EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 760 January 8, 1982

MODIFYING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464, AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE DECISION TAKEN BY THE ELEVENTH ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS (AEM) MEETING FOR AN INITIAL TARIFF CUT OF 50% FOR PRODUCTS IN THE ASEAN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEMENTATION (AIC) PACKAGE

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by Section 402 of Presidential Decree No. 1464, 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 Presidential Decree No. 1464, shall be accorded a fifty (50%) percentum margin of tariff preference as an initial tariff cut on these articles which are included in the ASEAN Industrial Complementation (AIC) Package as decided by the Eleventh ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Meeting. In effect, such articles shall be subject to the Preferential Tariff for ASEAN in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite each article as specified in Columns 8-11 of said Annex "A".

Sec. 2. Any subsequent change in the basic Philippine rate of duty on the above-mentioned articles shall automatically be accorded the fifty (50%) percentum margin of preference as agreed upon.

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 After the effective date of this Order, all the above-described articles entered or withdrawn from warehouse in the Philippines for consumption shall be subject to the rates of import duty herein prescribed subject to qualification under the Rules of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 1982.

Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-two.

ANNEX "A"

ARTICLES INCLUDED IN THE FIRST PACKAGE OF THE ASEAN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEMENTATION WHICH WERE ACCORDED A 50% MARGIN OF TARIFF PREFERENCE

No.

Tariff Heading

Product Description

Rate of Duty Effective on articles entered

ASEAN Preferential Tariff No. Effective on articles

1982

1983

1984

1985

1982

1983

1984

1985

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

1.

ex 73.29.000

Drive chains and timing chains

30%

30%

30%

30%

15%

15%

15%

15%

2.

ex 87.09.100

20%

20%

20%

20%

10%

10%

10%

10%

3.

ex 84.06.390

Diesel engine, B-135 HP, when imported upon prior authorization of the Board of Investments

20%

20%

20%

20%

10%

10%

10%

10%

4.

ex 87.02.111

20%

20%

20%

20%

10%

10%

10%

10%

ex 87.02.112

30%

30%

30%

30%

15%

15%

15%

15%

5.

ex 87.02.112

Safety seat belt

30%

30%

30%

30%

15%

15%

15%

15%

6.

ex 62.05.900

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

35%

30%

25%

7.

ex 87.06.100

Crown wheels and pinions

20%

20%

20%

20%

10%

10%

10%

10%

8.

ex 87.09.900

Wheel rims for motor cycle

20%

20%

20%

20%

10%

10%

10%

10%

9.

ex 87.12.000

20%

20%

20%

20%

10%

10%

10%

10%

10.

ex 87.09.900

Spokes and nipples

20%

20%

20%

20%

10%

10%

10%

10%

11.

ex 87.09.000

20%

20%

20%

20%

10%

10%

10%

10%

12.

ex 87.09.900

Motor cycle axles

20%

20%

20%

20%

10%

10%

10%

10%

13.

ex 87.12.000

20%

20%

20%

20%

10%

10%

10%

10%

14.

ex 84.65.000

Oil seals, when imported upon prior authorization of the Board of Investments

30%

30%

30%

30%

15%

15%

15%

15%

15.

ex 40.10.300

V-belts, when imported upon prior authorization of the Board of Investments

50%

40%

40%

40%

25%

20%

20%

20%

ex 87.02.111

30%

30%

30%

30%

15%

15%

15%

15%

ex 87.02.112

30%

30%

30%

30%

15%

15%

15%

15%

16.

ex 87.06.100

Universal joints

20%

20%

20%

20%

10%

10%

10%

10%

17.

ex 87.02.111

Body panels for commercial vehicles of one ton and above

20%

20%

20%

20%

10%

10%

10%

10%

18.

ex 87.06.900

30%

30%

30%

30%

15%

15%

15%

15%

19.

ex 87.02.111

Brake drums for trucks

20%

20%

20%

20%

10%

10%

10%

10%

20.

ex 87.06.900

30%

30%

30%

30%

15%

15%

15%

15%

21.

ex 87.02.111

20%

20%

20%

20%

10%

10%

10%

10%

ex 87.02.112

Heavy duty shock absorbers

30%

30%

30%

30%

15%

15%

15%

15%

ex 87.06.900

30%

30%

30%

30%

15%

15%

15%

15%


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