MALACAÑANG
M a n i l a

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1464

A DECREE TO CONSOLIDATE AND CODIFY ALL THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS LAWS OF THE PHILIPPINES

WHEREAS, the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines known as Republic Act No. 1937 has been amended by several Presidential Decrees dating back to the year 1972;

WHEREAS, there exist in the said Code a substantial number of provisions rendered obsolete by subsequent issuances of amendatory laws, decrees and executive orders thereby making it imperative to consolidate, codify and integrate such amendatory laws, decrees and executive orders to harmonize their provisions for the proper guidance of the public and efficient administration thereof;

WHEREAS, there likewise exist in the said Code certain provisions which are impractical in application, thus, necessitating revision in order to infuse flexibility, keep pace with the changing needs and demands of trade and commerce as well as strengthen the punitive force of the law against smuggling and other forms of customs fraud.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree as follows:

Section 1. Codification of all tariff and customs laws. All tariff and customs laws embodied in the present Tariff and Customs Code and various laws, presidential decrees and executive orders including new amendments thereto made in this Decree, are hereby consolidated into a single Code to be known as the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 which shall form an integral part of this Decree.

Section 2. Effectivity. The provisions of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 shall take effect immediately without prejudice, however, to effectivity dates of the various laws, decrees and executive orders which have so far amended the provisions of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines: Provided, however, that the tariff rates indicated in the previous executive orders are now hereby considered statutory rates, except those which have been reduced to the zero level, in which case the rates previous to the reduction will be considered the statutory rates.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 11th day June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

TARIFF 1. - IMPORT TARIFF

Section 100. Imported Articles Subject to Duty

All articles, when imported from any foreign country into the Philippines, shall be subject to duty upon each importation, even though previously exported from the Philippines, except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Code in other laws.

Section 101. Prohibited Importations:

The importation into the Philippines of the following articles is prohibited:

(a) Dynamite, gunpowder, ammunitions and other explosives, firearms and weapons of war, and parts thereof, except when authorized by law.

(b) Written or printed articles in any form containing any matter advocating or inciting treason, or rebellion, or insurrection, sedition or subversion against the Government of the Philippines, or forcible resistance to any law of the Philippines, or containing any threat to take the life of, or inflict bodily harm upon any person in the Philippines.

(c) Written or printed articles, negatives or cinematographic film, photographs, engravings, lithographs, objects, paintings, drawings or other representation of an obscene or immoral character.

(d) Articles, instruments, drugs and substances designed, intended or adapted for producing unlawful abortion, or any printed matter which advertises or describes or gives directly or indirectly information where, how, or by whom unlawful abortion is produced.

(e) Roulette wheels, gambling outfits, loaded dice, marked cards, machines, apparatus or mechanical devices used in gambling or the distribution of money, cigars, cigarettes or other articles when such distribution is dependent on chance, including jackpot and pinball machines or similar contrivances, or parts thereof.

(f) Lottery and sweepstakes tickets except those authorized by the Philippine Government, advertisements thereof, and lists of drawings therein.

(g) Any article manufactured in whole or in part of gold, silver or other precious metals or alloys thereof, the stamps, brands or marks or which do not indicate the actual fineness of quality of said metals or alloys.

(h) Any adulterated or misbranded articles of food or any adulterated or misbranded drug in violation of the provisions of the "Food and Drugs Act".

(i) Marijuana, opium, pipes, coca leaves, heroin or any other narcotics or synthetic drugs which are or may hereafter be declared habit forming by the President of the Philippines, or any compound, manufactured salt, derivative, or preparation thereof, except when imported by the Government of the Philippines or any person duly authorized by the Dangerous Drugs Board, for medicinal purposes only.

(j) Opium pipes and parts thereof, of whatever material.

(k) All other articles and parts thereof, the importation of which prohibited by law or rules and regulations issued by competent authority. (As amended by Presidential Decree No. 34)

Section 102. Abbreviations:

The following abbreviations used in this Code shall represent the terms indicated:


ad val.For ad valorem.
e.g.For ‘exempli gratia’ meaning ‘for example’.
i.e.For ‘id est’ meaning ‘that is’
hd.For head.
kgFor kilogramme.
kgs.For kilogrammes.
lFor litre.
g.w.For gross weight.
l.w.For legal weight.
n.w.For net weight.

Section 103. General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System

Classification of goods in the Nomenclature shall be governed by the following principles:

1. The titles of Sections, Chapters and Sub-Chapters are provided for ease of reference only; for legal purposes, classifications shall be determined according to the terms of the headings and any relative Section or Chapter Notes and, provided such headings or Notes do not otherwise require, according to the following provisions.

2. (a) Any reference in a heading to an article shall be taken to include a reference to that article incomplete or unfinished, provided that, as presented, the incomplete or unfinished article has the essential character of the complete or finished article. It shall also be taken to include a reference to that article complete or finished (or falling to be classified as complete or finished by virtue of this Rule), presented unassembled or disassembled.

(b) Any reference in a heading to a material or substance shall be taken to include a reference to mixtures or combinations of that material or substance with other materials or substances. Any reference to goods of a given material or substance shall be taken to include a reference to goods consisting wholly or partly of such material or substance. The classification of goods consisting or more than one material or substance shall be according to the principles of Rule 3.

3. When by application of Rule 2 (b) or for any other reason, goods are, prima facie, classifiable under two or more headings, classification shall be effected as follows:

(a) The heading which provides the most specific description shall be preferred to headings providing a more general description. However, when two or more headings each refer to part only of the materials or substances contained in mixed or composite goods or to part only of the items in a set put for retail sale, those headings are to be regarded as equally specific in relation to those goods, even if one of them gives a more complete or precise description of the goods.

(b) Mixtures, composite goods consisting of different materials or made up of different components, and goods put up in sets for retail sale, which cannot be classified by reference to 3(a), shall be classified as if they consisted of the material or component which gives them their essential character insofar as this criterion is applicable.

(c) When goods cannot be classified by reference to 3 (a) or 3 (b), they shall be classified under the heading which occurs last in numerical order among those which equally merit consideration.

4. Goods which cannot be classified in accordance with the above Rules shall be classified under the heading appropriate to the goods to which they are most akin.

5. In addition to the foregoing provisions, the following Rules shall apply in respect to the goods referred to therein:

(a) Camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, drawing instrument cases, necklace cases and similar containers, specifically shaped or fitted to contain a specific article or set of articles, suitable for long-term use and presented with the articles for which they are intended, shall be classified with such articles when of a kind normally sold therewith. The Rule does not, however, apply to containers which give the whole its essential character;

(b) Subject to the provisions of Rule 5(a) above, packing materials and packing containers presented with the goods therein shall be classified with the goods if they are of a kind normally used for packing such goods. However, this provision does not apply when such packing materials or packing containers are clearly suitable for repetitive use.

6. For legal purposes, the classification of goods in the subheadings of a heading shall be determined according to the terms of those subheadings and any related Subheading Notes and, mutatis mutandis, to the above Rules, on the understanding that only subheadings at the same level are comparable. For the purposes of the Rule the relative Section and Chapter Notes also apply, unless the context otherwise requires.

Section 104. All Tariff Sections, Chapters, headings and subheadings and the rates of import duty under Section 104 of Presidential Decree No. 34 and all subsequent amendment issues under Executives Orders and Presidential Decrees are hereby adopted and form part of this Code.

There shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all imported articles the rates of duty indicated in the Section under this Section except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Code: provided, that the maximum rate shall not exceed one hundred per cent ad valorem.

The rates of duty herein provided or subsequently fixed pursuant to Section four hundred one of this Code shall be subject to periodic investigation by the Tariff Commission and may be revised by the President upon recommendation of the National Economic and Development Authority.

The rates of duty herein provided shall apply to all products whether imported directly or indirectly of all foreign countries, which do not discriminate against Philippine export products. An additional 100% across-the-board duty shall be levied on the products of any foreign country which discriminates against Philippine export products.

The tariff Sections, Chapters, headings and subheadings and the rate of import duty under Section one hundred four of this Code shall be as follows:

SECTION I
LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS

Notes:

1. Any reference in this Section to a particular genus or species of an animal, except where the context otherwise requires, includes a reference to the young of that genus or species.

2. Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout the Nomenclature any reference to "dried" products also covers products which have been dehydrated, evaporated or freeze-dried.

