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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1628



PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1628 - TO AMEND THE SECOND PARAGRAPH  OF Section 104 AND TO MODIFY THE RATES OF DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES PROVIDED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978

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WHEREAS, the level of prices of imported essential raw materials and other intermediate inputs of the food processing industries are projected to increase due to the rise in the prices of oil and other forms of energy; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary

WHEREAS, it is necessary to keep to the minimum level the prices of essential consumer goods in order to make these goods available to the general mass of consumers;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary

WHEREAS, the promotion of Philippine exports of food products is an important factor to a vigorous development of the food processing industry geared towards the domestic and international market;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary

WHEREAS, it is necessary to effect immediate modification in the rates and/or classification in the tariff schedules concerning articles of the food processing industry in order to meet any contingency caused by the increase in the price of oil.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order as follows:cralaw:red

Section 1.    The provisions of the second paragraph of Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 is hereby amended to read as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary

"Sec. 104.   .

There shall be levied, collected and paid upon all imported articles the rates of duty indicated in the Schedule under this section except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Code: Provided, That, the maximum rate shall not exceed one hundred per cent ad valorem.

Section 2.    The articles classified in the headings and subheadings under Section 104 of Presidential Decree Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Sixty-Four, specifically listed in Annex "A" of this Decree, shall pay the rates of import duty indicated opposite each.

Section 3.    This Decree shall take effect thirty (30) days after its publication.

Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine. 

I.   FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY

    Tariff     Description of Articles    Rate of Duty
Heading No.        Percent Recommended

02.01    Meat and edible offals of the animals
    falling within heading No. 01.01,
    01.02, 01.03, or 01.04, fresh chilled or
    frozen, ad val. — [10%]    5%

02.02    Dead poultry (that is to say, fowls,
    ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea
    fowls) and edible offals thereof
    (except liver), fresh, chilled or frozen:
    [ad. val. 70%]
    A. ARTICLES NOT INCLUDED
    IN SUBHEADING B THEREOF
    AD VAL. — 30%
    B. CHICKEN AND DUCKS, AD 
    VAL. — 50%

02.03    Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen,
    salted or in brine, ad val. — [70%]    50%

02.04    Other meat and edible meat offals,
    fresh, chilled or frozen, ad
    val. — [70%]        50%

02.06    Meat and edible meat offals (except
    poultry liver), salted, in brine, dried
    or smoked, ad val. — [100%]    50%

04.01    Milk and cream, fresh, not concentrated
    or sweetened, ad val. — [30%]    20%

05.04    Guts, bladders and stomachs of
    animals, (other than fish), whole and
    pieces thereof, ad val. — [50%]    30%

07.04    Dried, dehydrated or evaporated,
    vegetables, whole, cut sliced, broken
    or in powder, but not further
    prepared, ad val. — [70%]    50%

07.05    Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled
    whether or not skinned or split:
    A. White beans, GREEN PEAS
    and chick peas in bulk container
    exceeding 45 kgs. gross weight,
    ad val. — [20%]        5%
    B. Other, ad val. — [50%]    30%

09.02    Tea, ad val. — [70%]        50%

09.04    Pepper of the genus "Piper"; pimento
    of the genus "Capsicum" or the
    genus "Pimenta": [ad val. 50%]
    A. WHITE PEPPER, AD
    VAL. — 20% 
    B. OTHER, AD VAL. — 40%

11.08    Starches; Inulin, AD VAL. — 20%
    A. Inulin, ad val. — 30%
    B. Other ad val. — 70%

15.0    Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid,
    crude, refined or purified:
    A. Linseed, soya bean, palm, tung
    and oiticica, ad val. — [20%]    10%
    B. Other ad val. — [50%]    40%

15.12    Animal or vegetable oils and fats,
    wholly or partly hydrogenated or
    solidified or hardened by any other
    process, whether or not refined not
    further prepared ad val. — [70%]

16.04    Prepared or preserved fish, including
    caviar and caviar substitutes:
    A..

    B. Other, ad val. — [70%]    50%

16.05    Crustaceans and mollusks, prepared
    or preserved:
    A..

    B. Other, ad val. — [70%]    50%

18.01    Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or
    roasted, ad val. — [50%]    30%

19.01    Malt extract, ad val. — [30%]    30%

19.02    Preparations of flour, meal, starch or
    malt extract of a kind used as infant
    food or for dietetic or culinary
    purposes, containing less than 50% by
    weight of cocoa, ad val. — [30%]    20%

20.01    Vegetables and fruit, prepared or
    preserved by vinegar or acetic acid,
    with or without sugar, whether or not
    containing salt, spices or mustard, ad
    val. — [100%]    50%

20.02    Vegetable prepared or preserved
    otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
    acid:
    A. Tomato paste, ad val. — [20%]    10%
    B. Other, ad val. — [100%]    50%

20.07    Fruit juices (including grape must)
    and vegetables juices, whether or not
    containing added sugar, but
    unfermented and not containing
    spirit:
    A. Concentrates, ad val. — [30%]    20%
    B. Other, ad val. — [100%]    50%

21.02    Extracts, essences or concentrates,
    of coffee, tea or mate; preparations
    with a basis of those extracts,
    essences or concentrates, ad
    val. — [100%]    50%

21.03    Mustard flour and prepared mustard,
    ad val. — [100%]    50%

21.04    Sauces; mixed condiments and mixed
    seasonings, ad val. — [100%]    50%

21.07    Food preparations not elsewhere
    specified or included:
    A. Non-alcoholic composite
    concentrates for making beverages; cheese
    flavoring powder, ad val. — [30%]    20%
    B. Other, ad val. — [100%]    50%

70.10    Carboys, bottles, jars, pots, tubular
    containers and similar containers, of
    glass, of a kind commonly used for
    the conveyance or packing of goods;
    stoppers and other closures, of glass:
    A..

    B. GLASS JARS FOR BABY
    FOOD, AD VAL. — [50%]    40%
    C. Other, ad val. — [50%]      40%

73.13    Sheets and plates, of iron or steel,
    hot-rolled or cold-rolled:
    A..

    1..

    2..

73.13    B. Coated or plated:
    1..

    2. Tinplates; chromeplated sheets;
    galvanized sheets with gauges from
    16 to 36 USSG: [ad val. —  50%]
    A. TINPLATES WHEN IMPORTED
    DIRECTLY BY FOOD PROCESSORS
    UPON PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OF
    THE IRON AND STEEL AUTHORITY.....

    AD VAL. FREE
    B. OTHER..... AD VAL. — 40%

76.04    Aluminum foil (whether or not
    embossed, cut to shape, perforated,
    coated, printed, or backed with paper
    or other reinforcing material), of a
    thickness (excluding any backing)
    not exceeding 0.20 mm: [ad val. 30%]
    A. ALUMINUM REINFORCED
    PAPER PACKING MATERIAL,
    AD VAL. — 10%
    B. OTHER......AD VAL. — 20%

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