Executive Order No. 49

October 15, 1986

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 49

RESTRUCTURING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTIES AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF CERTAIN ARTICLES UNDER SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The rates of import duties and classifications of certain articles under Section 104 of the cd

SECTION 2. Upon effectivity of this Executive Order, all articles listed in Annex "A" hereof which are entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be subject to the rates of import duties herein prescribed.

SECTION 3. The rates of import duties prescribed in Annex "A" hereof shall be subject to review after one (1) year from the effectivity of this Executive Order. The President, after investigation by the Tariff Commissioner and recommendation of the National Economic and Development Authority, may cause a gradual reduction of protection levels granted herein.

SECTION 4. All laws, orders, issuances, and rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 5. This Executive Order shall take effect beginning October 1, 1986.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 15th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Six. acd

Annex "A"

CCCN			Rate of
Hdg. No.		Description	Duty

04.02		Milk and cream, preserved, concentrated
		or sweetened:

	100	x x x x
	200	Milk (other than whey), in powder or
		granules containing not more than
		1.5% by weight of fat:
	210	In bulk containers of gross
		weight 25 kgs. or more	ad val. 10%

	290	Other	ad val. 20%
	300	Milk (other than whey), and
		cream, in powder or granules
		containing more than 1.5% by
		weight of fat:

	310	Milk:
	311	Buttermilk	ad val. 10%
	319	Other	ad val. 20%
	320	x x x x
	400	Milk (other than whey) and
		cream, in forms other than
		powder or granules:
	410	Milk	ad val. 20%
	420	x x x x

05.08	800	Bones and horn-cores, unworked,
		defatted, simply prepared
		(but not cut to shape), treated
		with acid or degelatinized;
		powder and waste of these
		products	ad val. 10%

07.04	000	Dried, dehydrated, or
		evaporated vegetables, whole,
		cut, sliced broken or in
		powder, but not further
		prepared	ad val. 30%

11.01	Cereal flours:

	100	Of wheat or of meslin.	ad val. 30% or
			g.w. kg.
			P1.50
	900	x x x x

21.07	Food preparations not elsewhere
	specified or included:
	100	x x x x
	200	x x x x
	300	Filled Milk	ad val. 20%
	900	x x x x

28.17	Sodium hydroxide (caustic
	soda); potassium hydroxide
	(caustic potash); peroxides of
	sodium or potassium:
	100	x x x x
	200	Sodium hydroxide in aqueous
		solution	ad val. 50%
			or kg. P2.35
			on dry basis
	300	x x x x

28.40	Phosphites, hypophosphites
	and phosphates:
	100	Sodium tripolyphosphate and
		tetrasodium pyrophosphate	ad val. 50%
	900	x x x x

39.01	Condensation, polycondensation
	and poly-addition products
	whether or not modified
	or polymerized, and whether or
	not linear (for example,
	phenoplasts, aminoplasts
	alkyds, polyallyl esters and
	other unsaturated polyesters,
	silicones):
	100	x x x x
	210	Phenoplasts, in primary forms:
	211	Phenol formaldehyde moulding
		compound	ad val. 40%
	212	x x x x
	213	x x x x
	219	x x x x
	220	x x x x
	290	x x x x
	310	x x x x
	320	x x x x
	390	x x x x
	410	Alkyds and other polyesters, in
		primary forms:
	411	x x x x
	412	x x x x
	419	Other	ad val. 40%
	420	x x x x
	490	x x x x
	510	Polymides in primary forms	ad val. 40%
	520	x x x x
	590	Polymides in other forms, including
		waste and scrap:
	591	x x x x
	592	x x x x
	599	Other	ad val. 40%
	610	x x x x
	690	x x x x
	710	x x x x
	790	x x x x
	800	x x x xi
	900	x x x x

39.02	Polymerization and copolymerization
	products, (for example polyethylene,
	polytetrahaloethylenes, polyisobutylene,
	polystyrene, polyvinyl
	chloride, polyvinyl acetate,
	polyvinyl-chloroacetate and
	other polyvinyl derivatives,
	polyacrylic and polymethacrylic
	derivatives, coumarone-indene resins):
	100	x x x x
	210	x x x x
	220	x x x x
	230	x x x x
	240	x x x x
	310	x x x x
	320	x x x x
	390	x x x x
	410	x x x x
	420	x x x x
	430	x x x x
	440	x x x x
	510	x x x x
	520	x x x x
	530	Polyvinyl chloride in the form
		of plates, tiles or strip of the
		types used for flooring:
	531	Vinyl asbestos tiles	ad val. 50%
	539	x x x x
	540	x x x x
	550	x x x x
	610	x x x x
	620	x x x x
	630	x x x x
	640	x x x x
	650	x x x x
	710	x x x x
	720	x x x x
	730	x x x x
	800	x x x x
	900	Other polymerization or
		copolymerization products:
	910	In the form of monofil,
		seamless tubes, rods, sticks or
		profile shapes:
	911	x x x x
	919	Other	ad val. 40%
	920	x x x x
	990	Other	ad val. 40%