CHAPTER I
LIVE ANIMALS

Note:

1. This Chapter covers all live animals except:

(a) Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, of heading No. 03.01, 03.06 or 03.07;

(b) Cultures of micro-organisms and other products of heading No. 30.02; and

2. Animals of heading No. 95.08.


HDG NO.HARMONIZED SYSTEM CODEDESCRIPTIONRate of Duty (%)
1 July
1993199419951996
01.01Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies
- Horses:
0101.11 00- - Pure-bred breeding animals20201010
0101.19 00- - Other50403030
0101.20 00- Asses, mules and hinnies50403030
01.02Live Bovine animals.
0102.10 00- Pure-bred breeding animals333
0102.90- Other:
0102.90 10- - - Feeder cattle weighing not more than 300 kg333
0102.90 90- - - Other303030
01.03Live swine.
0103.10 00- Pure-bred breeding animals333
0103.91 00- - Weighing less than 50 kg50403030
0103.92 00- - Weighing 50 kg or more50403030
01.04Live sheep and goats.
0104.10- Sheep:
0104.10 10- - - Pure-bred breeding animals333
0104.10 90- - - Other303030
0104.20- Goats:
0104.20 10- - - Pure-bred breeding animals333
0104.20 90- - - Other50403030
01.05Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls.
- Weighing not more than 185 g:
0105.11- - Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus:
0105.11 10- - - Chicks, for breeding3333
0105.11 90- - - Other70503030
0105.19- - Other:
0105.19 10- - - Ducks, geese and turkeys for breeding3333
0105.19 90- - - Other70503030
- Other:
0105.91- - Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus:
0105.91 10- - - Chicken, for breeding3333
0105.91 20- - - Game cock or any male Chicken for cock fighting70503030
0105.91 90- - - Other70503030
0105.99- - Other:
0105.99 10- - - Ducks, geese and turkeys70503030
0105.99 90- - - Other70503030
01.060106.00Other live animals.
0106.00 10- - - Pure-bred breeding animals333
0106.00 90- - - Other:
0106.00 91- - - Dogs80603030
0106.00 92- - - Live animals chiefly for food, (e.g., frog)80603030
0106.00 99- - Other40353030

CHAPTER 2
MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL

Note:

1. This Chapter does not cover:

(a) Products of the kinds described in headings Nos. 02.01 to 02.08 or 02.10, unfit or unsuitable for human consumption;

(b) Guts, bladders or stomachs of animals (heading No. 05.04) or animal blood (heading No. 05.11 or 30.02); or

(c) Animal fat, other than products of heading No. 02.09 (Chapter 15).


