EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 119 - AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 106 LIFTING THE SUSPENSION OF THE APPLICATION OF THE TARIFF CONCESSIONS GRANTED BY THE PHILIPPINES ON REFRACTORY BRICKS UNDER THE ASEAN PREFERENTIAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 106 was issued on 10 July 1993 lifting the suspension of the application of the tariff concessions on refractory bricks under the ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangements (PTA);  

WHEREAS, Annex “A” of said Executive Order needs to be amended to effect certain necessary technical modifications;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the powers vested in me under Sec. 402 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, do hereby order:

Section 1. Annex “A” of Executive Order No. 106 is hereby amended and a modified Annex “A” is herein provided.

Sec. 2. Upon effectivity of this Executive Order, the 10% binding concession on refractory bricks and the Margin of Preference on fireclay bricks, including alumina bricks, as specified in Columns 7, 8 and 9 of attached Annex “A”, as amended, shall be restored. In effect, such articles shall be subject to the Preferential ASEAN Tariff in accordance with the schedule indicated in Columns 10 to 13 of said amended Annex “A”.

Sec. 3. In the event that any subsequent changes are made in the basic Philippine rate of duty on item nos. (3) and (5), such articles shall automatically be accorded the corresponding amended rate of duty. The rates of duty on item nos. (1), (2), (4) and (6) shall remain bound at 10% for ASEAN.  

Sec. 4. All laws, orders issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof, inconsistent with this Executive Order, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Sec. 5. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 9th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-three.

ANNEX “A”
REFRACTORY PRODUCTS AND THE ASEAN PTA TARIFF CONCESSIONS RESTORED PURSUANT TO THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER

Rate of Duty Tariff Applicable ASEAN
Concession Tariff (%)
Margin of
HS No. Description Starting 1 July Preference (%) Starting 1 July
  1993   1993

1993 1994 1995 1992 1993 1994 1993 1994 1995

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)

(1) ex Refractory Bricks 20 20 20 20 10B 10B 10B 10 10 10 10

6902.10 00 containing by

  weight, singly or
   together, more
  than 50% of the
  elements Mg, Ca
   or Cr, expressed

  MgO, CaO or Cr2 O3

6902.20 10 refractory bricks

6902.20 90 fireclay bricks

6902.20 90  containing by

weight more than
50% of alumina
(Al2 O3), of silica
(S102) or of a
mixture or compound
of these products,
other than those of
subheading No.
6902.20 10

6902.20 90  containing by

weight more than
50% of alumina
(Al3 O3), of silica
(S102), or of a
mixture or
compound of these
products, other than
those of subheading
No. 6902.20 10

6902.90 00   other than those

of subheading
nos. 6902.10 00,
6902.20 10 and
6902.20 90

Since 19.07.98.