EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 241 - 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, developments in the domestic and global economic environments warrant the modification in the rates of duty on certain products to provide temporary relief to local manufacturers and enable them to further enhance their competitiveness;

WHEREAS, Sec. 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464), as amended, empowers the President of the Republic of the Philippines to increase, reduce, or remove existing rates of import duty, as well as to modify the tariff nomenclature.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO, 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 be subject to the rates of import duty for the periods in accordance with the schedule indicated in the column opposite each article;

Sec. 2. The nomenclature and 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 in effect;

Sec. 3. Upon effectivity of this Executive Order, the articles specifically listed in the aforesaid “Annex” which are entered and withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied the rates of duty herein prescribed;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 thirty (30) days following its complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.

Done in the City of Manila, Philippines, this 2nd day October, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Three.

RATE OF DUTY (%)
HDG. H.S. DESCRIPTION 01 January
CODE 2003 2004 2005

27.10 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous

minerals, other than crude; preparations not
elsewhere specified or included, containing by
weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils
obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils
being the basic constituents of the preparations;
waste oils.
- Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous
minerals (other than crude) and preparations not
elsewhere specified or included, containing by
weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils
obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being
the basic constituents of the preparations, other
than waste oils:

    - - - Medium oils and preparations:

   - - - Other:

  - Waste oils:

polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) or polybrominated 3 3 3
biphenyls (PBBs)

prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera and other blood
fractions and modified immunological products, whether or
not obtained by means of biotechnological processes;
vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding
yeasts) and similar products.

30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for
therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured
doses (including those in the form of transdermal
administration systems) or in forms or packings for
retail sale.

penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their
derivatives

   - Containing hormones or other products of heading 29.37
    but not containing antibiotics:

pharmaceutical grade (USP, NF or BP)

example, dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices)
impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical
substances or put up in forms or packings for retail
sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary
purposes.

layer:

together or chemically treated; fertilisers produced
by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or
vegetable products.

   - Ammonium sulphate; double salts and mixtures of ammonium
   sulphate and ammonium nitrate:

the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and
potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this Chapter in
tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight
not exceeding 10 kg.

phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium
hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)
- Other mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the two
fertilising elements nitrogen and phosphorus:

based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified
natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous
medium; solutions as defined in Note 4 to this Chapter.

based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified
natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous
medium.

and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used
for finishing leather.

modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets,
tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings.

compounds and other mastics; painters’ fillings;
non-refractory surfacing preparations for facades, indoors
walls, floors, ceilings or the like.

compounds and other mastics; painters’ fillings

care of the skin (other than medicaments), including
sunscreen or sun tan preparations; manicure or pedicure
preparations.

- Other:

fixative pasters and powders; yarn used to clean between
the teeth (dental floss), in individual retail packages.

deodorants, bath preparations, depilatories and other
perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, not elsewhere
specified or included; prepared room deodorisers, whether
or not perfumed or having disinfectant properties.

  odoriferous preparations used during religious rites:

for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces
or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic
surface-active products and preparations for washing the
skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for
retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding,
felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with
soap or detergent.

- Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in
the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and
    paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or
covered with soap or detergent:

surface-active preparations, washing preparations
(including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning
preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than
those of heading 34.01.

coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders
and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of
paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or
cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such
preparations), excluding waxes of heading 34.04.

  or leather

maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other
woodwork

than metal polishes

preparations

amusement; preparations known as “dental wax” or as
“dental impression compounds”, put up in sets, in
packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes,
sticks or similar forms; other preparations for use in
dentistry, with a basis of plaster (of calcined gypsum or
calcium sulphate).

elsewhere specified or included; products suitable for use
as glues or adhesives, put up for retail sale as glues or
adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg.

retail sale as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight
of 1 kg

and other pyrotechnic articles.

   36.04.

articles of combustible materials as specified in Note 2 to
this Chapter.

for filling or refilling cigarette or similar lighters and
of a capacity not exceeding 300 cm3

not incorporating sound track or consisting only of sound
track.

anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators,
disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or
packing for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for
example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and
fly-papers).

powder)

fire-extinguishing grenades.

specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers.

compositions, other than products of heading 38.01.

joints, elbows, flanges), of plastics.

cellulosic materials

- Tubes, pipes and hoses, rigid:

    - Other tubes, pipes and hoses:

  burst pressure of 27.6 MPa

materials, without fittings:

  other materials, with fittings

in rolls or in the forms of tiles; wall or ceiling coverings of
plastics, as defined in Note 9 to this Chapter.

other flat shapes, of plastics, whether or not in rolls.

non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported
or similarly combined with other materials.

  - Of acrylic polymers:

- Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other
polyesters:

- Cellular:

pans, seats and covers, flushing cisterns and similar
sanitary ware, of plastics.

plastics; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of
plastics.

toilet articles, of plastics.

included.

exceeding 300 l

articles and parts thereof

headings 39.01 to 39.14.

gloves, mittens and mitts)

adornment; plastic beads

hard rubber, with or without their fittings (for example,
joints, elbows, flanges).