HDG NO.HARMONIZED SYSTEM CODEDESCRIPTIONRate of Duty (%)
1 July
1993199419951996
02.01Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled.
0201.10 00- Carcasses and half-Carcasses50403030
0201.20 00- Other cuts with bone in50403030
0201.30- Boneless:
0201.30 10- - - Manufacturing grade cuts30303030
0201.30 90- - - Other60403030
02.02Meat of bovine animals, frozen
0202.10 00- Carcasses and half-Carcasses50403030
0202.20 00- Other cuts with bone in50403030
0202.30- Boneless:
0202.30 10- - - Manufacturing grade cuts30303030
0202.30 90- - - Other60403030
02.03Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen.
- Fresh or chilled:
0203.11 00- - Carcasses and half-Carcasses50403030
0203.12 00- - Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof with bone in50403030
0203.19 00- - Other50403030
- Frozen:
0203.21 00- - Carcasses and half-Carcasses50403030
0203.22 00- - Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof with bone in50403030
0203.29 00- - Other50403030
02.04Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen.
0204.10 00- Carcasses and half-Carcasses of lamb, Fresh or chilled50403030
- Other meat of sheep, fresh or chilled:
0204.21 00- - Carcasses and half-Carcasses50403030
0204.22 00- - Other cuts with bone in50403030
0204.23 00- - Boneless50403030
0204.30 00- Carcasses and half-Carcasses of lamb, Frozen50403030
- Other meat of sheep, frozen:
0204.41 00- - Carcasses and half-Carcasses50403030
0204.42 00- - Other cuts with bone in50403030
0204.43 00- - Boneless50403030
0204.50 00- meat of Goats50403030
02.050205.00 00Meat of horses, asses or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen.50403030
02.06Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen.
0206.10 00- of bovine animals, Fresh or chilled50403030
- Of bovine animals, frozen:
0206.21 00- - Tongues50403030
0206.22 00- - Livers50403030
0206.29 00- - Other50403030
0206.30 00- of swine, Fresh or chilled30303030
- Of swine, frozen:
0206.41 00- - Livers50403030
0206.49 00- - Other50403030
0206.80 00- Other, Fresh or chilled50403030
0206.90 00- Other, Frozen50403030
02.07Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No. 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen.
- Poultry not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled:
0207.10 10- - Chickens, ducks and turkeys:
0207.10 11- - - turkeys50*50*30*30*
0207.10 12- - - Chickens and Ducks80603030
0207.10 90- - Other50403030
- Poultry not cut in pieces, frozen:
0207.21 00- - Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus80603030
0207.22 00- - turkeys50*50*30*30*
0207.23 00- - Ducks, geese and guinea Fowls70503030
- Poultry cuts and offal (including livers), fresh or chilled:
0207.31 00- - Fatty Livers of geese or Ducks80603030
0207.39- - Other:
0207.39 10- - - of turkey50*50*30*30*
0207.39 90- - - Other80603030
- Poultry cuts and offal other than livers, frozen:
0207.41 00- - of Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus70503030
0207.42 00- - of turkey50*50*30*30*
0207.43 00- - of Ducks, geese or guinea Fowls70503030
0207.50 00- Poultry Livers, Frozen80603030
02.08Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen.
0208.10 00- of rabbits or hares80603030
0208.20 00- Frogs’ legs80603030
0208.90 00- Other80603030
02.090209.00 00Pig fat free of lean meat and poultry fat (not rendered), fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked.403530
02.10Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal.
- Meat of swine:
0210.11 00- - Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in80603030
0210.12 00- - Bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof80603030
0210.19 00- - Other80603030
0210.20 00- meat of bovine animals80603030
0210.90 00- Other, including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal80603030

* Annex A

CHAPTER 3
FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES

Note:

1. This Chapter does not cover:

(a) Marine mammals (heading No. 01.06) or meat thereof (heading No. 02.08 or 02.10);

(b) Fish (including livers and roes thereof) or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, dead and unfit or unsuitable for human consumption by reason of either their species or their condition (Chapter 5); flours, meals or pellets of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption (heading No. 23.01); or

(c) Caviar or caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (heading No. 16.04).


