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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 196

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 196 - MODIFYING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES UNDER SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978 (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464, AS AMENDED)

WHEREAS, the government needs to provide the agriculture and fisheries sector tariff assistance to be efficient and globally competitive;

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, 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, 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 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 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    Upon the effectivity of this Executive Order, the above-mentioned articles, which are entered and withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines shall be levied the rates of duty herein prescribed.

SECTION 4.    All 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 immediately following its complete publication in two newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 16th day of April, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Three.

“Annex A”

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

01.02    Live bovine animals.

0102.10 00 - Pure-bred breeding animals 1
0102.90 00 - X X X

01.03 Live swine.

    0103.10 00    - Pure-bred breeding animals    1
    - X X X
    0103.91
    to
    0103.92 20    - - - X X X

01.04 Live sheep and goats.

    0104.10 00    - Sheep    1
    0104.20    - Goats:
    0104.20 10    - - - Pure-bred breeding animals    1
    0104.20 90    - - - Other:
    0104.20 91    - - - - X X X
    0104.20 92    - - - - X X X

01.05 Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus

    domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls.
    - Weighing not more than 185 g:
    0105.11   - - Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus:
    0105.11 10    - - - Chicks, for breeding    1
    0105.11 90    - - - X X X
    0105.11 91    - - - - X X X
    0105.11 92    - - - - X X X
    0105.12    - - Turkeys:
    0105.12 10    - - - For breeding    1
    0105.12 90    - - - X X X
    0105.12 91    - - - - X X X
    0105.12 92    - - - - X X X
    0105.19    - - Other:
    0105.19 10    - - - Ducks and geese for breeding    1
    0105.19 90    - - - X X X
    0105.19 91    - - - - X X X
    0105.19 92    - - - - X X X
    - Other:
    0105.92    - - Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, weighing not more
                          than 2,000 g:
    0105.92 10    - - - Chicken, for breeding    1
    0105.92 20
    to
    0105.92 92    - - - - X X X
    0105.93    - - Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, weighing more
       than 2,000 g:
    0105.93 10    - - - Chicken, for breeding    1
    0105.93 20
    to
    0105.99 92    - - - - X X X

03.01 Live Fish

    0301.10 00    - X X X
    - Other live fish:
    0301.91 00
    to
    0301.93 00    - - X X X
    0301.99    - - Other:
    0301.99 10    - - - Milkfish or lapu-lapu fry    1
    0301.99 20    - - - Milkfish breeder    1
    0301.99 90    - - - X X X

04.07 0407.00 Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked.

0407.00 10 - - - Birds’ hatching eggs for breeding 1
0407.00 90 - - - Other 10

05.11 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included;

    dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human
    consumption.
    0511.10 00    - Bovine semen    1
    - Other:
    0511.91 00    - - X X X
    0511.99 00    - - X X X

06.01 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corns, crowns and

    rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants
    and roots other than roots of heading No. 12.12.
    0601.10 00    - Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corns, crowns and rhizomes,    1
    dormant
    0601.20 00    - Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corns, crowns and rhizomes,    1
    in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots

06.02 Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and

    slips; mushroom spawn
    0602.10 00    - Unrooted cuttings and slips    1
    0602.20 00    - Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which    1
    bear edible fruits or nuts
    0602.30 00    - Rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not    1
    0602.40 00    - Roses, grafted or not    1
    0602.90 00    - X X X

07.01 Potatoes, fresh or chilled.

    0701.10 00    - Seed    1
    0701.90    - X X X
    0701.90 10    - - - X X X
    0701.90 20    - - - X X X

10.05 Maize (corn).

    1005-10 00    - Seed    1
    1005.90
    to
    1005.90 92    - - - X X X

10.08 Buckwheat, millet and canary seed; other cereals.

    1008.10 00    - Buckwheat    1
    1008.20 00    - Millet    1
    1008.30 00    - Canary seed    1
    1008.90 00    - X X X

12.06 1206.00 00 Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken. 1
12.07 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not

    broken.
    1207.10 00    - X X X
    1207.20 00    - Cotton seeds    1
    1207.30 00    - Castor oil seeds    1
    1207.40 00    -
    to
    1207.99 00    - - X X X

