MALACAŅANG
Manila
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
Executive Order No. 49 November 3, 2001
MODIFYING THE RATES OF DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978, AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE 2001-2003 PHILIPPINE SCHEDULE OF TARIFF REDUCTION UNDER THE BOLD ECONOMIC MEASURE INITIATIVES OF THE ACCELERATED COMMON EFFECTIVE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF (CEPT) SCHEME FOR THE ASEAN FREE TRADE AREA (AFTA) AND THE TRANSFER OF PRODUCTS FROM THE UNPROCESSED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TEMPORARY EXCLUSION LIST (UAP-TEL) AND GENERAL EXEMPTION (GE) LIST TO THE CEPT INCLUSION LIST (CEPT-IL)
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the 6th ASEAN Summit held in Hanoi, Vietnam on 15-16 December 1999, the ASEAN Heads of State and Government agreed to adopt a number of "bold" economic measures aimed at restoring regional economic growth and hastening the recovery from the Asian financial crisis;
WHEREAS, among the "bold" economic measures adopted was the acceleration of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) from year 2003 to 2002 by the ASEAN 6 (Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand) which is to be achieved through commitments of 0-5% tariffs on 85% of items in their respective CEPT-IL in year 2000, 90% in year 2001 and 100% with some flexibility in year 2002;
WHEREAS, the 5th AFTA Council Meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand on 21 September 1994 agreed that all UAPs will be included in the CEPT Scheme;
WHEREAS, the 11th AFTA Council Meeting held in Subang Jaya, Malaysia on 15 October 1997 had agreed that Member Countries should continue with the internal review of the GE List with a view to transferring these products into the CEPT-IL or CEPT-TEL;
WHEREAS, at its Meeting on 18 September 2000, the Tariff and Related Matters (TRM) Cabinet Committee approved the year 2001 CEPT Package of Philippines comprising of three hundred fifty six (356) tariff lines;
WHEREAS, the 14th AFTA Council Meeting and the 32nd ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on 04 October 2000 and 05 October 2000, respectively, approved the Philippine List for year 2001 under the bold economic measures, and transfer of UAP-TEL and GE Lists into the CEPT-IL;
WHEREAS, Section 402 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464), as amended, empowers the President, upon the recommendation of the National Economic and Development Authority, to increase, reduce or remove existing protective rates of import duty, as well as to modify the form of duty.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1. The articles specifically listed in Annex "A" [Articles Granted Concession under the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) for the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)] hereof, as classified under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, shall be subject to the ASEAN Common Effective Preferential Tariff in accordance with the year 2001-2003 schedule indicated in Columns 4-6 of Annex "A". The ASEAN CEPT rates so indicated shall be accorded to imports coming from ASEAN Member States applying CEPT concession to the same product pursuant to Article 4 of the CEPT Scheme and its Interpretative Notes.
Section 2. In the event that any subsequent changes are made in the basic (MFN) Philippine rate of duty on any of the articles listed in Annex "A" to a rate lower than the rate prescribed in Columns 4-6 of Annex "A" such article shall automatically be accorded the corresponding reduced duty.
Section 3. Product eligible for tariff concessions not listed in Annex "A" of this Executive Order and in Annex "A" of Executive Order No. 254, Series of 2000, shall be subject to the ASEAN CEPT rates under Executive Order 453, Series of 1997, Executive Order 487, Series of 1998, Executive Order 71, Series of 1999 and Executive Order 234, Series of 2000.
Section 4. From the date of effectivity of this Order, all articles listed in Annex "A" entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be imposed the rates of duty therein prescribed subject to qualification under the Rules of Origin as provided for in the Agreement on the CEPT Scheme for the AFTA signed on 28 January 1992.
Section 5. All Presidential issuances, administrative rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are contrary or inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 6. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of November in the year of Our Lord, two thousand one.