HDG NO.HARMONIZED SYSTEM CODEDESCRIPTIONRate of Duty (%)
1 July
1993199419951996
03.01Live fish.
0301.10 00- Ornamental fish50403030
- Other live fish:
0301.91 00- - Trout (Salmo trutta, Salmo gairdneri, Salmo clarki, Salmo aguabonita, Salmo gilae)50403030
0301.92 00- - Eels (Anguilla spp.)50403030
0301.93 00- - Carp50403030
0301.99 00- - Other50403030
03.02Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading No. 03.04.
- Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes:
0302.11 00- - Trout (Salmo trutta, Salmo gairdneri, Salmo clarki, Salmo aguabonita, Salmo gilae)50403030
0302.12 00- - Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho Hucho)50403030
0302.19 00- - Other50403030
- Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae,Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae), excluding rivers and roes:
0302.21 00- - Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippoglossus Hippoglossus, Hippoglossus stenolepis)50403030
0302.22 00- - Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)50403030
0302.23 00- - Sole (Solea spp.)50403030
0302.29 00- - Other50403030
- Tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis), excluding livers and roes:
0302.31- - Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga):
0302.31 10- - - When imported during the months of August to February101010
0302.31 20- - - When imported during the months of March to July50403030
0302.32- - Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares):
0302.32 10- - - When imported during the months of August to February101010
0302.32 20- - - When imported during the months of March to July50403030
0302.33- - Skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito:
0302.33 10- - - When imported during the months of August to February101010
0302.33 20- - - When imported during the months of March to July50403030
0302.39- - Other:
0302.39 10- - - When imported during the months of August to February101010
0302.39 20- - - When imported during the months of March to July50403030
0302.40 00- Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea Pallasii), excluding livers and roes50403030
0302.50 00- Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding livers and roes:50403030
- Other fish, excluding livers and roes:
0302.61- - Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus):
0302.61 10- - - When imported during the months of August to February101010
0302.61 20- - - When imported during the months of March to July50403030
0302.62 00- - Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)50403030
0302.63 00- - Coalfish (Pollachius virens)50403030
0302.64- - Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus):
0302.64 10- - - When imported during the months of August to February101010
0302.64 20- - - When imported during the months of March to July50403030
0302.65 00- - Dogfish and Other sharks50403030
0302.66 00- - Eels (Anguilla spp.)50403030
0302.69 00- - Other50403030
0302.70 00- livers and roes303030
03.03Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading No. 03.04
0303.10 00- Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), excluding livers and roes303030
- Other salmonidae, excluding livers and roes:
0303.21 00- - Trout (Salmo trutta, Salmo gairdneri, Salmo clarki, Salmo aguabonita, Salmo gilae)303030
0303.22 00- - Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho Hucho)303030
0303.29 00- - Other
- Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae), excluding livers and roes:
0303.31 00- - Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippoglossus Hippoglossus, Hippoglossus stenolepis)303030
0303.32 00- - Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)303030
0303.33 00- - Sole (Solea spp.)303030
0303.39 00- - Other303030
- Tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis), excluding livers and roes:
0303.41- - Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga):
0303.41 10- - - When imported during the months of August to February101010
0303.41 20- - - When imported during the months of March to July303030
0303.42- - Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares):
0303.42 10- - - When imported during the months of August to February101010
0303.42 20- - - When imported during the months of March to July303030
0303.43- - Skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito:
0303.43 10- - - When imported during the months of August to February101010
0303.43 20- - - When imported during the months of March to July303030
0303.49- - Other:
0303.49 10- - - When imported during the months of August to February101010
0303.49 20- - - When imported during the months of March to July303030
0303.50 00- Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea Pallasii), excluding livers and roes303030
0303.60 00- Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding livers and roes303030
- Other fish, excluding livers and roes:
0303.71- - Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops Spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus):
0303.71 10- - - When imported during the months of August to February101010
0303.71 20- - - When imported during the months of March to July303030
0303.72 00- - Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)303030
0303.73 00- - Coalfish (Pollachius virens)303030
0303.74- - Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus):
0303.74 10- - - When imported during the months of August to February101010
0303.74 20- - - When imported during the months of March to July303030
0303.75 00- - Dogfish and Other sharks303030
0303.76 00- - Eels (Anguilla spp.)303030
0303.77 00- - Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, Dicentrarchus punctatus)303030
0303.78 00- - Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophysis spp.)303030
0303.79- - Other:
0303.79 10- - - Bangus (milkfish), frozen (except Fillets)50403030
0303.79 90- - - Other30303030
0303.80 00- livers and roes303030
03.04Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen.
0304.10- Fresh or chilled:
0304.10 10- - - Fillets50403030
0304.10 90- - - Other30303030
0304.20- Frozen fillets:
0304.20 10- - - Bangus (milkfish)50403030
0304.20 90- - - Other30303030
0304.90 00- Other
03.05Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; fish meal fit for human consumption.
0305.10 00- fish meal fit for human consumption403530
0305.20 00- livers and roes, dried, smoked, salted or in brine403530
0305.30 00- fish Fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked403530
- Smoked fish, including fillets:
0305.41 00- - Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho Hucho)80603030
0305.42 00- - Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea Pallasii)80603030
0305.49- - Other:
0305.49 10- - - milkfish (Chanos Chanos)80603030
0305.49 90- - - Other80603030
- Dried fish, whether or not salted but not smoked:
0305.51 00- - Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)80603030
0305.59 00- - Other80603030
- Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine:
0305.61 00- - Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea Pallasii)80603030
0305.62 00- - Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)80603030
0305.63 00- - Anchovies (Engraulis spp.)80603030
0305.69 00- - Other80603030
03.06Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine.
- Frozen:
0306.11 00- - Rock lobster and Other Sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)80603030
0306.12 00- - Lobsters (Homarus spp.)80603030
0306.13 00- - Shrimps and prawns80603030
0306.14 00- - Crabs80603030
0306.19 00- - Other80603030
- Not frozen:
0306.21 00- - Rock Lobsters and Other Sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)80603030
0306.22 00- - Lobsters (Homarus spp.)80603030
0306.23 00- - Shrimps and prawns80603030
0306.24 00- - Crabs80603030
0306.29 00- - Other80603030
03.07Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine.
0307.10 00- Oysters80603030
- Scallops, including queen scallops, of the genera Pecten, Chlamys or Placopecten:
0307.21 00- - live, Fresh or chilled80603030
0307.29 00- - Other80603030
- Mussels (Mytilus spp., Perna spp.):
0307.31 00- - live, Fresh or chilled80603030
0307.39 00- - Other80603030
- Cuttle fish (Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma, Sepiola spp. and squid (Ommastrephes spp., Loligo spp., Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.):
0307.41 00- - live, Fresh or chilled80603030
0307.49 00- - Other80603030
- Octopus (Octopus spp.):
0307.51 00- - live, Fresh or chilled80603030
0307.59 00- - Other80603030
0307.60 00- Snails, Other than Sea Snails403530
- Other:
0307.91 00- - live, Fresh, or chilled80603030
0307.99 00- - Other80603030

