EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 197 - MODIFYING THE NOMENCLATURE AND THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON VARIOUS PRODUCTS UNDER SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978 (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464, AS AMENDED)

WHEREAS, the vegetable industry needs tariff support as it prepares to gear up for competition vis-a-vis imports;  

WHEREAS, Sec. 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, empowers the President to increase, reduce or remove existing rates of duty, as well as to modify the tariff nomenclature.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO, President 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 be subject to the rates of import duty in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite each article.

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

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the effectivity of this Executive Order, the articles specifically listed in the aforesaid “Annex” which are entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied the rates of duty herein prescribed.

Sec. 4. All other 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 be effective for a period of six (6) months which shall commence immediately following its complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Three.

Annex “A”

HDG. H.S. DESCRIPTION RATE OF
NO. CODE DUTY

07.03 Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh

or chilled.
0703.10 00 - X X X
0703.20 00 - X X X
0703.90 00 - Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables 20

fresh or chilled.
0704.10 00 - Cauliflowers and headed broccoli 25
0704.20 00 - X X X
to
0704.90 90 - - - X X X

chilled.
- Lettuce:
0705.11 00 - - Cabbage lettuce head lettuce 25
0705.19 00 - - Other 25
- Chicory:
0705.21 00 - - Witloof chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) 20
0705.29 00 - - Other 20

edible roots, fresh or chilled.
0706.10 - Carrots and turnips:
0706.10 10 - - - Carrots 25
0706.10 20 - - - Turnips 20
0706.90 00 - Other 20

0708.10 00 - Peas (Pisum sativum) 20
0708.20 00 - Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) 20
0708.90 00 - X X X

0709.10 00 - X X X
0709.20 00 - X X X
0709.30 00 - X X X
0709.40 00 - Celery other than celeriac 20
- X X X
0709.51 00 - - X X X
0709.52 00 - - X X X
0709.60 00 - Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta 20
0709.70 00 - Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach) 20
0709.90 - X X X
0709.90 10 - - - X X X
0709.90 90 - - - X X X

gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but
unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption.
0711.10 - Onions:
0711.10 10 - - -X X X
9711.10 90 - - - Other 20
0711.20 00 - X X X
0711.30 00 - X X X
0711.40 00 - Cucumbers and gherkins 20
0711.90 00 - Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables 20

dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other
preservative solutions. 20

genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta.
- X X X
0904.11
to
0904.12 90 - - - X X X
0904.20 00 - Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, dried or crushed
or round 20

other spices.
0910.10 00 - Ginger 20
0910.20 00
to
0910.99 00 - - X X X