(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
By the President:
(Sgd.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary
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Executive Order 49
Annex A |
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APPLICABLE ASEAN CEPT RATE (%) |
HDG NO. |
H.S. CODE |
DESCRIPTION |
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1 January of Year |
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2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
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(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
1.05 |
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Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls. |
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- |
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- Weighing not more than 185 g: |
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105.12 |
- - Turkeys: |
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0105.12 90 |
- - - Other: |
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0105.12 91 |
- - - - In-Quota |
20 |
10 |
5 |
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0105.12 92 |
- - - - Out-Quota |
20 |
10 |
5 |
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105.19 |
- - Other: |
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0105.19 90 |
- - - Other: |
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|
|
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0105.19 91 |
- - - - In-Quota |
20 |
10 |
5 |
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0105.19 92 |
- - - - Out-Quota |
20 |
10 |
5 |
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- Other: |
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105.99 |
- - Other: |
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0105.99 10 |
- - - Ducks, geese and turkeys: |
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0105.99 11 |
- - - - In-Quota |
20 |
10 |
5 |
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0105.99 12 |
- - - - Out-Quota |
20 |
10 |
5 |
2.06 |
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Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen. |
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0206.30 00 |
- Of swine, fresh or chilled |
10 |
10 |
5 |
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- Of swine, frozen: |
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0206.41 00 |
- - Livers |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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0206.49 00 |
- - Other |
10 |
10 |
5 |
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0206.80 00 |
- Other, fresh or chilled |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0206.90 00 |
- Other, frozen |
5 |
5 |
5 |
2.1 |
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Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal. |
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- Meat of swine: |
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210.11 |
- - Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in: |
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0210 11 10 |
- - - In-Quota |
20 |
20 |
5 |
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0210.11 20 |
- - - Out-Quota |
20 |
20 |
5 |
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210.12 |
- -Bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof: |
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0212.12 10 |
- - - In-Quota |
20 |
20 |
5 |
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0210.12 20 |
- - -Out-Quota |
20 |
20 |
5 |
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210.19 |
- - Other: |
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|
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0210.19 10 |
- - - In-Quota |
20 |
20 |
5 |
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0210.19 20 |
- - - Out-Quota |
20 |
20 |
5 |
3.02 |
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Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading No. 03.04. |
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- Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes: |
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0302.19 00 |
- - Other |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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- Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae), excluding livers and roes: |
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0302.21 00 |
- - Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Hippoglossus stenolepis) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0302.29 00 |
- - Other |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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- Other fish, excluding livers and roes: |
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0302.66 00 |
- - Eels (Anguilla spp.) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3.03 |
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Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading No. 03.04. |
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- Other fresh, excluding livers and roes: |
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0303.76 00 |
- - Eels (Anguilla spp.) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0303.78 00 |
- - Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophysis spp.) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
6.04 |
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Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, mosses and lichens, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared. |
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- Other: |
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0604.91 00 |
- - Fresh |
5 |
5 |
5 |
7.01 |
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Potatoes, fresh or chilled. |
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701.9 |
- Other: |
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0701.90 10 |
- - - In-Quota |
20 |
20 |
5 |
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0701.90 20 |
- - - Out-Quota |
20 |
20 |
5 |
7.02 |
0702.00 00 |
Tomatoes, fresh or chilled. |
5 |
5 |
5 |
7.03 |
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Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled. |
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703.1 |
- Onions and shallots: |
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0703.10 10 |
- - - In-Quota |
20 |
20 |
5 |
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0703.10 20 |
- - - Out-Quota |
20 |
20 |
5 |
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703.2 |
- Garlic: |
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0703.20 10 |
- - - In-Quota |
20 |
20 |
5 |
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0703.20 20 |
- - - Out-Quota |
20 |
20 |
5 |
7.04 |
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Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled. |
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704.9 |
- Other: |
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0704.90 10 |
- - - Cabbages: |
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0704.90 11 |
- - - - In-Quota |
20 |
20 |
5 |
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0704.90 12 |
- - - - Out-Quota |
20 |
20 |
5 |
7.05 |
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Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled. |
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- Lettuce: |
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0705.11 00 |
- - Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0705.19 00 |
- - Other |
5 |
5 |
5 |
7.06 |
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Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled. |
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0706.90 00 |
- Other |
5 |
5 |
5 |
7.07 |
0707.00 00 |
Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled. |
5 |
5 |
5 |
7.08 |
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Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled. |
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0708.10 00 |
- Peas (Pisum sativum) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0708.20 00 |
- Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0708.90 00 |
- Other leguminous vegetables |
5 |
5 |
5 |
7.09 |
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Other vegetables, fresh or chilled. |
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0709.20 00 |
- Asparagus |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0709.60 00 |
- Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta |
5 |
5 |
5 |
7.1 |
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Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen. |
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0710.10 00 |
- Potatoes |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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- Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled: |
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0710.21 00 |
- - Peas (Pisum sativum) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0710.22 00 |
- - Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0710.29 00 |
- - Other |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0710.30 00 |
