EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 979 - MODIFYING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464, AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE MARGINS OF PREFERENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ASEAN AGREEMENT ON PRESIDENTIAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ARTICLES NEGOTIATED DURING THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE ASEAN COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND TOURISM

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by Sec. 402 of Presidential Decree No. 1464, as amended, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby direct and order that:

Section 1. The articles specifically listed hereunder as classified under Section 104 of Presidential Decree No. 1464, as amended, shall be accorded the margins of preference as specified in Column 5. In effect, such articles shall be subject to the Presidential Tariff for ASEAN in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite each articles as specified in Columns 6-7.  

Date of Duty ASEAN Preferential Tariff

Effective on Margin Effective on

Tariff Description Articles of Articles
Heading of Entered on Preference Entered on
Product or after of after
Aug. 7, Jan. 1, Aug. 7, Jan. 1,
1984 1985 1984 1985
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

ex 76.10 000 Tubes for 40% 30% Additional 26% 19.5%

toothpaste  20%

ex 92.12 - 100 Tapes for 50% 50% Additional 30% 30%

magnetic    10%
sound
recording
in cassette

Sec. 2. In the event that any subsequent changes are made in the basic Philippine rate of duty on any of the above-mentioned articles, such articles shall automatically be accorded the corresponding margins of preference indicated in Column 5 above.

Sec. 3. After the date of effectivity of this Order, all the above-described articles entered or withdrawn from warehouse, in the Philippines, for consumption shall be subject to the rate of import duty herein prescribed subject to qualification under the Rules of Origin as specified on the Agreement on ASEAN Presidential Trading Arrangements ratified on August 1, 1977.  

Sec. 4. This Order shall take effect on August 7, 1984.

Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-four.