CHAPTER 4
DAIRY PRODUCE; BIRDS’ EGGS; NATURAL HONEY; EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED

Notes:

1. The expression "milk" means full cream milk or partially or completely skimmed milk.

2. Products obtained by the concentration of whey and with the addition of milk or milkfat are to be classified as cheese in heading No. 04.06 provided that they have the three following characteristics:

(a) a milkfat content, by weight of the dry matter, of 5% or more;

(b) a dry matter content, by weight, of at least 70% but not exceeding 85%; and

(c) they are moulded or capable of being moulded.


HDG NO.HARMONIZED SYSTEM CODEDESCRIPTIONRate of Duty (%)
1 July
1993199419951996
04.01Milk and cream, not concentrated nor contaning added sugar or other sweetening matter.
0401.10 00- Of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1%101010
0401.20 00- Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1% but not exceeding 6%101010
0401.30 00- Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6%101010
04.02Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
0402.10- In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1.5%:
0402.10 10- - - In bulk containers of gross weight 20 kg or more101010
0402.10 90- - - Other202020
- In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight exceeding 1.5%:
0402.21- - Not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:
0402.21 10- - - In bulk containers of gross weight 20 kg. or more202020
0402.21 90- - - Other202020
0402.29- - Other:
0402.29 10- - - In bulk containers of gross weight 20 kg or more202020
0402.29 90- - - Other202020
- Other:
0402.91 00- - not containing added sugar or Other sweetening matter202020
0402.99 00- - Other202020
04.03Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit or cocoa.
0403.10- Yogurt:
0403.10 10- - - Containing fruits, nuts, cocoa or flavouring matter; liquid yogurt403530
0403.10 90- - - Other202020
0403.90- Other:
0403.90 10- - - Buttermilk:
0403.90 11- - - - containing fruits, nuts, cocoa or flavouring matter403530
0403.90 19- - - - Other101010
0403.90 90- - - Other:
0403.90 91- - - - containing fruits, nuts, cocoa or flavouring matter403530
0403.90 99- - - - Other202020
04.04Whey, whether or nor concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included
0404.10 00- Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or Other sweetening matter101010
0404.90- Other:
0404.90 10- - - concentrated, sweetened, with preservative added or In hermetically sealed cans202020
0404.90 90- - - Other101010
04.050405.00Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk
0405.00 10- - - Butter fat (anhydrous milk fat) Other than Butter101010
0405.00 20- - - Butter303030
04.06Cheese and curd.
0406.10- Fresh cheese (including whey cheese), unripened or uncured and curd:
0406.10 10- - - curd202020
0406.10 20- - - Fresh cheese (including Whey cheese), unripened or uncured303030
0406.20 00- Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds303030
0406.30 00- - - Processed cheese, not Grated or powdered303030
0406.40 00- Blue-veined cheese303030
0406.90 00- Other cheese303030
04.070407.00 00Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked.403530
04.08Birds’ eggs, not in shell and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
- Egg yolks:
0408.11 00- - Dried403530
0408.19 00- - Other403530
- Other:
0408.91 00- - Dried403530
0408.99 00- - Other403530
04.090409.00 00Natural honey.303030
04.100410.00 00Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.403530

CHAPTER 5
PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED

Notes:

1. This Chapter does not cover:

(a) Edible products (other than guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and pieces thereof, and animal blood, liquid or dried);

(b) Hides or skins (including furskins) other than goods of heading No. 05.05 and parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins of heading No. 05.11 (Chapter 41 0r 43);

(c) Animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI); or

(d) Prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading No. 96.03).

