EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 443
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 443 - IMPOSING
AN ADDITIONAL DUTY OF NINE PERCENT (9%) AD VALOREM ON ALL IMPORTED
ARTICLES SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS AND CONDITIONS
WHEREAS,
the prevailing situation has made it imperative to provide urgent
measures to finance our oil importations and the budgetary requirements
of our economic development efforts;
WHEREAS, among the necessary measures to attain these objectives is to
impose an additional nine percent (9%) import duty on all imports;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order;
Section 1. Imposition of Additional Duty. — Except as
herein specifically provided, there shall be levied, collected and
paid, in addition to any other duties, taxes and charges imposed by law
on all articles imported into the Philippines, an additional duty of
nine percent (9%) ad valorem.
Sec. 2. Importations Exempt Under Existing Laws. —
The additional duty of nine percent (9%) ad valorem shall also be
levied, collected and paid on imported articles which are exempt under
existing laws, except as provided in Sec. 3 hereof. In case of
importation of articles which are exempt in part, the nine percent (9%)
additional duty shall be added to the non-exempt portion.
Sec. 3. Exempt Importations. — The imported
articles exempt from the additional duty of nine percent (9%) ad
valorem imposed in this Executive Order are as follows:
a.
Those conferred by effective international agreements to which the
Government of the Republic of the Philippines is a signatory;
b. Those of
the diplomatic corps for the official use of foreign embassies under
the provisions of paragraph (k), Section 105 of the Tariff and Customs
Code of the Philippines, as amended;
c. Those of
bonded manufacturing warehouses under the provisions of Sec. 2002,
Presidential Decree No. 1464, as amended;
d. Those of
bonded smelting warehouses under the provisions of Sec. 2005,
Presidential Decree No. 1464, as amended;
e. Those of
enterprises or firms registered with the Export Processing Zone
Authority pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 66, as amended;
f. Those
enterprises or firms registered with the Philippine Veterans
Investments and Development Corporation (PHIVIDEC) Authority pursuant
to Presidential Decree No. 538, as amended.
g. Those
released under bond under Section 105 of the Tariff and Customs Code,
as amended.
Sec. 4. Repealing Clause. — Executive Order No.
438, dated November 27, 1990, is hereby repealed. All other executive
orders, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with this
Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 5. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect after ten (10) days following the completion of its
publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation, and
shall remain effective until June 30, 1992, or unless sooner revoked or
modified.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 3rd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-one.
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