EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 364  - MODIFYING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTIES AND CLASSIFICATIONS AND IMPOSING ALTERNATIVE RATES ON CERTAIN ARTICLES UNDER SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978, AS AMENDED

Pursuant to the powers vested in me under Sec. 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:  

Section 1. The rates of import duties and classifications of the following articles under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, are hereby modified as follows:

Rate of Duty

Tariff   in % Ad Valorem
Hdg. No. H. S. Code     Description  or in Pesos

14.01 Vegetable materials of a kind used

primarily for plaiting (for example,
bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes,
osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or
dyed cereal straw and lime bark).
1401.10 00   - x x x
1401.20    - Rattans
1401.20 10 - - - Rattan Poles Free
1401.20 90 - - - Other 10%
1401.90 90   - x x x

lignite or of peat, whether or not
agglomerated; retort carbon:

2704.00 10 - - - Foundry coke Free
2704.00 90 - - - Other 10%

from bituminous minerals, other
than crude; preparations not
elsewhere specified or included,
containing by weight 70% or more
of petroleum oils or of oils
obtained from bituminous minerals,
these oils being the basic
constituents of the preparations.

2710.00 10  - - - x x x
2710.00 20 - - - x x x
2710.00 21 - - - x x x
2710.00 29 - - - x x x
2710.00 30 - - - Gas oils, fuel oils and other

heavy oils; aviation gasoline,
white spirit and naphtha:

2710.00 31 - - - - Fuel Oils 10%
2710.00 32 - - - - Naphtha 10%
2710.00 39 - - - - x x x
2710.00 90 - - - - x x x

halogenated, suphonated,
nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- x x x

2905.11 00 - - x x x
2905.12 00 - - x x x
2905.13 00 - - x x x
2905.14 00 - - x x x
2905.15 00 - - x x x 
2905.16 00 - - x x x
2905.17 00 - - x x x
2905.19 - - x x x
2905.19 10 - - - x x x
2905.19 90 - - - x x x
- x x x
2905.21 00 - - x x x
2905.22 00 - - x x x
2905.29 - - x x x
2905.29 10 - - - x x x
2905.29 90 - - - x x x
- Diols:
2905.31 00 - - Ethylene glycol (ethanediol) 5%
2905.32 00 - - x x x
2905.39 - - x x x
2905.39 10 - - x x x
2905.39 90 - - - x x x
- x x x
2905.41 00 - - x x x
2905.42 00 - - x x x
2905.43 00 - - x x x
2905.44 00 - - x x x
2905.49 - - x x x
2905.49 10 - - - x x x
2905.49 90 - - - x x x
2905.50 - x x x
2905.50 10 - - - x x x
2905.50 90 - - - x x x

halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their
halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or
nitrosated derivatives.  
- x x x

2917.11 00 - - x x x
2917.12 00 - - x x x
2917.13 00 - - x x x
2917.14 - - x x x
2917.19 - - x x x
2917.19 10 - - - x x x
2917.19 90 - - - x x x
2917.20 00 - x x x
- x x x
2917.31 00 - - x x x
2917.32 00 - - x x x
2917.33 00 - - x x x
2917.34 00 - - x x x
2917.35 00 - - x x x
2917.36 - - Terephthalic acid and its salts:
2917.36 10 - - - Terephthalic Acid 5%
2917.36 90 - - -  Other 10%
2917.37 00 - - Dimethyl terephthalate 5%
2917.39 - - x x x
2917.39 10 - - - x x x
2917.39 20 - - - x x x
2917.39 90 - - - x x x

hetero-atom(s) only; nucleic acids
and their salts.

- x x x
2933.11 00 - - x x x
2933.19 00 - - x x x
- x x x
2933.21 00 - - x x x
2933.29 00 - - x x x
- x x x
2933.31 00 - - x x x
2933.39 00 - - x x x
2933.40 00 - x x x
- x x x
2933.51 00 - - x x x
2933.59 00 - - x x x
- x x x
2933.61 00 - - x x x
2933.69 00 - - x x x
- Lactams:
2933.71 00 - - 6 - Hexanelactam
(epsilon-capraloctam) 5%
2933.79 00 - - x x x
2933.90 00 - x x x

or not mixed together or chemically
treated; fertilizers produced by the
mixing or chemical treatment of
animal or vegetable products.  5%

nitrogeneous.
3102.10 00 - Urea, whether or not 5%
n aqueous solution

- Ammonium sulphate; double salts
  and mixtures of ammonnium sulphate
  and ammonium nitrate;

3102.21 00 - - Ammonium sulphate 5%
3102.29 00 - - Other 5%
3102.30 00 - x x x
3102.40 00 - Mixtures of ammonium nitrate

  with calcium carbonate or other
norganic non-fertilizing substances 5%

  nitrate and ammonium nitrate 5%

n aqueous or ammoniacal solution 5%

3102.90 00 - Other, including mixtures not specified

n the foregoing subheadings 5%

31.03 Mineral or chemical fertilizers, phosphatic.

3103.10 00 - Superphosphates 5%
3103.20 00 - Basic slag 5%
3103.90 00 - Other 5%

3104.10 00 - Carnallite, sylvite and other crude
   natural potassium salts 5%
3104.20 00 - Potassium chloride 5%
3104.30 00 - Potassium sulphate 5%
3104.90 00 - Other 5%

two or three of the fertilizing elements
nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium;
other fertilizers; goods of this Chapter in
tablets or similar forms or in packages of
a gross weight not exceeding 10 Kg.

