EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 243
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 243 -
TEMPORARILY REDUCING/SUSPENDING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON FREQUENTLY
USED SPARE AND REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES UNDER SECTION
104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978 (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.
1464), AS AMENDED
WHEREAS,
the transport services sector is an important industry which moves
goods and people to their destinations;
WHEREAS, the temporary reduction/suspension in the rates of duty will
mitigate the impact of the high cost of frequently used spare and
replacement parts for jeepney and buses;
WHEREAS, the reduction of cost of repair and maintenance of transport
vehicles will prevent further increase in transport fares;
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 imposed the MFN rates of import duty
in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite each
article.
Sec. 2. Upon the effectivity of this Executive
Order, the articles in the aforesaid “Annex A”, which are imported by
duly accredited program proponent shall be levied the rates of duty
herein prescribed.
Sec. 3. The Secretary of Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI) together with the Department of Transportation and
Communication (DOTC), Department of Finance (DOF), and the National
Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), shall issue appropriate
guidelines including the accreditation mechanism to implement the
tariff privilege herein granted. The guidelines shall be issued within
two (2) weeks from the complete publication of this Executive Order.
Sec. 4. All other Presidential issuances,
administrative rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are
inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revokes 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 2nd day of October, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and
Three.
ANNEX “A”
FREQUENTLY USED SPARE AND REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES
Heading HS Code
Description Rate of Duty (%)
No. 2003
40.13 Inner tubes, of rubber.
4013.10 00 - Of a kind used on
motor cars (including station wagons and
racing cars), buses or lorries. 3
Ex INNER TUBES FOR JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 0*
70.02
Glass in balls (other than microspheres of heading
No. 70.18), rods
or tubes, unworked.
- Tubes:
7002.39
00 - - Other 1
Ex INSULATION TUBES FOR JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 0*
70.20
Other articles of glass.
7020.00 90 - - -
Other 5
Ex INSULATION TUBES FOR JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 3*
73.20
Springs and leaves for springs, of iron or steel.
7320.10 00 - Leaf-springs and
leaves therefor 10
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3*
84.09
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with
the engines of
heading No. 84.07 or 84.08.
- Other:
8409.99
00 - - Other 1
Ex LINER (CYLINDERS); PISTONS AND PISTON RINGS
FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 0*
84.14
Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors
and fans;
ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan,
whether or not
fitted with filters.
8414.30
00 - Compressors of a kind used in refrigerating
equipment 1
Ex AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSORS FOR JEEPNEYS
AND BUSES 0*
84.21
Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering
or purifying
machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases.
- Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for
liquids
8421.23
00 - - Oil or petrol-filters for internal combustion
engines 3
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 1*
- Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for
gases:
8421.31
00 - - Intake air filters for internal combustion
engines 10
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3*
84.82
Ball or roller bearing
8482.10 00 - Ball
bearings 1
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 0*
84.83
Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank
shafts) and
cranks; bearing housings and plain shafts bearings;
gears and
gearing; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other
speed
changers, including torque converters; flywheels and
pulleys,
including pulley blocks; clutches and shaft
couplings (including
universal joints).
8483.30
00 - Bearing housings, not incorporating ball or
roller bearings; plain
shaft bearings 1
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 0*
8483.40
00 - Gears and gearing, other than toothed wheels,
chain sprockets
and other transmission elements presented
separately; ball or
rollers screws; gear boxes and other speed changers,
including
torque converters 1
Ex BENDIX DRIVE GEARS FOR JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 0*
84.84
Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting
combined with other
material or of two or more layers of metal; sets or
assortments of
gaskets and similar joints, dissimilar in
composition, put up in
pouches, envelops or similar packings; mechanical
seals.
8484.10
00 - X X X
8484.20 00 - Mechanical
seals 1
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 0*
8484.90
00 - Others 7
Ex OIL SEALS FOR JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 3*
85.11
Electrical ignition or starting equipment 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);
generator (for
example, dynamos, alternators) and cut-outs of a
kind use in
conjunction with such engines.