12.09 Seeds, fruits and spores, of a kind used for sowing.

    - X X X
    1209.11 00    - - X X X
    1209.19 00    - - X X X
    - Seeds of forage plants, other than beet seed:
    1209.21 00    - - Lucerne (alfalfa) seed    1
    1209.22 00    - - Clover (Trifolium spp.) seed    1
    1209.23 00    - - Fescue seed    1
    1209.24 00    - - Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis L.) seed    1
    1209.25 00    - - Rye grass (Lolium multiflorum Lam., Lolium perenne L.)    1
    seed
    1209.26 00    - - Timothy grass seed    1
    1209.29 00    - - X X X
    1209.30 00    - Seeds or herbaceous plants cultivated principally for    1
    their flowers
    - Other:
    1209.91 00    - - Vegetable seeds    1
    1209.99 00    - - Other    1

23.01 Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or

    of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates,
    unfit for human consumption; greaves.
    2301.10 00    - Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal; greaves    1
    2301.20 00    - Flours, meals and pellets, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs    1
    or other aquatic invertebrates

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    1
    2303.20 00    - X X X
    2303.30 00    - X X X

23.09 Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding.

    2309.10 00    - X X X
    2309.90    - Other:
    2309.90 10    - - - Feed additives; premixes; feed supplements    1
    2309.90 20    - - - Prawn feeds    1
    2309.90 30    - - - X X X
    2309.90 90    - - - X X X

31.03 Mineral or chemical fertilisers, phosphatic.

    3103.10    - Superphosphates:
    3103.10 10    - - - X X X
    3103.10 90    - - - Other    1
    3103.20 00    - Basic slag    1
    3103.90 00    - X X X

39.26 Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of

    headings Nos. 39.01 to 39.14.
    3926.10 00    - X X X
    3926.20 00
    to
    3926.90 60    - - - X X X
    3926.90 70    - - - Grain storage
    3926.90 90    - - -X X X

82.08 Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for

    mechanical appliances.
    8208.10 00    - X X X
    8208.20 00    - X X X
    8208.30 00    - X X X
    8208.40 00    - For agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines    1
    8208.90 00    - X X X

84.07 Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion

    piston engines.
    8407.10 00
    to
    8407.29 00    - - X X X
    - Reciprocating piston engines of a kind used for the
    propulsion of vehicles of Chapter 87:
    8407.31    - - Of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cc:
    8407.31 10    - - - For pedestrian controlled tractors    1
    8407.31 90    - - - Other    3
    8407.32    - - Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 50 cc but not exceeding
    250 cc:
    8407.32 10    - - - For pedestrian controlled tractors    1
    8407.32 90    - - - Other    3
    8407.33    - - Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 250 cc but not exceeding
    1,000 cc
    8407.33 10    - - - For pedestrian controlled tractors    1
    8407.33 90    - - - Other    3
    8407.34    - - Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,000 cc:
    8407.34 10    - - - X X X
    8407.34 20    - - - For pedestrian controlled tractors of a cylinder capacity not
    exceeding 1,100 cc
    8407.34 90
    to
    8407.90 90    - - - X X X

84.08 Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines

    (diesel or semi-diesel engines).
    8408.10 00    - X X X
    8408.20    - Engines of a kind used for the propulsion of
    vehicles of Chapter 87:
    8408.20 10    - - - X X X
    8408.20 20    - - - For pedestrian controlled tractors    1
    8408.20 90    - - - X X X
    8408.90    - Other engines:
    8408.90 10    - - - Rated at 25 hp and below    1
    8408.90 90    - - - X X X

84.24 Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand-operated) for

    projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders; fire
    extinguishers, whether or not charged; spray guns and
    similar appliances; steam or sand blasting machines and
    similar jet projecting machines.
    8424.10
    to
    8424.30 00    - X X X
    - Other appliances:
    8424.81    - - Agricultural or horticultural:
    8424.81 10    - - - Drip irrigation systems    1
    8424.81 90    - - - X X X
    8424.89
    to
    8424.89 90    - - - X X X
    8424.90    - Parts:
        8424.90 10    - - - X X X
        8424.90 20    - - - X X X
        8424.90 30    - - - Parts of the goods of subheading No. 8424.81 10    1
        8424.90 90    - - - X X X

