EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 439 - MODIFYING THE NOMENCLATURE AND THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES UNDER SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978 (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 1464), AS AMENDED

WHEREAS, Section 104, and 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464), as amended, empower the President, upon the recommendation of the National Economic and Development Authority, to increase, reduce or remove existing protective rates of import duty, as well as to modify the form of duty.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

Section 1. The articles specifically listed in Annex “A” hereof, as classified under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, shall have the Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) rates of import duty in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite each article as specified In columns 4-7 of said Annex.

Sec. 2. The nomenclature and the rates of import duty on tariff headings not enumerated and those listed but represented by the symbol “. . .” shall remain in force and effect.

Sec. 3. Upon the effectivity of this Executive Order, the articles specifically listed in the aforesaid Annex “A” which are entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied the rates of duty therein prescribed.

Sec. 4. All Presidential issuances, administrative rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.

Sec. 5. This Executive Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 15th day of September in the year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven.

ANNEX A
HDG. HARMONIZED Rate of Duty (%)
NO.   SYSTEM DESCRIPTION 01 January
CODE 1997 1998 1999 2000
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

15.16 Animal or vegetable fats

and oils and their fractions,
partly or wholly hydrogenated,
inter-esterified, re-esterified
or elaidinised, whether or not
refined, but not further prepared.

1516.10 00 x x x
1516.20     — Vegetable fats and oils

  and their fractions:

  vegetable fats and oils (in
solid forms, e.g., flakes) 10 3 3 3

1516.20 90 other     30 20 30 30

preparations of animal or
vegetable fats or oils or of
fractions of different fats or
oils of this Chapter, other than
edible fats or oils or their
fractions of heading No. 15.16.

1517.10 00 x x x
1517.90 00 Other 30 20 20 20

elsewhere specified or
included.

2106.10 00   x x x
2106.90   Other
2106.90 10 x x x
2106.90 20 x x x
2106.90 30 x x x
2106.90 40 x x x
2106.90 50 x x x
2106.90 60 x x x
2106.90 70 Food supplements 10 10 10 10
2106.90 90 x x x

and aerated waters, containing

added sugar or other sweetening
matter or flavoured, and other
non-alcoholic beverages, not
including fruit or vegetable
juices of heading No. 20.09.

2202.10 00   x x x
2202.90 Other
2202.90 10 Flavoured UHT milk drink 20 20 10 10
2202.90 90 Other   30 20 20 20

phosphonates (phosphites),
phosphates and polyphosphates.

2835.10 00   x x x
    x x x
2835.22 00 x x x
2835.23 00 x x x
2835.24 00 x x x
2835.25     Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate
  (“dicalcium phosphate”):
2835.25 10 Feed grade 20 10 10 3
2835.25 90 Other 3 3 3 3
2835.26 00   x x x
2835.29 00    x x x
  x x x
2835.31 00   x x x
2835.39   x x x
2835.39 10 x x x
2835.39 90 x x x

epoxide resins, in primary forms;
polycarbonates, alkyd resins,
polyallyl esters and other polyesters,
in primary forms.

3907.10 00 x x x
3907.20 00 x x x
3907.30     Epoxide resins:
3907.30 10 Epoxide based powder coating 10 10 10 10
3907.30 90 Other 3 3 3 3
3907.40 00  x x x
3907.50 00 x x x
3907.60 00 x x x
Other polyesters:
3907.91 00 x x x
3907.99    Other:
3907.99 10  Polyester based powder coating 10 10 10 10
3907.99 90  Other    3 3 3 3

sliced or peeled, whether or not
planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a
thickness exceeding 6 mm.

4407.10 00 Coniferous 3 3 3 3
   x x x:
4407.24 00 x x x
4407.25 00 x x x
4407.26 00 x x x
4407.29 00 x x x
x x x:
4407.91 00 x x x
4407.92 00 x x x
4407.99 00 x x x

in rolls or sheets, not further worked
or processed than as specified in
Note 2 to this Chapter.

4805.10 00   x x x
    x x x:
4805.21 00 x x x
4805.22 00 x x x
4805.23 00 x x x
4805.29 00 x x x
4805.30   x x x
4805.30 10   x x x
4805.30 90    x x x
4805.40 00     x x x
4805.50 00 x x x
4805.60 Other paper and paperboard,
   weighing 150 g/m2 or less:
4805.60 10 Paper used as interleaf

  material for the packing of flat
  glass products, with a resin
   content of not more than 0.6% 10 10 10 10

4805.60 90 Other 20 10 10 10
4805.70 00    x x x
4805.80 00  x x x

technical uses, specified in Note 7
to this Chapter.

5911.10 00    Textiles fabrics, felt and felt lined

woven fabrics, coated, covered or
laminated with rubber, leather or
other material, of a kind used for
card clothing, and similar fabrics
of a kind used for other technical
purposes, including narrow fabrics
made of velvet impregnated with
rubber, for covering weaving
spindles (weaving beams) 3 3 3 3

5911.20 00 x x x
  x x x
5911.31 00  x x x
5911.32 00  x x x
5911.40 00  x x x
5911.90 x x x
5911.90 10  x x x
5911.90 90 x x x

  of a thickness exceeding 0.15 mm.

