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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 213 July 10, 1987

AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF "BULK CONTAINERS" FOR MILK IMPORTS AS PROVIDED FOR IN EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 49

WHEREAS, it is the intent under Executive Order No. 49 to grant a lower tariff (10% ad valorem) to milk imported in bulk containers (20%) ad valorem);

WHEREAS, milk imported in bulk containers is defined under Executive Order No. 49 as having a gross weight of at least 25 kgs., the standard unit of packing of the country's traditional suppliers such as Europe, Australia and New Zealand;

WHEREAS, present Philippine standards on radioactive contamination require the milk industry to look for alternative sources of supply of milk such as the United States, whose standard unit of packing is 50 lbs. or about 22.7 kgs.;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

Sec. 1. The definition of "bulk containers" for milk imports as provided in Executive Order No. 49 is hereby amended to read as follows:

CCCN Hdg. No.	Description	Rate of Duty
04.02	Milk and cream preserved, concentrated or sweetened
100	. . .
200	Milk (other than whey), in powder or granules containing not more than 1.5% by weight of fat;
210	In bulk containers or gross weight 20 kgs. or more	ad val. 10%
290	. . .

Sec. 2. Upon effectivity of this Executive Order, the above article which is entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be subject to the rate of import duty herein prescribed.

Sec. 3. The rates of import duty and the classifications of other articles under Executive Order No. 49 which are not affected by the provisions of Section 1 hereof shall remain in full force and effect.

Sec. 4. All laws, orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof, inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Sec. 5. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.

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