40.11	Rubber tyres, tyre cases,
	interchangeable tyre treads, inner
	tubes and tyre flaps, for wheels
	of all kinds:
	100	New pneumatic tyres of a kind
		normally used on motor
		cars	ad val. 50% or
			kg. g.w.
			P22.00
	200	New pneumatic tyres of a kind
		normally used on buses or
		lorries	ad val. 50% or
			kg. g.w.
			P22.00
	300	x x x x
	400	New pneumatic tyres of a kind
		normally used on motor cycles
		(including motor scooters) or
		bicycles	ad val. 30% or
			kg. g.w.
			P12.00
	500	x x x x
	600	x x x x

47.01	Pulp derived by mechanical or
	chemical means from any
	fibrous vegetables material:
	100	Mechanical wood pulp	ad val. 10%
	200	Chemical wood pulp,
		dissolving grades	ad val. 10%
	300	Chemical wood pulp, soda, or
		sulphate, unbleached	ad val. 10%
	400	Chemical wood pulp, soda, or
		sulphate bleached or semi-bleached
		(other than dissolving grades)	ad val. 10%
	500	Chemical wood pulp, sulphite,
		unbleached	ad val. 10%
	600	Chemical wood pulp, sulphite,
		bleached or semi-bleached
		(other than dissolving grades)	ad val. 10%
	700	Semi-chemical wood pulp	ad val. 10%
	900	Pulp, other than wood pulp	ad val. 10%

48.01	Paper and paperboard
	(including cellulose wadding),
	in rolls or sheets:
	100	x x x x
	200	x x x x

	210	x x x x
	220	x x x x
	230	x x x x
	290	x x x x

	300	x x x x

	310	x x x x
	320	x x x x

	400	x x x x
	500	x x x x

	510	x x x x
	591	x x x x
	592	x x x x

	600	x x x x
	700	x x x x

	710	x x x x
	790	x x x x
	900	Other paper and paperboard:
	910	Stencil tissue paper stock,
		filter paper, cupstock converting paper,
		cigarette paper exceeding
		15 cm. in width and
		electrical grade insulating
		paper other than kraft	ad val. 20%
	920	x x x x
	930	x x x x
	940	x x x x
	950	Carbonizing tissue paper stock.	ad val. 30%
	998	x x x x
	999	x x x x

51.01	Yarn of man- made fibres
	(continuous), not put up for retail
	sale:
	110	Textured yarns of continuous
		polyamide fibres	ad val. 40%
	120	Non-textured yarns of continuous
		polyamide fibres, untwisted
		or with a twist of not
		more than 50 turns per metre	ad val. 40%
	190	Other non textures yarns of
		continuous polyamide fibres	ad val. 40%
	210	x x x x
	220	x x x x
	290	x x x x
	300	x x x x
	400	x x x x
	500	x x x x
	900	x x x x
56.01.	Man-made fibres (discontinuous),
	not carded, combed, or otherwise
	prepared for spinning:
	100	Polyamide fibres	ad val. 30%
	200	x x x x

56.04.	Man-made fibres (discontinuous or wasted),
	not carded, combed, or
	otherwise prepared for spinning:

	100	Polyamide fibres and waste	ad val. 40%

	200	x x x x
	300	x x x x
	400	x x x x
	500	x x x x

59.17	Textile fabrics and textiles
	articles, of a kind commonly used
	in machinery or plant:
	100	Press felt and dryer felt	ad val. 10%
	900	Other	ad val. 20%

62.05.	Other made-up textile articles
	(including dress patterns):
	100	x x x x
	200	Umbrella covers in pre-cut
		triangular forms	ad val. 20%
	900	x x x x

66.03	000	Parts, fittings, trimmings and
		accessories of articles falling
		within heading No. 66.01 or
66.02			ad val. 20%

68.13	Fabricated asbestos and articles
	thereof (for example, asbestos
	board, thread and fabric; asbestos
	clothing, asbestos jointing),
	reinforced or not, other than
	goods falling within heading
	No. 68.14; mixtures with a basis
	of asbestos and mixtures with a
	basis of asbestos and magnesium
	carbonate, and articles of such
	mixtures:
	100	Asbestos vinyl tiles	ad val. 50%
	900	x x x x

92.01	Pianos (including automatic
	pianos, whether or not with
	keyboards); harpsichords and
	other keyboard stringed instruments;
	harps but not including aeolian harps;
	100	Grand pianos	ad val. 30%
	900	x x x x

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 82 No. 43 page 5023 on October 27, 1986.