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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 972 |
The Commissioner, Bureau of Customs
The Director, Bureau of Animal Industry
In order to expedite the organization of and immediately make operational the Overseas Buying and Trading agency established by Executive Order No. 572, the following rule and regulations, are hereby promulgated:
1.
The Overseas Buying and Trading Agency (PHIL-BAI International Pty.
Ltd.) shall initially cover all kinds of livestock, meat and meat
by-products including canned goods importations from Oceania, i.e.
Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, etc.
2. Within the
first fifteen (15) days of every calendar year, duly accredited
livestock and meat users (livestock raisers, processors, hotels,
restaurants, etc.) shall submit to PHIL-BAI International Pty. Ltd.,
thru the Bureau of Animal Industry, Ministry of Agriculture, their
imported livestock and meat requirements and other data that the Agency
may require.
3. The Central
Bank shall not allow or authorize all cases of livestock and meat
importations from Oceania whether or not covered by foreign exchange
allocation except and unless the beneficiary is the PHIL-BAI
International Pty. Ltd., thru the Bureau of Animal Industry, Ministry
of Agriculture. Consignments and all modes of bringing in livestock and
meat products into the country shall similarly be covered by this rule.
4. The Bureau
of Customs:
a.
Shall not allow any livestock, meat and meat products from Oceanis to
be brought into or to enter the Philippines unless the shipper is the
Government Buying and Trading Agency and the consignee-beneficiary is
the Philippine Government or any of its authorized agencies.
b. Shall
furnish the Buying and Trading Agency, thru the Bureau of Animal
Industry, Ministry of Agriculture quarterly inventory of imported meat
kept in any of its bonded warehouses/cold storage one week from the end
of the corresponding quarter.
6. The Governor, Central Bank of the Philippines, the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and the Director, Bureau of Animal Industry shall submit to the Office of the President, a detailed quarterly report of all livestock, meat and meat by-product importations from Oceania, specifically stating the following:
a)
Type, quantity, and value of importations
b) Ultimate
end-users
This Letter of Instructions shall take effect immediately.
Done in the city of Manila, this 19th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.
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