2. For the purposes of heading No. 05.01, the sorting of hair by length (provided the root ends and tip ends respectively are not arranged together) shall be deemed not to constitute working.

3. Throughout the Nomenclature, elephant, walrus, narwhal and wild boar tusks, rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as "ivory".

4. Throughout the Nomenclature, the expression "horsehair" means hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals.


HDG NO.HARMONIZED SYSTEM CODEDESCRIPTIONRate of Duty (%)
1 July
1993199419951996
05.010501.00 00Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair.403540
05.02Pigs’, hogs’ or boars’ bristles and hair; badger hair and other brush making hair; waste of such bristles or hair.
0502.10 00- Pigs’, hogs’ or boars’ bristles and hair and waste thereof403530
0502.90 00- Other403530
05.030503.00 00Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material.403530
05.040504.00 00Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof.101010
05.05Skins and other parts of birds with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers.
0505.10 00- Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down403530
0505.90 00- Other403530
05.06Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products.
0506.10 00- Ossein and bones treated with acid101010
0506.90 00- Other101010
05.07Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of these products.
0507.10 00- Ivory; ivory powder and waste403530
0507.90 00- Other403530
05.080508.00 00Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof.FreeFreeFree
05.090509.00 00Natural sponges of animal origin.FreeFreeFree
05.100510.00 00Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, whether or not dried; glands and other animal products used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved.101010
05.11Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption.
0511.10 00- Bovine semen333
- Other:
0511.91- - Products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of Chapter 3:
0511.91 10- - - Brine shrimp eggs for hatching for use as live-feed In prawn fry culture333
0511.91 20- - - fish waste333
0511.91 90- - - Other403530
511.99- - Other:
0511.99 10- - - Animal semen for breeding purposes Other than Bovine semen333
0511.99 20- - - Silkworm eggs333
0511.99 30- - - Sinews and tendons; parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins101010
0511.99 90- - - Other403530

SECTION 11
VEGETABLE PRODUCTS

Note:

1. In this Section the term "pellets" means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3% by weight.

CHAPTER 6
LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE

Notes:

1. Subject to the second part of heading No. 06.01, this Chapter covers only live trees and goods (including seedling vegetables) of a kind commonly supplied by nursery gardeners or florists for planting or for ornamental use; nevertheless it does not include potatoes, onions, shallots, garlic or other products of Chapter 7.

2. Any reference in heading No. 06.03 or 06.04 to goods of any kind shall be construed as including a reference to bouquets, floral baskets, wreaths and similar articles made wholly or partly of goods of that kind, account not being taken of accessories of other materials. However, these headings do not include collages or similar decorative plaques of heading No. 97.01.


HDG NO.HARMONIZED SYSTEM CODEDESCRIPTIONRate of Duty (%)
1 July
1993199419951996
06.01Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading No. 12.12.
0601.10 00- Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant333
0601.20 00- Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots403530
06.02Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushrooms spawn.
0602.10 00- Unrooted cuttings and slips403530
0602.20 00- Edible fruit or nut trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not403530
0602.30 00- Rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not403530
0602.40 00- Roses, grafted or not403530
- Other:
0602.91 00- - Mushroom spawn403530
602.99- - Other:
0602.99 10- - - Orchids:
0602.99 11- - - - In flasks333
0602.99 12- - - - In community pots101010
0602.99 19- - - - Other, including seedlings,
medium and flowering sizes403530
0602.99 90- - - Other403530
06.03Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared.
0603.10 00- Fresh505050
0603.90 00- Other505050
06.04Foliage, 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.
0604.10 00- Mosses and lichens403530
- Other:
0604.91 00- - Fresh403530
0604.99 00- - Other403530

CHAPTER 7
EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERS

Notes:

1. This Chapter does not cover forage products of heading No. 12.14.

2. In headings Nos. 07.09, 07.10, 07.11 and 07.12 the word "vegetables" includes edible mushrooms, truffles, olives, capers, marrows, pumpkins, aubergines, sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata), fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fennel, parsley, chervil, tarragon, cress and sweet marjoram (Majorana hortensis or Origanum majorana).