84.33 Harvesting or threshing machinery, including straw or

    fodder balers; grass or hay mowers; machines for
    cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other
    agricultural produce, other than machinery of heading
        No. 84.37.
    - X X X
    8433.11 00
    to
    8433.20 00    - X X X
    8433.30 00    - Other haymaking machinery    1
    8433.40 00    - Straw or fodder balers, including pick-up balers    1
    - Other harvesting machinery; threshing machinery:
    8433.51 00    - - Combined harvester-threshers    1
    8433.52 00    - - X X X
    8433.53 00    - - X X X
    8433.59    - - Other:
    8433.59 10    - - - Cotton pickers and cotton ginning machines    1
    8433.59 90    - - - Other    5
    8433.60 00    - Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other    1
    agricultural produce
    8433.90 00    - Parts    1

84.34 Milking machines and dairy machinery.

    8434.10 00    - Milking machines    1
    8434.20 00    - Dairy machinery    1
    8434.90 00    - Parts    1

84.36 Other agricultural, horticultural, forestry, poultry-keeping

    or bee-keeping machinery, including germination plant
    fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment; poultry
    incubators and brooders.
    8436.10 00    - Machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs    1
    - Poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders:
    8436.21 00    - - Poultry incubators and brooders    1
    8436.29 00    - - Other    1
    8436.80 00    - Other machinery    1
    - Parts:
        8436.91 00    - - Of poultry-keeping machinery or poultry incubators and    1
        brooders
        8436.99 00    - - Other    1

84.37 Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, grain or

    dried leguminous vegetables; machinery used in the
    milling industry or for the working of cereals or dried
    leguminous vegetables, other than farm-type machinery.
    8437.10    - Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, grain or dried
    leguminous vegetables:
    8437.10 10    - - - For bread grains (e.g., wheat, rye); winnowing and similar    1
    cleaning machines
    8437.10 90    - - - X X X
    8437.80    - Other machinery:
    8437.80 10    - - - X X X
    8437.80 90    - - - Other    1
    8437.90    - Parts:
    8437.90 10    - - - Of subheading Nos. 8437.10 10 and 8437 80 90    1
    8437.90 90    - - - Other    3

84.38 Machinery, not specified or included elsewhere in this

    Chapter, for the industrial preparation or manufacture of
    food or drink, other than machinery for the extraction or
    preparation of animal or fixed vegetable fats or oils.
    8438.10 00    - X X X
    8438.20 00    - X X X
    8438.30 00    - Machinery for sugar manufacture    1
    8438.40 00    - X X X
    8438.50 00    - X X X
    8438.60 00    - X X X
    8438.80    - Other machinery:
    8438.80 10    - - - Machinery for the preparation of fish, crustaceans and
    mollusks    1
    8438.80 90    - - - Other    3
    8438.90 00    - X X X

84.81 Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes,

    boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including
    pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically
    controlled valves.
    8481.10 00
    to
    8481.40 00    - X X X
    8481.80    - Other appliances:
    8481.80 10    - - - X X X
    8481.80 20    - - - X X X
    8481.80 30    - - - Hog nipple waterers    1
    8481.80 40
    to
    8481.90 00    - X X X

87.01 Tractors (other than tractors of heading No. 87.09).

    8701.10    - Pedestrian controlled tractors:
    8701.10 10    - - - Components, parts and/or accessories    1
    8701.10 90    - - - X X X
    8701.20 00
    to
    8701.90 00    - X X X

87.16 Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not

    mechanically propelled; parts thereof.
    8716.10 00    - X X X
    8716.20 00    - Self-loading or self-unloading trailers and semi-trailers for    1
   agricultural purposes

- X X X

        8716.31 00
        to
        8716.90 00    - X X X

89.01 Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships,

    barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or
    goods.
    8901.10
    to
    8901.20 00    - X X X
    8901.30 00    - Refrigerated vessels, other than those of subheading    1
    No. 8901.20 00
    8901.90    - X X X
    8901.90 10    - - - X X X
    8901.90 90    - - - X X X

89.02 8902.00 Fishing vessels; factory ships and other vessels for

      processing or preserving fishery products.
    8902.00 10    - - - Fishing vessels 40 GT and above    1
    8902.00 90    - - - X X X

94.06 9406.00 Prefabricated buildings.

    9406.00 10    - - - Greenhouses equipped with mechanical or thermal
equipment    1
    9406.00 90    - - - X X X

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