- Not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials:

- Reinforced or otherwise combined only with textile materials:

- Reinforced or otherwise combined other materials:

- Transmission belts or belting:

(V-belts), V-ribbed, of an outside circumference
exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding 180 cm

(V-belts), other than V-ribbed, of an outside
circumference exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding
180 cm

(V-belts), V-ribbed, of an outside circumference
exceeding 180 cm but not exceeding 240 cm

(V-belts), other than V-ribbed, of an outside circumference
exceeding 180 cm but not exceeding 240 cm

exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding 150 cm

exceeding 150 cm but not exceeding 198 cm

and racing cars)

   - X X X

cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber.
- Retreaded tyres

vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber, with or without
fittings of hard rubber.

gloves, mittens and mitts), for all purposes, of vulcanised
rubber other than hard rubber.
- Gloves, mittens and mitts:

including waste and scrap; articles of hard rubber.

leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle cloths, saddle bags, dog
coats and the like), of any material.

brief-cases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular
cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun
cases, holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags,
insulated food or beverages bags, toilet bags, rucksacks,
handbags, shopping bags, wallets, purses, map-cases,
cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags,
bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder-boxes, cutlery cases
and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather,
of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised
fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with
such materials or with paper.

   - Trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases,
brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers:

or of patent leather

- Handbags, whether or not with shoulder strap, including
those without handle:

or of patent leather

materials

- Articles of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the
handbag.:

or of patent leather

materials

- Other:

or of patent leather

materials

of composition leather.

  - Gloves, mittens and mitts:

skin, of bladders or of tendons.

similar objects.

of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and
other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood.

cable-drums

parts thereof, of wood, including staves.

and handles, of wood; boot or shoe lasts and trees, of
wood.

wood panels, assembled parquet panels, shingles and
shakes.

jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles, of wood;
statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; wooden articles
of furniture not falling in Chapter 94.

or not assembled into strips; plaiting materials, plaits and
similar products of plaiting materials, bound together in
parallel strands or woven, in sheet form, whether or not
being finished articles (for example, mats, matting,
screens).

to shape from plaiting materials or made up from goods of
heading 46.01; articles of loofah.

writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and non
perforated punch-cards and punch tape paper, in rolls
or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size,
other than paper of heading 48.01 or 48.03; hand-made
paper and paperboard.

photo-sensitive, heat-sensitive or electro-sensitive
paper or paperboard

- Other paper and paperboard, not containing fibres obtained
by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of which
not more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content
consists of such fibres:

granitized felt finish, fibres or blend of specks and vellum
antique finish:

sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other
side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded state:

granitized felt finish, fibres or blend of specks and vellum
antique finish:

150 g/m2

granitized felt finish, fibers or blend of specks and vellum
antique finish:

- Other paper and paperboard, of which more than 10% by

weight of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained
by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process:

granitized felt finish, fibers or blend of specks and vellum
antique finish:

other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded state:

granitized felt finish, fibers or blend of specks and vellum
antique finish:

transfer papers (other than those of heading 48.09)
duplicator stencils and offset plates, of paper, whether
or not put up in boxes.

correspondence cards, of paper or paperboard; boxes,
pouches, wallets and writing compendiums, of paper or
paperboard, containing an assortment of paper
stationery.

paper or paperboard, containing an assortment of
paper stationery

of cellulose fibres, of a kind used for household or
sanitary purposes, in rolls of a width not exceeding 36 cm,
or cut to size or shape; handkerchiefs, cleansing tissues,
towels, tablecloths, serviettes, napkins for babies, tampons,
bed sheets and similar household, sanitary or hospital
articles, articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of
paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose
fibres.

babies and similar sanitary articles

of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of
cellulose fibres; box files, letter trays, and similar articles,
of paper or paperboard of a kind used in offices, shops or
the like.

paperboard

paper or paperboard

    of a kind used in offices, shops or the like

books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar

articles, exercise books, blotting-pads, binders (loose-leaf
or other), folders, file covers, manifold business forms,
interleaved carbon sets and other articles of stationery, of
paper or paperboard; albums for samples or for collections
and book covers, of paper or paperboard.

receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads,
diaries and similar articles

printed.

cellulose fibres, cut to size or shape; other articles of paper
pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of
cellulose fibres.

matter, whether or not in single sheets.

   - Other:

illustrated or containing advertising material.

illustrated.

including atlases, wall maps, topographical plans and
globes, printed.

   - Other:

industrial, commercial, topographical or similar purposes,
being originals drawn by hand; handwritten texts;
photographic reproductions on sensitised paper and
carbon copies of the foregoing.

new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a
recognised face value; stamp-impressed paper; banknotes;
cheque forms; stock, share or bond certificates and similar
documents of title.

personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether
or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings.

photographs.

like

- Other:

fibres, not exceeding 5mm in length (flock), textile dust and
mill neps.

for babies and similar sanitary articles, of wadding

   - X X X

or braided and whether or not impregnated, coated,
covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics.

- Of sisal or other textile fibres of the genus Agave:

- Of polyethylene or polypropylene:

nets and other made up nets, of textile materials.

- Of man-made textile materials:

54.05, twine, cordage, rope or cables, not elsewhere
specified or included.

or not made up.

tufted or flocked, whether or not made up, including
“Kelem”, “Schumacks”, “Karamanie” and similar
hand-woven rugs.

hand-woven rugs

    - Other, of pile construction, not made up: