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, Sec. 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.  

Sec. 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.

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effectivity of this Executive Order, the articles specifically listed in the aforesaid “Annex” which are entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied the rates of duty herein presented.  

Sec. 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.

Sec. 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

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

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

4408.31 00
to
4408.90 90 --- xxx

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 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 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

4823.11
to
4823.70 00 - xxx

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

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

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

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*

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*

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

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

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

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