EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 470 - MODIFYING THE NOMENCLATURE AND RATES OF IMPORT DUTY OF CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES UNDER SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978 (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464), AS AMENDED

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by Sec. 401 of Presidential Decree No. 1464, otherwise known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended, I CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

Section 1. The articles specially listed in Annex “A” hereof as classified under Section 104 of the Tariff Customs Code of 1978, as amended shall pay the rates of import duty to be applied by stages in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite each article as listed in the aforementioned Annex “A”; Provided, That the rates of duty indicated for 1995 shall continue to be levied, imposed and collected in the succeeding years until otherwise modified.

Sec. 2. The nomenclature and existing rates of import duty of imported articles under Presidential Decree No. 1464, as amended, which are not included or modified in this Executive Order, shall remain in full force and effect.

Sec. 3. This Executive Order supersedes Executive Order No. 413.

Sec. 4. This Executive Order shall take effect after thirty (30) days following its publication in two (2) national newspaper of general circulation.

DONE in the city of Manila, this 20th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-one.

ANNEX A
EXPLANATORY NOTES

1. Annex “A” forms an integral part of this Order.

2. All tariff Section s, Chapters, Headings and Subheadings and rates of duty under Section 104 of Presidential Decree No. 1464, as amended, not reproduced herein shall remain in full force and effect.

3. The nomenclature and rates of import duty of Headings and Subheadings contained herein and marked “x x x” shall be deemed unchanged as appearing in Presidential Decree No. 1464 and shall remain valid and subsisting.

HDG HARMONIZED DESCRIPTION Rate of Duty (%)
NO. SYSTEM 1 July 1 July 1 July 1 July
  CODE 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

01.01 Live horses, assess,

mules and hinnies.
- Horses:

0101.11 00 - - x x x

0101.19 00 - - Other    30 30 30 30 30
0101.20 00 - Asses, mules and
hinnies 30 30 30 30 30

   WEIGHING NOT
   MORE THAN 300
   KGS. 3 3 3 3 3

  animals 3 3 3 3 3

  Other:

say, fowls of the species
Gallus domesticus, ducks,
geese, turkeys, and guinea
fowls.
- Weighing not more 185 g:

of Gallus domesticus:

CHICKS FOR
  BREEDING 3 3 3 3 3

  of lamb, fresh or chilled  30 30 30 30 30
- Other meat of sheep, fresh
   or chilled:

of lamb, frozen 30 30 30 30 30
- Other meat of sheep, frozen;