7409.11 00   x x x
7409.19 00 x x x
   x x x
7409.21 00 x x x
7409.29 00 x x x
   Of copper-tin base alloys (bronze):
7409.31 00 In coils   3 3 3 3
7409.39 00 x x x
7409.40 00   x x x
7409.90 00   x x x

whether or not fitted with
a measuring device;
liquid elevators.

8413.11 00 x x x
8413.19 00 x x x
8413.20 00 x x x
8413.30 00 x x x
8413.40 00 x x x
8413.50 00 x x x
8413.60 00 x x x
8413.70  Other centrifugal pumps:
8413.70 10 Centrifugal water pumps,

single stage, single
suction, horizontal shaft
type suitable for belt drive
or direct coupling (except
pumps with shafts
common with prime
mover) 10 10 10 10

8413.70 90 x x x
   x x x
8413.81 00 x x x
8413.82 00 x x x
    x x x
8413.91   x x x
8413.91 10 x x x
8413.91 90     x x x
8413.92 00 x x x

of a kind used for spark-ignition or
compression-ignition internal combustion
engines (for example, ignition magnetos,
magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, sparking
plugs and glow plugs, starter motors);
generators (for example, dynamos,
alternators) and cut-outs of a kind used
in conjunction with such engines.

8511.10   x x x
8511.10 10 x x x
8511.10 90 x x x
8511.20   Ignition magnetos; magneto-dynamos;
   magnetic flywheels:
8511.20 10 x x x
8511.20 20 Unassembled ignition magnetos
    and unassembled magneto-
  dynamos     3 3 3 3
8511.20 90 x x x
8511.30   Distributors; ignition coils;
8511.30 10 x x x
8511.30 20 Unassembled distributors and
   unassembled ignition coils 3 3 3 3
8511.30 90 x x x
8511.40 x x x
8511.40 10 x x x
8511.40 20 x x x
8511.40 90 x x x
8511.50 x x x
8511.50 10 x x x
8511.50 20 x x x
8511.50 90 x x x
8511.80 x x x
8511.80 10 x x x
8511.80 90 x x x
8511 90 00 Parts 3 3 3 3

(excluding articles of heading No. 85.39),
windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters,
of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles

8512.10 00   x x x
8512.20   Other lighting or visual
   signaling equipment
8512.20 10 Unassembled 3 3 3 3
8512.20 90 Other 20 10 10 10
8512.30   Sound signaling equipment:
8512.30 10 Unassembled 3 3 3 3
8512.30 90 Other 10 10 10 10
8512.40 00   x x x
8512.90 00  x x x

water heaters and immersion
heaters; electric space heating
apparatus and soil heating
apparatus; electro-thermic hair
dressing apparatus (for example
hair dryers, hair curlers, curling
tong heaters) and hand dryers;
electric smoothing irons; other
electro-thermic appliances of a kind
used for domestic purposes; electric
heating resistors, other than those
of heading No. 85.45

8516.10 00    x x x
    x x x
8516.21 00 x x x
8316.29 00 x x x
    x x x
8516.31 00 x x x
8516.3200 x x x
8516.33 00 x x x
8516.40 00   x x x
8516.50 00   x x x
8516.60 00    x x x
   x x x
8516.71 00 x x x
8516.72 00 x x x
8516.79 00 x x x
8516.80   Electric heating resistors:
8516.80 10 x x x
8516.80 20 Sealed hotplates for stoves
    and ranges   3 3 3 3
8516.80 30  Other, for domestic

appliances (e.g., stoves,
ranges, flat-irons and rice
cookers)     20 10 10 10

8516.80 90 x x x
8516.90 x x x
8516.90 10 x x x
8516.90 90 x x x

protecting electrical circuits, or for
making connections to or in
electrical circuits (for example,
switches, relays, fuses, surge
suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-
holders, junction boxes), for a voltage
not exceeding 1,000 volts.

8536.10 00   x x x
8536.20 00  x x x
8536.30 00   x x x
   x x x
8536.41 00 x x x
8536.49 00 x x x
8536.50 Other switches:
8536.50 10 x x x
8536.50 20 High inrush switches and
    commutators for stoves and
    ranges   3 3 3 3
8536.50 90 x x x
    x x x
8536.61 00 x x x
8536.69 x x x
8536.69 10   x x x
8536.69 90    x x x
8536.90 x x x
8536.90 10    x x x
8536.90 90    x x x

games, including pintables, billiards,
special tables for casino games
and automatic bowling alley
equipment:

9504.10 00 x x x
9504.20    Articles and accessories for
billiards:
9504.20 10 Billiard tables  20 10 10 10
9504.20 90 Other 10 10 10 10
9504.30 00 x x x
9504.40 00 x x x
9504.90   Other:
9504.90 10 Bowling requisites of all

  kinds (e.g., automatic
  bowling alley equipment,
  balls, pins, pindecks, bowling
   lanes).   10 10 10 10

9504.90 90  Other 30 20 20 20

Since 19.07.98.