8511.40 - Starter motor and dual purpose
starter-generators:
8511.40 90 - - -
Other 10
Ex STARTER MOTORS FOR JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 3*
8511.50 - Other generators:
8511.50 90 - - -
Other 10
Ex ALTERNATORS FOR JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 3*
8511.80
00 - Other equipment 3
Ex SOLENOIDS; GLOW PLUGS FOR JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 0*
85.36
Electrical apparatus for switching or 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 - Fuses:
8536.10 10 - -
- Thermal fuses; glass type fuses 1
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 0*
8536.10 90 - - -
Other 5
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 3*
8536.90 - Other apparatus:
8536.90 90 - -
- Other 1
Ex FUSE BOXES FOR JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 0*
85.44
Insulated (including enameled or anodised) wire,
cable (including
co-axial cable) and other
insulated electric conductors, whether or
not fitted with connectors;
optical fibre cables, made up of
individually sheathed fibres,
whether or not assembled with electric
conductors or fitted with
connectors.
- Other electric conductors, for a voltage not
exceeding 80 V:
8544.41 - - Fitted with connectors:
8544.41 10 - -
- x x x; Battery cables 15
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 3*
8544.49 - - Other:
8544.49 90 - -
- Other 7
Ex AUTOMOTIVE LOW TENSION WIRES
FOR
JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 3*
85.47
Insulating fittings for electrical machines,
appliances or equipment,
being fittings wholly of
insulating material apart from any minor
components of metal (for example
threaded sockets) incorporated
during moulding solely for the
purpose of assembly, other than
insulators of heading No. 85.46;
electrical conduit tubing and joints
therefore, of base metal lined
with insulating material.
8547.20
00 - Insulating fittings of plastic
7
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 3*
8547.90 00 -
Other 7
Ex INSULATING FITTINGS OF GLASS
FIBERS FOR
JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 3*
87.08
Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of
headings
Nos. 87.01 to 87.05.
- Brakes and servo-brakes and parts thereof:
8708.31 00 - - Mounted brake
linings 10
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 3*
8708.39
00 - - Other 10
Ex MASTER WHEEL CYLINDERS FOR
JEEPNEYS AND
BUSES 3*
- Other parts and accessories:
8708.91 - - Radiators:
8708.91 90 - - -
Other 10
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3*
8708.93
00 - - Clutches and parts thereof 10
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3*
8708.99 - - Other:
8708.99 90 - - -
Other 10
Ex CROSS JOINTS; KINGPINS; TIE ROD ENDS FOR
JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3*
90.25
Hydrometers and similar floating instruments,
thermometers,
pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and
psychrometers,
recording or not, and any combination of these
instruments.
9025.80 - Other instruments:
9025.80 10 - - - Temperature
gauges for motor vehicles 10
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3*
90.26
Instrument and apparatus for measuring or checking
the flow, level,
pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for
example,
flowmeters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters),
excluding
instruments and apparatus of heading No. 90.14,
90.15, 90.28
or 90.32.
9026.10 - For measuring or checking the flow or level
of liquids:
9026.10 10 - - - Level gauges for
motor vehicles 10
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3*
9026.20 - For measuring or checking pressure:
9026.20 10 - - - Pressure gauges
for motor vehicles 10
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3*
90.30
Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other
instruments and
apparatus for measuring or checking electrical
quantities, excluding
meters of heading No. 90.28; instruments and
apparatus for
measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray,
cosmic or other
ionizing radiations.
- Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or
checking
voltage, current, resistance or power, without a
recording device:
9030.39 - - Other:
9030.39 10 - - - Ammeters and
voltmeters for motor vehicles 10
Ex FOR JEEPNEYS AND BUSES 3*
* When imported with prior accreditation by the Department of
Transportation and Communications (DOTC)
and Certificate of Authority to Import from the Bureau of Import
Services (BIS).
Ex — means extraction from the tariff heading/subheading.
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