EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 456 October 29, 1975
MODIFYING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1937, 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 No. 1937, as amended, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby direct and order:
Sec. 1. The articles specifically listed hereunder as classified under Section 104 of Republic Act No. 1937 shall pay the following rates of import duty:
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Tariff Heading No. |
Description of Articles |
Rate of Duty |
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25.20 |
Gypsum; anhydrite; calcined gypsum, and plasters with a basis of calcium sulphate, whether or not colored, but not including plasters specially prepared for use in dentistry: |
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A. Articles not included in subheading B hereof |
ad val. 10% |
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B. Gypsum |
ad val. 20% |
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28.54 |
Hydrogen peroxide (including solid hydrogen peroxide) |
ad val. 30% |
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32.13 |
Writing ink, printing ink and other inks |
ad val. 50% |
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48.01 |
Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets: |
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A. Paper: |
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1. Carbonizing tissue paper and stencil tissue paper stock, filter paper, coloured match wrapping paper, cupstock converting paper, tabulating index paper, newsprint and cigarette paper exceeding 15 cm. in width, electrical grade insulating paper |
ad val. 30% |
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2. Bookpaper and bondpaper . |
ad val. 50% |
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3. Other. |
ad val. 100% |
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B. . . . |
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1. . . . |
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2. . . . |
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C. . . . |
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73.12 |
Hoop and strip of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled: |
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A. . . . |
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B. Cold-rolled hoop and strip, of iron or steel, coated or uncoated |
ad val. 30% |
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73.13 |
Sheets and plates, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold rolled: |
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A. Uncoated: |
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1. . . . |
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2. Cold-rolled sheets |
ad val. 30% |
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B.. . . |
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1.. . . |
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2.. . . |
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84.10 |
Pumps (including motor pumps and turbo pumps) for liquids, whether or not fitted with measuring devices; liquid elevators of bucket, chain, screw, band and similar kinds: |
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A. . . |
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B. Centrifugal water pumps, single stage, single suction, horizontal shaft type suitable for belt drive on direct coupling (except pumps with shafts common with prime mover) with casings and impellers of cast iron or bronze; piston or plunger type hand pumps |
ad val. 30% |
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84.11 |
Air pumps, vacuum pumps and air or gas compressors (including motor and turbo pumps and compressors and free-piston generators for gas turbines); fans, blowers and the like: |
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A. Portable or stationary air compressors and vacuum pumps with free air delivery of over 33 cfm; mine ventilation fans and blowers with minimum capacity of 5,000 ccfm; sand pumps; open type compressors rated over 400,000 BTU/hr., hermetically sealed compressors with ratings over 400,000 BTU/hr.; air pumps |
ad val. 30% |
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B. . . . |
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C. . . . |
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85.20 |
Electric filament lamps and electric discharge lamps (including infra-red and ultra-violet lamps; arc-lamps; electrically ignited photographic flash bulbs |
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A. Infra-red and ultra-violet lamp bulbs including reflector and mercury lamp bulbs; lamp bulbs; lamp bulbs for motor vehicles |
ad val. 10% |
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B. . . . |
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87.01 |
Tractors (other than those falling within heading No. 87.07), whether or not fitted with power take-offs, winches or pulleys: |
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A. Articles not included in subheading B hereof |
ad val. 10% |
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B. Power tillers or walking tractors or hand tractors |
ad val. 30% |
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87.04 |
Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles falling within heading No. 87.01, 87.02 or 87.03: |
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A. Completely knocked-down (CKD) components when imported from one or more countries for assembly of trucks upon prior authorization and certification of the Board of Investments |
ad val. 20% |
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B. Other |
ad val. 20% |
Sec. 2. After the expiration of thirty (30) days from the issuance of this Order, all the above- described articles entered or withdrawn from warehouse, in the Philippines, for consumption shall be subject to the rates of import duty herein prescribed.
Sec. 3. Any unwarranted increase in the 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 29th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.
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