MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 276, November 26, 1970 ]

MODIFYING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by Section 401 of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen Hundred Thirty-Seven, I, FERDINAND E.MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby direct and order:

Section 1. The articles specifically listed hereunder as classified under Section 401 of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen Hundred Thirty-Seven shall pay the following rates of import duty:

T.H. No. Description of Articles Rate of Duty
11.01 Cereal Flours:A. Wheat flour1. Flour for glue extender or binder properly colored or denatured to render it inedible when imported directly by bonafide plywood manufacturers for their exclusive use in the manufacture of plywood upon certification by the Tariff Commission g.w 100 kgs
P2.50
2. Flour for macaroni and spaghetti when imported directly by bonafide macaroni and spaghetti manufacturers for their exclusive use in the manufacture of such products upon certification by the Tariff Commission g.w 100 kgs.
P2.50
3. Other g.w 100 kgs
P12.00 or ad val. 35%
11.07 Malt,unroosted or roasted but not further processed ad val.20%
12.06 Hop cones and lupulin ad val.20%
48.01 Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding) machine made:A. Paper:1. x x x x x
2. x x x x x
3. x x x x x
4. x x x x x
5. x x x x x
6. x x x x x
a) xxx
b) xxx
7. x x x x x
8. x x x x x
9. Cup converting paper when imported directly by bonafide paper cup manufacturers certified as such by the Tariff Commission and/or the National Economic Council
10. Other
ad val. 15%

ad val. 65%

Section 2. After the expiration of thirty (30) days from the issuance of this Order, all the above-described articles entered or withdrawn from warehouses, in the Philippines, for consumption shall be subject to the rates of import duty herein prescribed.

Section 3. Any unwarranted increase in prices of local products benefited by these tariff changes may be .sufficient ground for the revocation of such tariff changes.

DONE IN THE CITY OF MANILA, this 26thday of November in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.1âшphi1

(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary


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