a basis of
                            coffee:
2101.12 10    --- In-Quota                         20    20    20    5
2101.12 20    --- Out-Quota                      20    20    20    5
21.06    Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included.
                         - Other:
2106.90 50    --- Composite concentrates for simple
                            dilution with water to make
                            beverages                           3      3      3      3
23.02    Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting,
              milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants.
2302.10 00    - Of maize (corn)                  10      10      10     5
2302.20 00    - Of rice                                  3        3        3     3
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 00    -  Residues of starch manufacture and
                           similar residues.                 3        3       3       3
23.09    Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding.
2309.90           - Other:
2309.90 90    --- Other                                20     20      10       5
27.01    Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal.
                       -  Coal, whether or not pulverised, but
                           not agglomerated:
2701.11 00    -- Anthracite                            3       3         3        3
2701.12 00    -- Bituminous coal                  7       7         7        3
2701.19 00    -- Other coal                            7        7        7        3
2701.20 00    -  Briquettes, ovoids and similar solid
                           fuels manufactured from coal      3       3      3      3
27.10    2710.00    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.
2710.00 40    --- Lubricating oils, including
                            lubricating oil basestock            3      3      3      3
2710.00 70    --- Other solvents                            3      3      3      3
27.11    Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons.
                         - Liquified:
2711.14 00    --  Ethylene, propylene, butylene and
                           butadiene                                      3      3      3      3
                        - In gaseous state:
2711.21 00    -- Natural gas                                    3      3       3      3
2711.29 00    -- Other                                             3      3       3      3
28.14    Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution.
2814.10 00    - Anhydrous ammonia               3      3      3      3
29.01    Acyclic hydrocarbons.
                        - Unsaturated:
2901.21 00    -- Ethylene                                  0      0      0     0
2901.22 00    -- Propene (propylene)                0      0      0     0
2901.23 00    --  Butene (butylene) and isomers
                            thereof.                                   3      3      3      3
29.02    Cyclic hydrocarbons.
           -  Cyclanes, cyclenes and
               cycloterpenes:
2902.11 00    -- Cyclohexane                   3    3    3    3
2902.20 00    - Benzene                          3    3    3    3
2902.30 00    - Toluene                           3    3    3    3
                        - Xylenes:
2902.41 00    --o-Xylene                          3    3    3    3
2902.42 00    -- m-Xylene                        3    3    3    3
2902.43 00    -- p-Xylene                          3    3    3    3
2902.44 00    -- Mixed xylene isomers    3    3    3    3
2902.50 00    - Styrene                            0    0    0    0
29.03    Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons.
                       -  Unsaturated chlorinated derivatives
                          of acyclic hydrocarbons:
2903.2100    -- Vinyl chloride (chloroethylene)     0    0    0    0
30.03    Medicaments (excluding goods of heading No. 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of two or
              more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not
              put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale.
3003.10 00    -  Containing penicillins or derivatives
                           thereof, with a penicillanic acid
                           structure, or streptomycins or their
                           derivatives                                     3    3    3    3
30.04    Medicaments (excluding goods of heading No. 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or
              unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses or in forms
              or packings for retail sale.
3004.10 00    -  Containing penicillins or derivatives
                           thereof, with a penicillanic acid
                           structure, or streptomycins or their
                           derivatives                                               5     5     5     5
36.02    3602.00 00    Prepared explosives, other than
                                      propellent powders                       5     5      5    5
36.05    3605.00 00    Matches, other than pyrotechnic
                                     articles of heading No. 36.04.    15    10    10    5
39.01    Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms.
3901.10 00    -  Polyethylene having a specific
                          gravity of less than 0.94                 15    15    15    5
3901.20 00    -  Polyethylene having a specific
                           gravity of 0.94 or more                  15    15    15    5
39.02    Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms.
3902.10 00    - Polypropylene                                          15    15    15    5
39.03    Polymers of styrene, in primary forms.
                        - Polystyrene:
3903.11 00    -- Expansible                                               15    15    15    5
3903.19 00    -- Other                                                        15    15    15    5
3903.20 00    -  Styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN)
                           copolymers                                                3       3     3     3
3903.30 00    -  Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
                          (ABS) copolymers                                       3        3     3     3
39.04    Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms.
3904.10    -  Polyvinyl chloride, not mixed with
                     any other substances:
3904.10 10    --- Polyvinyl chloride homopolymer,
                            suspension type                                       15      15      15    5
39.15    Waste, parings and scrap, of plastics.
3915.30 00    - Of polymers of vinyl chloride               3        3        3     3
39.18    Floor coverings of plastics, whether or not self-adhesive, in rolls or in the forms of tiles; wall or
              ceiling coverings of plastics, as defined in Note 9 to this Chapter.
3918.10    - Of polymers of vinyl chloride:
3918.10 10    --- Vinyl-asbestos tiles       7    7    7    5
3918.10 90    --- Other                             7    7    7    5
39.20    Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated,
               supported or similarly combined with other materials.
             - Of polymers of vinyl chloride:
3920.41 00    -- Rigid                                       7      7      7    5
3920.42 00    -- Fible                                      10    10    10    5
39.23    Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics; stoppers, lids, caps and other
              closures, of plastics.
3923.30 00    -  Carboys, bottles, flasks and similar
                           articles                                             5      5      5      5
56.07    Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, whether or not plaited or braided and whether or not
               impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics.