- Spinach, New Zealand spinach and oracle spinach (garden spinach) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0710.40 00 |
- Sweet corn |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0710.80 00 |
- Other vegetables |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0710.90 00 |
- Mixtures of vegetables |
5 |
5 |
5 |
7.13 |
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Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split. |
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- Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.): |
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0713.31 00 |
- - Beans of the species Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper or Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0713.32 00 |
- - Small red (Adzuki) beans (Phaseolus or Vigna angularis) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
7.14 |
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Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith. |
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0714.90 00 |
- Other |
3 |
3 |
3 |
8.03 |
0803.00 00 |
Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried. |
5 |
5 |
5 |
8.04 |
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Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas,mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried. |
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0804.30 00 |
- Pineapples |
5 |
5 |
5 |
8.05 |
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Citrus fruit, fresh or dried. |
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0805.10 00 |
- Oranges |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0805.20 00 |
- Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0805.30 00 |
- Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum) and limes (Citrus aurantifolia) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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0805.40 00 |
- Grapefruit |
5 |
5 |
5 |
8.07 |
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Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas), fresh. |
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0807.20 00 |
- Papaws (papayas) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
8.11 |
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Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. |
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0811.10 00 |
- Strawberries |
5 |
5 |
5 |
10.01 |
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Wheat and meslin. |
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1001.9 |
- Other: |
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1001.90 10 |
- - - Wheat used as feed |
10 |
10 |
5 |
10.02 |
1002.00 00 |
Rye. |
10 |
10 |
5 |
10.03 |
1003.00 00 |
Barley. |
10 |
10 |
5 |
10.04 |
1004.00 00 |
Oats. |
10 |
10 |
5 |
10.05 |
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Maize (corn). |
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1005.9 |
- Other: |
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1005.90 10 |
- - - Popcorn |
5 |
5 |
5 |
10.07 |
1007.00 00 |
Grain sorghum. |
5 |
5 |
5 |
12.02 |
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Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken. |
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1202.10 00 |
- In shell |
5 |
5 |
5 |
18.06 |
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Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa. |
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1806.20 00 |
- Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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- Other, in blocks, slabs or bars: |
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1806.32 00 |
- - Not filled |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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1806.9 |
- Other: |
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1806.90 90 |
- - - Other |
5 |
5 |
5 |
19.02 |
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Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared. |
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- Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared: |
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1902.11 00 |
- - Containing eggs |
5 |
5 |
5 |
19.04 |
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Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included |
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1904.90 00 |
- Other |
5 |
5 |
5 |
19.05 |
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Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products. |
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1905.10 00 |
- Crispbread |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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1905.20 00 |
- Gingerbread and the like |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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1905.40 00 |
- Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products |
5 |
5 |
5 |
20.01 |
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Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid. |
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2001.10 00 |
- Cucumbers and gherkins |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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2001.20 00 |
- Onions |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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2001.90 00 |
- Other |
5 |
5 |
5 |
20.02 |
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Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid. |
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2002.9 |
- Other: |
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2002.90 90 |
- - - Other |
5 |
5 |
5 |
20.03 |
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Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid. |
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2003.10 00 |
- Mushrooms |
5 |
5 |
5 |
20.05 |
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Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading No. 20.06 |
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2005.40 00 |
- Peas (Pisum sativum) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
20.07 |
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Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut puree and fruit or nut pastes, being cooked preparations, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. |
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- Other: |
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2007.91 00 |
- - Citrus fruit |
5 |
5 |
5 |
20.08 |
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Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included. |
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- Other, including mixtures other than those of subheading No. 2008.19 |
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2008.99 00 |
- - Other |
5 |
5 |
5 |
20.09 |
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Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. |
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2009.40 00 |
- Pineapple juice |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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2009.50 00 |
- Tomato juice |
5 |
5 |
5 |
21.03 |
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Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard. |
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2103.90 00 |
- Other |
5 |
5 |
5 |
21.05 |
2105.00 00 |
Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa. |
5 |
5 |
5 |
21.06 |
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Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included. |
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2106.9 |
- Other: |
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2106.90 90 |
- - - Other |
5 |
5 |
5 |
22.02 |
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Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading No. 20.09. |
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2202.9 |
- Other: |
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2202.90 90 |
- - - Other |
5 |
5 |
5 |
22.08 |
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Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages. |
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2208.30 00 |
- Whiskies |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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2208.40 00 |
- Rum and tafia |
5 |
5 |
5 |
22.09 |
2209.00 00 |
Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid. |
5 |
5 |
5 |
24.01 |
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Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse. |
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2401.10 00 |
- Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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2401.20 00 |
- Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped |
5 |
5 |
5 |
24.03 |
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Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; "homogenised" or "reconstituted" tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences. |
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2403.10 00 |
- Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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