3105.10 00 - Goods of this Chapter in tablets or

  similar forms or in packages of a gross
  weight not exceeding 10 kg. 5%

  containing the three fertilizing
  elements nitrogen, phosphorus
  and potassium 5%

  (diammonium phosphate) 5%

  (monoammonium phosphate) and
  mixtures thereof with diammonium
  hydrogenorthophosphate
  (diammonium phosphate) 5%
- Other mineral or chemical fertilizers
  containing the two fertilizing elements
  nitrogen and phosphorus:

  containing the two fertilizing elements
  phosphorus and potassium 5%

from oils, in primary forms or in plates,
sheets or strip; mixtures of any product of
heading No. 40.01 with any product of this
heading, in primary forms or in plates,
sheets or strip.  
- Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR);
  carboxylated styrene-butadiene
  rubber (XSBR):

4002.11 - - Latex
4002.11 10 - - - Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) 5%
4002.11 90 - - - Other 20%
4002.19 - - Other
4002.19 10 - - - In primary forms:
4002.19 11 - - - - Styrene-butadiene (SBR) 5%
4002.19 19 - - - - Other 20%
4002.19 90 - - - x x x
4002.20 - Butadiene rubber (BR):
4002.20 10 - - - In primary forms 5%
4002.20 90 - - - x x x
- x x x
4002.31 - - x x x
4002.31 10 - - - x x x
4002.31 90 - - - x x x
4002.39 - - x x x
4002.39 10 - - - x x x
4002.39 90 - - - x x x
- x x x
4002.41 00 - - x x x
4002.49 - - x x x
4002.49 10 - - - x x x
4002.49 90 - - - x x x
- x x x
4002.51 00 - - x x x
4002.59 - - x x x
4002.59 10 - - - x x x
4002.59 90 - - - x x x
4002.60 - x x x
4002.60 10 - - - x x x
4002.60 90 - - - x x x
4002.70 - x x x
4002.70 10 - - - x x x
4002.70 90 - - - x x x
4002.80 - x x x
4002.80 10 - - - x x x
4002.80 90 - - - x x x
- x x x
4002.91 00 - - x x x
4002.99 - - x x x
4002.99 10 - - - x x x
4002.99 90 - - - x x x

stripped of bark or sapwood, or
roughly squared.

4403.10 - Treated with paint, stains, creosote or

    other preservatives:

4403.10 10 - - - Roughly squared or half-squared

but not further manufactured 10%

but not further manufactured  10%

   - Other, of the following tropical woods:

4403.31 - - Dark Red Meranti, Light Red

  Meranti and Meranti Bakau:

but not further manufactured 10%

  Seraya, Yellow Meranti and Alan:

4403.32 10 - - - Roughly squared or half-squared

but not further manufactured 10%

  Jongkong, Merbau, Jelutong
   and Kempas;

4403.33 10 - - - Roughly squared or half-squared

but not further manufactured 10%

   d’Afrique, Makore and Iroko:

4403.34 10 - - - Roughly squared or half-squared but

not further manufactured 10%

    Limba and Azobe:

4403.35 10 - - - Roughly squared or half-squared

but not further manufactured 10%

not further manufactured 10%

not further manufactured 10%

not further manufactured 10%

P4.00

than sewing thread), not put up
for retail sale, including synthetic
monofilament of less than 67 decitex

5402.10 00 - High tenacity yarn of nylon or

  other polyamides  30%

- Other yarn, single, untwisted or with
  a twist not exceeding 50 turns per metre:

55.02 5502.00 00 Artificial filament tow. 10% or kg. n.w.
P3.20
55.04 Artificial staple fibres, not carded,

combed or otherwise processed
for spinning.

5504.10 00 - Of viscose 10% or kg. n.w.
P3.20
5504.90 00 - Other 10% or kg. n.w.
P3.20
59.11 Textile products and articles, for

technical used, specified in
Note 7 to this Chapter.

5911.10 00 - x x x
5911.20 00 - x x x
- x x x
5911.31 - - x x x
5911.31 10 - - - x x x
5911.31 90 - - - x x x
5911.32 - - x x x
5911.32 10 - - - x x x
5911.32 90 - - - x x x
5911.40 00 - - - x x x
5911.90 - Other
5911.90 10 - - - Textile packings and gaskets 30%
5911.90 90 - - - Other 20%

72.01 Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs,

blocks or other primary forms.

