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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 926 January 1, 1984

MODIFYING THE RATES OF DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by Section 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code, as amended, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby direct and order:

Sec. 1. The rates of import duty under heading Nos. 56.01 and 56.02 of the Code are hereby amended to read as follows:

56.01 Man-made fibers (discontinuous) not carded, combed or otherwise prepared for spinning:

	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
100 x x x x			20%	30%	30%
200 Polyester fibers .. ad val.
(210 Polyester stape fibres, except when imported directly by textile mills under prior authorization of the Board of Investments . . . ad val.	30%	30%	20%	20%	20%
(290 Other . . . ad val 10%	10%	10%	20%	20%	20%)
300 Acrylic fibers . . . ad val.			20%	10%	10%
400 Other synthetic fibres . . . ad val			20%	10%	10%
500 Regenerated fibers (including rayon). ad val			20%	10%	20%
56.02 Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres (discontinuous):
100 x x x
200 Of Polyester fibres. ad val			20%	30%	30%
(210 Polyester filament tow, except when imported directly by textile mills under prior authorization of the Board of Investments . . . ad val.	30%	30%	20%	20%	20%)
(290 Other . . . ad val.	10%	10%	20%	20%	20%
300 Of acrylic fibers . . . ad val.			20%	10%	10%
400 Of other synthetic fibres . . . ad val.			20%	10%	10%
500 Of regenerated fibers (including rayon):
510 x x x x
590 Other . . . ad val.			20%	10%	20%

Sec. 2. This Order shall take effect on January 1, 1984.

Done in the City of Baguio, this 11th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-three.

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