EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 833 - CERTIFYING THAT THE PRODUCTION OF FIBERGLASS INSULATION MATERIALS, AS A PREFERRED PIONEER INDUSTRY, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO POST-OPERATIVE TARIFF PROTECTION

Pursuant to the power vested in me by Article 46(d) of Presidential Decree No. 1789, otherwise known as the “Omnibus Investment Code,” I FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, upon the recommendation of the Board of Investments (BOI), do hereby certify, direct and order:

Section 1. The production in the Philippines of fiberglass insulating materials, as a preferred pioneer industry, shall be entitled to post-operative tariff protection by increasing the tariff rates of imported glass wool and mineral wool insulating products which are similar to those being manufactured or produced by ACI FIBERGLASS (PHILS.) INC., a BOI registered pioneer enterprise operating on a commercial scale.

Sec. 2. The articles specifically listed hereunder as classified under Section 104 of Presidential Decree No. 1464, as amended, shall pay the following rates of import duty.  

Tariff Heading Description of Rate of Duty
No. Article Present   Recommended
Effective on or after January 1
1983-1985 1986 1987

68.07 Slag, wool, rock wool

and similar mineral
exfoliated, vermiculite,
expanded clays, foamed
slag and similar expanded
mineral materials; mixtures
and articles of heat-insulating,
sound-insulating or sound-
absorbing mineral materials, (Unified
other than those falling in rate of
Heading Nos. 68.12 or ad. val.
6813, or in chapter 69 20%)

Made of Mineral Wool

wool), yarns, fabrics
and articles made
therefrom:

wool) ad. val.

Products ad. val. 40% 30% 40%