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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 276

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 276 - MODIFYING THE NOMENCLATURE AND THE 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 reduction in the rates of duty on various products will provide the necessary assistance to domestic industries to be globally competitive;

WHEREAS, Section 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, empowers the President to increase, reduce or remove existing rates of duty, as well as to modify the tariff nomenclature;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President 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the effectivity of this Executive Order, the articles specifically listed in the aforesaid “Annex” which are entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied the rates of duty herein presented.

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 thirty (30) days following the complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.

Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand.

Annex A

HDG.    H.S.      RATE OF
NO.     CODE    DESCRIPTION       DUTY (%)
   2000

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.
- xxx

2009.11 00
to
2009.50 00    - xxx
2009.60 00    - Grape juice (including grape must)    3
2009.70 00    - xxx
2009.80 00    - xxx
2009.90 00    - xxx

29.16    Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides,
      halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated
              derivatives.
- Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their
              anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their
             derivatives:

2916.11 00    -- xxx
2916.12 00    -- xxx
2916.13 00    -- xxx

2916.14 -- Esters of methacrylic acid:
2916.14 10    --- Methyl methacrylate    Free
2916.14 90    --- Other    3
2916.15 00    -- xxx
2916.19 00
to
2916.39 00    -- xxx

44.08    Veneer sheets and sheets for plywood (whether or not spliced) and other wood sawn
            lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness not
              exceeding 6 mm.

4408.10    - Coniferous:
4408.10 10    --- xxx; radiata pinewood for blockboard manufacturing    3
4408.10 90    --- xxx

- xxx

4408.31 00
to
4408.90 90 --- xxx

48.02    Uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes,
             and punch card stock and punch tape paper, in rolls or sheets, other than paper of heading No.
             48.01 or 48.03; hand-made paper and paperboard.

4802.10 00
to
4802.40 00    - xxx
   - Other paper and paperboard, not containing fibres
                          obtained by a mechanical process or of which not
                         more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content
                         consists of such fibres:
4802.51 00    -- xxx

4802.52 -- Weighing 40 g/m2 or more but not more than 150 g/m2:

4802.52 10 --- Fancy paper and paperboard including with
                           watermarks, granatized felt finish, fibers or blend of
                          specks and vellum antique finish weighing 40 g/m2
                          or more but not more than 150 g/m2    3
4802.52 90    --- Other    10

4802.53 - Weighing more than 150 g/m2:

4802.53 10    --- Fancy paper and paperboard including with
                             watermarks, granatized felt finish fibers or blend of
                             specks and vellum antique finish weighing more than
                             150 g/m2    3
4802.53 90    --- Other    10
4802.60 00    - xxx

48.23    Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, cut to size or shape;
              other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres.
              - xxx

4823.11
to
4823.70 00 - xxx

4823.90 - Other:

4823.90 10
to
4823.90 70 --- xxx

4823.90 80    --- Die-cut polyethylene (PE) coated paperboard for
                             paper cup-making    3
4823.90 90    --- xxx

58.06 Narrow woven fabrics, other than goods of heading No. 58.07; narrow fabrics consisting of
warp without weft assembled by means of an adhesive (bolducs).

5806.10 00    - xxx
5806.20 00    - xxx
   - Other woven fabrics:

5806.31 -- xxx

5806.31 10    --- xxx
5806.31 20    --- xxx
5806.31 90    --- xxx

5806.32 -- Of man-made fibres:

5806.32 10    --- xxx
5806.32 20    --- Safety seat belt webbing    3
5806.32 90    --- xxx
5806.39 00    -- xxx
5806.40 00    - xxx

72.09    Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, cold-rolled
              (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated.
             - In coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-
               reduced):

7209.15 00    -- Of a thickness of 3 mm or more    3*
7209.16 00    -- Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less than 3 mm    3*
7209.17 00    -- Of a thickness of 0.5 mm or more but not exceeding

1 mm 3*

7209.18          -- Of a thickness of less than 0.5 mm:
7209.18 10    --- xxx
7209.18 90    --- Other    3*
      - Not in coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-
                            reduced):
7209.25 00    -- Of a thickness of 3 mm or more    3*
7209.26 00    -- Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less than 3 mm    3*
7209.27 00    -- Of a thickness of 0.5 mm or more but not exceeding
                            1 mm    3*
7209.28 00    -- Of a thickness of less than 0.5 mm    3*
7209.90 00     - Other    3*

72.11    Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, not clad, plated
             or coated.
                        - xxx

7211.13 00    -- xxx
7211.14 00    -- xxx
7211.19 00    -- xxx
                        - Not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced):
7211.23 00    -- Containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon    3*
7211.29 00    -- Other    3*
7211.90 00   - Other    3*

73.06 Other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (for example, open seam or welded, riveted or similarly
closed), of iron or steel.

7306.10 00    - xxx
7306.20 00    - xxx
7306.30   - Other, welded, of circular cross-section, of iron or non-
                          alloy steel:
7306.30 10    --- xxx
7306.30 20    --- Single-walled or double-walled, copper plated or
                             fluororesin coated (FRC) or zinc chromated (ZMC3)
                             steel tubes, of an external diameter not exceeding
                             15 mm    3
7306.30 30
to
7306.90 90    --- xxx

84.09 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading No. 84.07 or 84.08.

8409.10 00    - xxx
                   - Other:
8409.91    -- Suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition
                       internal combustion piston engines:
8409.91 10    --- Alternator brackets; oil pans    3
8409.91 90    --- Other    10
8409.99 00    -- xxx
84.18    Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; heat
              pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading No. 84.15.
8418.10
to
8418.69 90    --- xxx
                         - Parts:
8418.91 00     -- xxx
8418.99          -- Other:
8418.99 10    --- Aluminum rollbonds for subheading Nos. 8418.10 10,
8418.21 00, 8418.22 00 and 8418.29 00    3
8418.99 90    --- Other    7
84.21    Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for
             liquids or gases.
   - xxx
8421.11 00
to
8421.19 90    --- xxx
      - Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids:
8421.21 00    -- xxx
8421.22 00    -- xxx
8421.23 00    -- Oil or petrol-filters for internal combustion engines    3
8421.29 00
to
8421.99 00    -- xxx

85.06 Primary cells and primary batteries.

8506.10 00    - xxx
8506.30 00    - xxx
8506.40 00    - xxx
8506.50 00    - Lithium    3
8506.60 00    - xxx
8506.80 00    - xxx
8506.90 00    - xxx

87.08 Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings Nos. 87.01 to 87.05.

8708.10 - xxx
8708.10 10    --- xxx
8708.10 90    --- xxx
   - Other parts and accessories of bodies (including cabs):
8708.21      -- Safety seat belts:
8708.21 10    --- Parts    3
8708.21 90    --- Other    10
8708.29
to
8708.80 90    --- xxx
   - Other parts and accessories:
8708.91
to
8708.94 20    --- xxx
8708.99      -- Other:
8708.99 10    --- xxx
8708.99 20    --- xxx; engine brackets    3
8708.99 90    --- xxx

* 7% when CRC producers are able to supply at least 50% of market requirement based on 1997 Philippine Iron and Steel Institute (PISI) data as certified by the Board of Investments (BOI).

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