WHEREAS, the economic viability and
well-being of the Virginia tobacco farmers should be assured;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the exportation of the old PVTA tobacco stocks, as a
prerequisite to the importation of foreign leaf tobacco for blending
purposes will cause irreparable damage to the favorable acceptance now
enjoyed by current Philippine Virginia tobacco crop in the foreign
market;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the exportation of current and future Philippine Virginia
tobacco of good quality should be encourage, so as to strengthen the
economy of the nation by bringing in more dollars;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration should
liquidate its indebtedness to the Central Bank of the Philippines
within the shortest possible time;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and
General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby
order and decree that:cralaw:red
1. No person will import leaf tobacco as herein
provided. When the Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration Board
believes that it is necessary to improve the quality of locally made
cigarettes and there are no sufficient stocks of foreign leaf tobacco
for blending purposes available within the country, the Philippine
Virginia Tobacco Administration may authorize any bona fide cigarette
manufacturer(s), owned or controlled by Filipino citizen, to import
foreign leaf tobacco for blending purposes at the ratio of not more
than one (1) kilogram of imported foreign leaf; tobacco to every four
(4) kilograms of local Virginia leaf tobacco purchased, subject to
limitations, requirements, rules and regulations promulgated by the
Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration. In no case shall the
importation exceed five (5) million kilograms in any year unless the
exigencies of the industry require otherwise. No other tariff or taxes
shall be imposed on foreign leaf tobacco so imported except an amount
equivalent to one hundred per centum (100%) of its landed cost. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
2. All stocks of locally produced Virginia leaf
tobacco of the Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration shall be sold
at the best prices available. The proceeds shall be used to pay the
Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration's obligation to the farmers,
the FaCoMas, and the Central Bank of the Philippines. After June 1974,
the Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration shall be given an
extension of five (5) years within which to pay the balance of its
indebtedness to the Central Bank of the Philippines. Any surplus shall
accrue to the Tobacco Fund established under Republic Act Numbered
Forty-One Hundred Fifty-Five.
3. The Trading operations at trading centers
supervised by the Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration shall
continue up to December 31, 1973. Thereafter, private enterprise shall
undertake exclusively the trading of locally produced Virginia leaf
tobacco. No person shall purchase locally grown and produced flue-cured
Virginia leaf tobacco at prices less than those fixed in the following
schedule:cralaw:red
GRADE PRICES
A P3.60
B 3.00
C 2.50
D 2.00
E 1.50
The description of each grade shall be determined by the Philippine
Virginia Tobacco Administration.
4. All provisions of Republic Acts Numbered Six
Hundred ninety-eight, Eleven hundred ninety-four, Twenty-two hundred
sixty-five and Forty-one hundred fifty-five and all enactments,
legislative acts and rules and regulations inconsistent and
incompatible with this Decree are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
5. The Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration
shall promulgate such rules and regulations for the proper
implementation and enforcement of this Decree.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 20th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-two.
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