EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 492 January 1, 1978

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, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE MARGINS OF TARRIF PREFERENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ASEAN AGREEMENT ON PREFERENTIAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ARTICLES NEGOTIATED DURING THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE ASEAN COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND TOURISM

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by Section 402 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 in Annex "A" hereof as classified under Section 104 of Republic Act No. 1937, as amended, shall be accorded the margin of tariff preference as specified in column 4 of said Annex "A" hereof. In effect, such articles shall be subject to the Preferential Tariff for ASEAN indicated in Column 5 of said Annex A.

Sec. 2. In the event that any subsequent changes are made in the basic Philippine rate of duty on any of the abovementioned articles such articles shall automatically be accorded the corresponding margins of preference indicated in column 4 of Annex A.

Sec. 3. After the effective date of this Order, all the above-described articles entered or withdrawn from warehouse in the Philippines for consumption shall be subject to the rates of import duty herein prescribed subject to qualification under the Rules of Origin as prescribed in the Agreement on ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangements ratified on August 1, 1977.

Sec. 4. This Order shall take effect as of 1 January 1978.

Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.

ANNEX A

BTN

Product Description

Present Rate of Duty

Preferential Margin of Preference

Tariff for ASEAN

ex. 02.01

Meat or Offal from bovine cattle

10%

30%

7%

ex. 07.05 B

Mongo beans (green and yellow)

70%

20%

56%

10.05

Maize

70%

20%

56%

ex. 15.07

Palm oil (crude and refined)

20%

20%

16%

ex. 15.07

Palm kernel oil

20%

20%

16%

ex. 25.20

Crude gypsum

20%

20%

16%

27.01

Anthracite coal

10%

20%

8%

ex. 27.13

Paraffin wax

20%

10%

18%

ex. 40.11 A

Tractor tires

20%

10%

18%

70.06 B

Cast, rolled, drawn or blown glass (including flashed or wired glass) in rectangles, surface ground or polished but not further worked

70%

30%

49%

70.10 B

Glass jars for baby foods

50%

20%

40%

ex. 84.51

Portable electric typewriters

20%

20%

16%

ex. 84.62

Ball bearings

10%

10%

9%

ex. 85.24

Graphite and carbon electrodes

30%

10%

27%

EXHIBIT I

Resins, Inc.

Projected Income Statement

Based on 10% and 30% Tariff, Rate

SALES

10%

30%

QTY.

AMOUNT

AMOUNT

(MT)

(P/000)

(P 000)

Export

1,200

3,555

3,555

Domestic

3,000

12,639

14,976

Interplant Transfer

3,000

12,261

14,529

TOTAL

7,200

28,455

33,060

LESS: Cost of Sales

Raw Materials (Net of duty drawback)

19,380

19,380

Direct Labor

259

259

Utilities and Fuel

4,716

4,716

Indirect Labor

430

430

Supplies

420

420

Insurance

122

122

Repairs and Maintenance

775

775

Depreciation

1,524

1,524

Other Expenses

390

390

TOTAL

28,016

28,016

Gross Profit

435

5,044

Loss:

Administrative Expenses

636

636

Financial Charges

1,264

1,264

TOTAL

1,900

1,900

Net Income (loss) Before Tax

-1,461

3,144

Income Tax Due

1,090

Net Income After Tax

2,054


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