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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 61 - MODIFYING
THE NOMENCLATURE AND RATES OF IMPORT DUTY OF CERTAIN ARTICLES UNDER
SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978, AS AMENDED, IN
IMPLEMENTATION OF Sec. 23 (10) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7607, THE MAGNA
CARTA OF SMALL FARMERS
WHEREAS, it is the declared policy of the
State to give the highest priority to the development of agriculture
through the empowerment of small farmers;
WHEREAS, in pursuance of this policy, the State shall provide
incentives to small farmers so as to accelerate productivity and to
promote self-sufficiency and full development of agricultural
potentials;
WHEREAS, the Magna Carta of Small Farmers in Sec. 23 affords small
farmers various incentives and support including the disallowance of
the importation of agricultural products that are produced locally in
sufficient quantity;
WHEREAS, the National Economic and Development Authority, the
Departments of Agriculture, Finance, Trade and Industry, and other
concerned agencies, have recommended modifying the rates of import duty
on meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen, corn and feed
wheat, under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as
amended, to implement the letter and spirit of Sec. 23 of the Magna
Carta of Small Farmers;
WHEREAS, the President of the Philippines is authorized under Sec. 401 of the said Tariff and Customs Code to, among others, “increase,
reduce or remove existing protective rates of import duty (including
any necessary change in classification)” and “to establish import quota
or to ban imports of any commodity;”
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
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DONE in the City of Manila this
27th day of February in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Three.
ANNEX “A”
HDG.
NO.
02.01
10.01
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