EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 172 April 22, 1994
INCREASING THE MINIMUM TARIFF RATE FROM ZERO TO THREE PERCENT ON ARTICLES UNDER SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978 (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464), AS AMENDED
WHEREAS there is a need to further simplify the tariff structure by narrowing the tariff band, consistent with the objectives of the Tariff Reform Program;
WHEREAS the levels of protection must be made more even within and across sectors;
WHEREAS it is imperative that all sectors must share in the cost of providing government services;
WHEREAS there are number of articles that currently have a zero duty;
NOW, THEREFORE. I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by Section 401 of Presidential Decree No. 1464 otherwise known as the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, do hereby order:
Section 1. The articles specifically listed hereunder, shall pay three per cent (3%) rate of import duty. Provided, that the rates of duty indicated for 1995 shall continue to be levied, imposed and collected in the succeeding years unless otherwise provided.
| HDG NO. |
HARMONIZED SYSTEM CODE |
DESCRIPTION |
RATE OF DUTY (%) |
| 1994 |
1 JULY 1995 |
| 44.01 |
|
Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots
or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles;
sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether
or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or
similaro forms. |
|
|
|
|
- Wood in chips or particles: |
3 |
3 |
|
4401.21 00 |
- - Coniferous |
3 |
3 |
|
4401.22 00 |
- - Non-Coniferous |
3 |
3 |
| 44.03 |
|
Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of
bark or sapwood, or roughly squared. |
|
|
|
4403.10 |
- Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other
preservatives: |
|
|
|
4403.10 90 |
- Other |
3 |
3 |
|
4403.20 |
- Other, coniferous |
|
|
|
4403.20 90 |
- - - Other |
3 |
3 |
|
4403.31 |
- - Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti and
Meranti Baku |
|
|
|
4403.31 90 |
- - - Other |
3 |
3 |
|
4403.32 |
- - White Lauan, White Meranti, White Seraya,
Yellow Meranti and Alan: |
|
|
|
4403.32 90 |
- - - Other |
3 |
3 |
|
4403.33 |
- Keruing, Ramin, Kapur, Teak. Jong-Kong
Merbau, Jelutong and Kempas: |
|
|
|
4403.33 90 |
- - Other |
3 |
3 |
|
4403.34 |
- - Okoume, Obeche, Sapelli, Sipo, Acajou,
d' Afrique, Makore and Iroko: |
|
|
|
4403.34 90 |
- - - Other |
3 |
3 |
|
4403.35 |
- - Tiama, Mansonia, Ilomba, Dibetou, Limba and
Azobe: |
|
|
|
4403.35 90 |
- - - Other |
3 |
3 |
|
4403.91 |
- - Of oak: |
|
|
|
4403.91 90 |
- - - Other |
3 |
3 |
|
4403.92 |
- - Of beech: |
|
|
|
4403.92 90 |
- - - Other |
3 |
3 |
|
4403.99 |
- - Other: |
|
|
|
4403.99 90 |
- - - Other |
3 |
3 |
| 84.07 |
|
Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal
combustion pison engines. |
|
|
|
|
- Marine propulsion engines: |
|
|
|
8407.29 00 |
- - Other |
3 |
3 |
|
|
Reciprocating piston engines of a kind used for
the propulsion of vehicles of Chapter 87: |
|
|
|
8407.31 |
- - Of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cc: |
|
|
|
8407.31 10 |
- - - For power tillers |
3 |
3 |
|
8407.32 |
- - Of a cyclinder capaciaty exceeding 50 cc but not exceeding 250 cc: |
|
|
|
8407.32 20 |
- - - For power tillers |
3 |
3 |
|
8407.33 |
- - Of a cylinder capactiy exceeding 250 cc but not exceeding 1,000 cc: |
|
|
|
8407.33 20 |
- - - For power tillers |
3 |
3 |
|
8407.34 |
- - Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,000 cc: |
|
|
|
8407.34 20 |
- - - For power tillers of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1,100 cc: |
3 |
3 |
|
8407.90 |
- - Other engines |
|
|
|
8407.90 10 |
- - - Rated at 25 hp and below |
3 |
3 |
| 84.08 |
|
Compression-ignition internal combustion piston
engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines). |
|
|
|
8408.10 00 |
- Marine propulsion engines |
3 |
3 |
|
8408.20 |
- Engines of a kind used for the propulsion of
vehicles of Chapter 87: |
|
|
|
8408.20 20 |
- - -For power tillers |
3 |
3 |
|
8408.90 |
- Other engines: |
|
|
|
8408.90 10 |
- - -Rated at 25 hp and below |
3 |
3 |
| 85.02 |
|
Electric generating sets and rotary converters. |
|
|
|
|
- Generating sets with compression-ignition
internal combustion piston engines (diesel or
semi-diesel engines): |
|
|
|
8502.11 00 |
- - Of an output not exceeding 75 kVA |
3 |
10 |
|
8502.12 00 |
- - Of an output exceeding 75 kVA but not
exceeding 375 kVA |
3 |
10 |
|
8502.13 00 |
- - Of an output exceeding 375 kVA |
3 |
10 |
|
8502.20 00 |
Generating sets with spark-ignition internal
combustion piston engines |
|
|
|
8502.30 00 |
- Other generating sets |
3 |
10 |
| 89.04 |
8904.00 00 |
Tugs and pusher craft |
3 |
3 |
| 89.06 |
8906.00 |
Other vessels, including warships and lifeboats
other than rowing boats |
|
|
|
8906.00 10 |
- - - Warships |
3 |
3 |
| 89.08 |
8908.00 00 |
Vessels and other floating structures for breaking
up |
3 |
3 |
Section 2. The new minimum three percent tariff rate herein provided shall not apply to the Philippine Schedule of tariff reductions under the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) which is embodied in Executive Order No. 145.
Section 3. Upon the effectivity of this Executive Order, the aforementioned articles which are entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied the rates of duty herein prescribed.
Section 4. REPEALING CLAUSE. - All laws, orders, issuances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.
Section 5. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE. - This Executive Order shall take effect immediately following its complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of April in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Four.1a⍵⍴h!1
By the President
(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary
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