Amending Sections 2801 And 2082 Of The Tariff And Customs Code As Amended By Presidential Decree No. 34.
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Amending Sections 2801 And 2082 Of The Tariff And Customs Code As Amended By Presidential Decree No. 34.
Presidential Decree No. 441
January 1, 1974
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Summary of Presidential Decree No. 441Definition of Wharfage Dues (Section 2801):
- Wharfage dues are amounts assessed against the cargo of a vessel engaged in foreign or coastwise trade, based on the quantity, weight or measure received and/or discharged by such vessel.
- The owner, consignee of the article, or the agent of either, is liable for the wharfage dues.
Schedule of Wharfage Dues (Section 2802):
- Imported articles: P8.00 per gross metric ton.
- Exported articles: P4.00 per gross metric ton.
- Domestic articles transported at national ports: P1.00 per gross metric ton.
- Logs, flitches 12 inches square or equivalent cross-sectional area, or over:
- Exported: P3.00 per cubic meter.
- Transported at national ports: P0.80 per cubic meter.
- Iron sands, magnetics, ferrous and non-ferrous ores and concentrates:
- Exported: P0.60 per gross metric ton.
- Transported at national ports: P0.20 per gross metric ton.
- If articles are loaded or unloaded offshore, midstream, or in private wharves where no loading or unloading facilities are owned and maintained by the government, the wharfage fees shall be 50% of the rates provided.
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Amending Sections 2801 And 2082 Of The Tariff And Customs Code As Amended By Presidential Decree No. 34.
Presidential Decree No. 441
•January 1, 1974
MALACAÑANGM a n i l a
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 441 January 1, 1974
AMENDING SECTIONS 2801 AND 2082 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 34.
WHEREAS, the further development, improvement and maintenance of pier and port facilities will greatly enhance our national economic development;
WHEREAS, to enable the government to implement and sustain a massive, systematic and accelerated program on port development, construction and maintenance of port facilities, it becomes necessary to levy wharfage dues not only on imported and exported articles but on domestic articles transported at national ports as well, and hereby insure an equitable distribution of the costs of providing and maintaining port facilities;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order that Sections 2801 and 2802 of Republic Act No. 1937, otherwise known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 34, shall be and are hereby further amended to...
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Amended by
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Executive Issuances
Presidential Decrees
wharfage dues
port fees
import duties
export duties
domestic transportation fees
logs
flitches
iron sands
magnetics
ferrous ores
non-ferrous ores
concentrates
offshore loading
midstream loading
private wharves
MALACAÑANGM a n i l a
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 441 January 1, 1974
AMENDING SECTIONS 2801 AND 2082 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 34.
WHEREAS, the further development, improvement and maintenance of pier and port facilities will greatly enhance our national economic development;
WHEREAS, to enable the government to implement and sustain a massive, systematic and accelerated program on port development, construction and maintenance of port facilities, it becomes necessary to levy wharfage dues not only on imported and exported articles but on domestic articles transported at national ports as well, and hereby insure an equitable distribution of the costs of providing and maintaining port facilities;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order that Sections 2801 and 2802 of Republic Act No. 1937, otherwise known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 34, shall be and are hereby further amended to...
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