3. Heading No. 07.12 covers all dried vegetables of the kinds falling in headings Nos. 07.01 to 07.11, other than:

(a) dried leguminous vegetables, shelled (heading No. 07.13);

(b) sweet corn in the forms specified in headings Nos. 11.02 to 11.04;

(c) flour, meal and flakes of potatoes (heading No. 11.05);

(d) flour and meal of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading No. 07.13 (heading No. 11.06).

4. However, dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta are excluded from this Chapter (heading No. 09.04).


HDG NO.HARMONIZED SYSTEM CODEDESCRIPTIONRate of Duty (%)
1 July
1993199419951996
07.01Potatoes, fresh or chilled.
0701.10 00- Seed403530
0701.90 00- Other403530
07.020702.00 00Tomatoes, fresh or chilled.403530
07.03Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled.
0703.10 00- Onions and shallots403530
0703.20 00- Garlic403530
0703.90 00- Leeks and Other alliaceous vegetables403530
07.04Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled.
0704.10 00- Cauliflowers and headed broccoli403530
0704.20 00- Brussels sprouts403530
0704.90 00- Other403530
07.05Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled.
- Lettuce:
0705.11 00- - Cabbage Lettuce (head Lettuce)403530
0705.19 00- - Other403530
- Chicory:
0705.21 00- - Witloof Chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum)403530
0705.29 00- - Other403530
07.06Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled.
0706.10 00- Carrots and turnips403530
0706.90 00- Other403530
07.070707.00 00Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled.403530
07.08Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled.
0708.10 00- Peas (Pisum sativum)403530
0708.20 00- Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.)403530
0708.90 00- Other leguminous vegetables403530
07.09Other vegetables, fresh or chilled.
0709.10 00- Globe artichokes403530
0709.20 00- Asparagus403530
0709.30 00- Aubergines (egg-plants)403530
0709.40 00- Celery Other than celeriac403530
- Mushrooms and truffles:
0709.51 00- - Mushrooms403530
0709.52 00- - truffles403530
0709.60 00- fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta403530
0709.70 00- Spinach, New Zealand Spinach and orache Spinach (garden Spinach)403530
0709.90- Other:
0709.90 10- - - Maize (sweet corn)403530
0709.90 90- - - Other403530
07.10Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen.
0710.10 00- Potatoes403530
- Leguminous vegetable, shelled or unshelled:
0710.21 00- - Peas (Pisum sativum)403530
0710.22 00- - Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.)403530
0710.29 00- - Other403530
0710.30 00- Spinach, New Zealand Spinach and orache Spinach (garden Spinach)403530
0710.40 00- sweet corn403530
0710.80 00- Other vegetables403530
0710.90 00- Mixtures of vegetables403530
07.11Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption.
0711.10 00- Onions403530
0711.20 00- Olives403530
0711.30 00- Capers403530
0711.40 00- Cucumbers and gherkins403530
0711.90 00- Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables403530
07.12Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared.
0712.10 00- Potatoes whether or not cut or sliced but not further prepared303030
0712.20 00- Onions303030
0712.30 00- Mushrooms and truffles303030
0712.90- Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables:
0712.90 10- - - Maize (sweet corn)303030
0712.90 90- - - Other303030
07.13Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split
0713.10- Peas (Pisum sativum):
0713.10 10- - - Green peas in bulk containers exceeding 45 kg gross weight10*10*10*
0713.10 90- - - Other303030
0713.20- Chickpeas (garbanzos):
0713.20 10- - - In bulk containers exceeding 45 kg gross weight101010
0713.20 90- - - Other303030
- Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.):
0713.31 00- - Beans of the species Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper or Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek303030
0713.32 00- - Small red (adzuki) Beans (Phaseolus or Vigna angularis)303030
0713.33- - Kidney beans, including white pea beans (Phaseolus vulgaris):
0713.33 10- - - White pea beans in bulk container exceeding 45 kg gross weight333
0713.33 90- - - Other303030
0713.39 00- - Other303030
0713.40 00- Lentils303030
0713.50 00- Broad Beans (Vicia faba var. major) and horse Beans (Vicia aba var. equina, Vicia faba var. minor)303030
0713.90 00- Other303030
07.14Manioc, arrowfoot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith.
0714.10 00- Manioc (cassava)403530
0714.20 00- sweet Potatoes403530
0714.90 00- Other303030

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