7201.10 00 - Non-alloy pig iron containing by

   weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus Free

  weight more than 0.5% of
  phosphorus  Free

  scrap ingots of iron or steel.

7204.10 00 - Waste and scrap of cast iron 5%

- Waste and scrap of alloy steel;

ron or steel 5%
- Other waste and scrap:

  waste, sawdust, filing, trimmings
  and stampings, whether or not in
  bundles 5%

  non-alloy steel.
- Containing by weight less than

   0.25% of carbon:

7207.11 00 - - x x x
7207.12 - - Other, of rectangular (other than

  square) cross-section:

  more of carbon

bands, slings and the like, of iron or
steel, not electrically insulated.

7312.10 - Stranded wire, ropes, and cables:
7312.10 10 - - - x x x
7312.10 20 - - - Plaited or coated with brass, of a

nominal diameter not exceeding 3 mm. 20%

piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines).

8408.10 10 00 - x x x
8408.20 - Engines of a kind used for the propulsion
  of vehicles of Chapter 87:
8408.20 10 - - - For motor vehicles of subheadings

nos. 8704.10 10 and 8704.22 90 with
g.v.w. of 6 tones to 18 tonnes 10%

units thereof; magnetic or optical readers,
machines for transcribing data onto data
media in coded form and machines for
processing such data, not elsewhere
specified or included.  

8471.10 00 - Analogue or hybrid automatic data

  processing machines 10%

  machines, containing in the same
  housing at least a central processing
  unit and an input and output unit,
  whether or not combined 10%
- Other:

or not presented with the rest of a
system, which may contain in the
same housing one or two of the
following types of unit: storage
units, input units, output units 10%

  presented with the rest of a system 10%

carrying cases and the like) suitable for
use solely or principally with machines
of headings Nos. 84.69 to 84.72.

8473.10 00 - x x x
- x x x
8473.21 00 - - x x x
8473.29 00 - - x x x
8473.30 00 - - Parts and accessories of the machines

of heading No. 84.71 10%

recording or similar recording of other
phenomena, other than products of
Chapter 37.
- Magnetic tapes:

8523.11 00 - - x x x
8523.12 00 - - x x x
8523.13 - - Of a width exceeding 6.5 mm:
8523.13 10 - - - Magnetic computer tapes with widths

of 1/2-inch (12.7 mm) or wider 10%

8523.13 90 - - - x x x
8523.20 - Magnetic discs:
8523.20 10 - - - Computer magnetics discs and diskettes 10%
8523.20 90 - - - x x x
8523.90 00 - x x x

media for sound or other similarly
recorded phenomena, including
matrices and masters for the
production of records, but excluding
products of Chapter 37.

8524.10 00 - x x x

- Magnetic tapes:

with widths of 1/2-inch (12.7 mm)
or wider   10%

disks and diskettes 10%

87.06 8706.00 Chassis fitted with engines, for the

motor vehicles of headings
Nos. 87.01 to 87.05:

8706.00 10 - - - For motor vehicles of subheadings

Nos. 8702.10 10 and 8704.22 90
with g.v.w. of 6 tonnes to 18 tones 10%

8706.00 90 - - - Other 30%

other vessels for processing or
preserving fishery products.

8902.00 10 - - - Fishing vessels 40 GT and

above Free

or sports; rowing boats and canoes.
8903.10 00 - Inflatable 50%
- Other:

8903.91 00 - - Sailboats, with or without

auxiliary motor 50%

  motorboats 50%

floating cranes, and other vessels
the navigability of which is subsidiary
to their main function; floating docks;
floating or submersible drilling or
production platforms.

8905.10 00 - Dredgers Free
8905.20 00 - Floating or submersible drilling or

  production platforms Free

and lifeboats other than rowing boats.

example, rafts, tanks, cofferdams,
landing stages, buoys and beacons).

for breaking up. Free

90.28 Gas, liquid or electricity supply

or production meters, including
calibrating meters therefor.

9028.10 00 - x x x
9028.20 - x x x
9028.20 10 - - - x x x
9028.20 90 - - - x x x
9028.30 - Electricity meters:
9028.30 10 - - - Kilowatt-hour meters 30% — Upon

effectivity

Sec. 2. Specific rates of duty as alternative rates to the existing ad valorem rates shall be imposed on the articles listed in Annex “A” hereof. The applicable rate shall either be the specific or ad valorem rate whichever is higher.

Sec. 3. All orders, issuances, and rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.  

Sec. 4. After the expiration of thirty (30) days from the issuance of this Executive Order, all the abovementioned articles in Section 1 and the articles listed in Annex “A” hereof which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouses, in the Philippines, for consumption, shall be subject to the rates of duty herein prescribed.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 21st day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-nine.
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