                        - Of polyethylene or polypropylene:
5607.41 00    -- Binder or baler twine                     10     10      10     5
5607.49 00    -- Other                                              10     10      10     5
61.04    Women’s or girls’ suits, ensembles, jackets, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and
              brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear), knitted or crocheted.
                        - Dresses:
6104.42 00    -- Of cotton                                         20     10      10     5
6104.43 00    -- Of synthetic fibres                          20     10      10     5
6104.44 00    -- Of artificial fibres                            20     10      10     5
6104.49 00    -- Of other textile materials                20     10      10    5
61.05    Men’s or boys’ shirts, knitted or crocheted.
6105.10 00    - Of cotton                                                   20      10      10     5
6105.20 00    - Of man-made fibres                                  20       10      10     5
6105.90 00    - Of other textile materials                         20       10      10     5
61.06    Women’s or girls’ blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses, knitted or crocheted.
6106.10 00    - Of cotton                                                           20       10      10     5
6106.20 00    - Of man-made fibres                                          20       10      10     5
6106.90 00    - Of other textile materials                                 20       10      10     5
61.09    T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted.
6109.10 00    - Of cotton                                                          20        10       10     5
6109.90 00    - Of other textile materials                                20        10       10     5
62.04    Women’s or girls’ suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib
               and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear).
                         - Dresses:
6204.42 00    -- Of cotton                                                           20       10       10      5
6204.43 00    -- Of synthetic fibres                                            20       10        10     5
6204.44 00    -- Of artificial fibres                                              20       10        10     5
6204.49 00    -- Of other textile materials                                  20       10        10     5
                         -  Trousers, bib and brace overalls,
                            breeches and shorts:
6204.63 00    -- Of synthetic fibres                                             20        10       10      5
6204.69 00    -- Of other textile materials                                  20        10       10      5
62.05    Men’s or boys’ shirts.
6205.20 00    - Of cotton                                                              20    10    10    5
6205.30 00    - Of man-made fibres                                              20    10    10    5
6205.90 00    - Of other textile materials                                     20    10    10    5
62.06    Women’s or girls’ blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses.
6206.10 00    - Of silk or silk waste                          20    10    10    5
6206.30 00    - Of cotton                                           20    10    10    5
6206.40 00    - Of man-made fibres                           20    10    10    5
6206.90 00    - Of other textile materials                  20    10    10    5
70.19    Glass fibres (including glass wool) and articles thereof (for example, yarn, woven fabrics).
            -  Thin sheets (voiles), webs, mats,
                mattresses, boards and similar
                nonwoven products:
7019.31 00    -- Mats                                    3    3    3    3
71.01    Pearls, natural or cultured, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set;
              pearls, natural or cultured, temporarily strung for convenience of transport.
7101.10 00    - Natural pearls                       3    3    3    3
                        - Cultured pearls:
7101.21 00    -- Unworked                            3    3    3    3
7101.22 00    -- Worked                                3    3    3    3
72.10    Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or
              coated.
7210.30 00    -  Electrolytically plated or coated
                           with zinc                                      3    3    3    3
                       -  Otherwise plated or coated with
                           zinc:
7210.41 00    -- Corrugated                                   3    3    3    3
7210.49 00    -- Other                                            3    3    3    3
                        - Plated or coated with aluminium:
7210.61 00    -- Plated or coated with aluminium-
                           zinc alloys                                    3    3    3    3
7210.69 00    -- Other                                            3    3    3    3
72.12    Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, clad, plated or
              coated.
7212.20 00    -  Electrolytically plated or coated
                           with zinc                                                3    3    3    3
7212.30 00    - Otherwise plated or coated with zinc    3    3    3    3
7212.40    -  Painted, varnished or coated with
                     plastics:
7212.40 10    --- Plated or coated with zinc or
                            aluminum-zinc alloys and
                            subsequently painted         3    3    3    3
7212.40 90    --- Other                                   3    3    3    3
7212.50    - Otherwise plated or coated:
7212.50 90    --- Other                                    3    3    3    3
72.13    Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron or non-alloy steel.
7213.10 00    -  Containing indentations, ribs,
                           grooves or other deformations
                           produced during the rolling process    3    3    3    3
7213.20 00    - Other, of free-cutting steel                    3    3    3    3
                        - Other:
7213.91 00    --  Of circular cross-section measuring
                           less than 14 mm in diameter              3    3    3    3
7213.99 00    -- Other                                                    3    3    3    3
72.14    Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled,
              hot-drawn or hot extruded, but including those twisted after rolling.
7214.20 00    -  Containing indentations, ribs, grooves
                           or other deformations produced
                           during the rolling process or twisted
                           after rolling                                          3    3    3    3
7214.30 00    - Other, of free-cutting steel                   3    3    3    3
                        - Other:
7214.91 00    --  Of rectangular (other than square)
                           cross section                                        3    3    3    3
7214.99 00    -- Other                                                    3    3    3    3
72.15    Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel.
7215.10 00    -  Of free-cutting steel, not further
                          worked than cold-formed or cold-
                           finished                                                  3    3    3    3
7215.50 00    -  Other, not further worked than
                          cold-formed or cold-finished                  3    3    3    3
7215.90 00    - Other                                                        3  &nb