MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 3, July 10, 1946 ]
ON THE CONTROL OF EXPORTS FROM THE PHILIPPINES
By the virtue of the powers vested in me under Commonwealth Act No. 728, entitled “An Act to prohibit certain exports from the Philippines, to authorize the President of the Philippines to regulate, control, curtail and prohibit said exports, to provide penalties for the violation of this Act and of regulations issued pursuant thereto, and for other purposes,” I, MANUEL ROXAS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby order:
Section 1. Except as permitted in section 3 and 4 of this Order, the exportation of the following is hereby prohibited until further orders:
1. Rice
2. Sugar
3. Milk
4. Cheese
5. Butter and imitations thereof
6. Eggs and preparations thereof
7. Lard and substitutes thereof
8. Poultry, meat, soap, fish, and preparations thereof
9. Grains, seeds, cereals, and preparations thereof
10. Pulses, vegetables, fruits, nuts (except coconuts) and preparations thereof
11. Coffee
12. Cacao and preparations thereof
13. Textiles and manufactures thereof
14. Cotton and light material
15. Shoes
16. Soap
17. Fertilizer
18. Pigments
19. Paints
20. Dyes
21. Varnishes
22. Chemical and pharmaceutical products
23. Oils, fats, waxes, and derivatives thereof
24. Matches and match sticks of all kinds
25. Papers and manufactures thereof
26. Medical supplies and equipment
27. Building materials
28. Agricultural implements
29. Electric and electro-technical apparatus and appliances
30. Sewing equipment
31. Radio apparatus, and parts, appurtenances and accessories thereof
32. Telephone and telegraph wires and equipment
33. Work animals
34. Lamps and other lighting supplies
35. Laboratory equipment
36. Coal and cake
37. Asphalt, cement and other materials for road construction
38. Railroad supplies
39. Mechanical tools, implements and instruments
40. Fishing equipment
41. Hides and skins
Section 2. The exportation from the Philippines of all other products, merchandise, articles, materials, and supplies is hereby permitted upon specific export license to be issued by the Philippine Sugar Administration covering each individual shipment. The permit shall be signed “By authority of the President”.
Section 3. There is hereby granted a general license for the purpose of Commonwealth Act No. 723 covering exportations to the United States of whatever products, merchandise, articles, materials, and supplies, whether of prohibited exportation or not; and no specific license shall be required to cover each individual shipment: Provided, That such shipment shall be under through bill of lading from the Philippines to the United States.ℒαwρhi৷
Section 4. The exportation of products, merchandise, articles, materials, and supplies purchased from the United States Foreign Liquidation Commission specifically for export, whether covered by section 1 or by section 2 hereof, is hereby permitted upon specific export license to be issued as provided in sec 2 hereof.1a⍵⍴h!1
Section 5. Before an export license may be issued, the interested party shall file an export declaration containing the following information:
(a) The name and address of the exporter or his duly authorize agent or representatives;
(b) The name and address of the consignee;
(c) The port from which exportation is to be made;
(d) The port and country of destination;
(e) The name of the vessel on which shipment is to be made;
(f) The date on which such vessel is expected to depart from the Philippines ;
(g) The description of the products, merchandise, articles, materials, and supplies to be exported, and the quantity and declared value thereof.
Section 6. As used in this Order, the word “ United States ” means the States of the United States of America, the District of Colombia, the territories of Alaska and Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
Section 7. This Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the first.
(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Chief of the Executive Office
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