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, Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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Order, the above-mentioned articles, which are entered and withdrawn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.
Sec. 4. All 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
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