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Modifying the Rates of Import Duty on Certain Imported Articles as Provided Under Presidential Decree No. 1464, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines of 1978, as Amended

Executive Order No. 148

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 148 December 27, 1993

MODIFYING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES OF 1978, AS AMENDED

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by Section 401 of Presidential Decree No. 1464, as amended, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby direct and order:

Sec. 1. The articles specifically listed hereunder as classified under Section 104 of Presidential Decree No. 1464, as amended, shall pay the following rates of import duty.

Harmonized Rate of Duty (%)

Hdg. System 1 July

No. Code Description 1993 1994 1995

17.01 Cane or beet sugar and

chemically pure sucrose,

in solid form.

- Raw sugar not containing

added flavouring or

colouring matter:

1701.11 00 - - x x x

1701.12 00 - - x x x

- Other:

1701.91...

Modifying the Rates of Import Duty on Certain Imported Articles

- Prescribes the rates of import duty for the following articles under Section 104 of Presidential Decree No. 1464, as amended (Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines of 1978):

• Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form (Heading No. 17.01)
    - Raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter (Subheadings 1701.11 00 and 1701.12 00)
    - Other sugar (Subheadings 1701.91 00 and 1701.99 00): 70% in 1993, 60% in 1994, 50% in 1995 (Section 1)

• Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (Heading No. 23.09)
    - Prawn Feeds (Subheading 2309.90 20): 20% in 1993, 1994, and 1995 (Section 1)

• Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses or in forms or packing for retail sale (Heading No. 30.04)
    - Closed sterile water system for inhalation pharmaceutical grade (USP, NF or BP) (Subheading 3004.90 20): 10% in 1993, 1994, and 1995 (Section 1)

• Gelatin and gelatin derivatives (Heading No. 35.03)
    - Gelatin, pharmaceutical grade (USP, NF or BP) (Subheading 3503.00 10): 10% in 1993, 1994, and 1995 (Section 1)
    - Other gelatin and gelatin derivatives (Subheading 3503.00 90): 20% in 1993, 1994, and 1995 (Section 1)

• Vulcanized rubber thread and cord (Heading No. 40.07): 30% in 1993, 1994, and 1995 (Section 1)

• Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap (Heading No. 44.01)
    - Wood in chips or particles, coniferous (Subheading 4401.21 00) and non-coniferous (Subheading 4401.22 00): Free in 1993, 1994, and 1995 (Section 1)

• Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn (Heading No. 54.07)
    - Nylon mesh fabric or untwisted filament yarns for use as reinforcing material for tarpaulin sheeting (Subheading 5407.41 10): 10% in 1993, 1994, and 1995 (Section 1)
    - Other woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of filaments of nylon or other polyamides, unbleached or bleached (Subheading 5407.41 90): 30% in 1993, 1994, and 1995 (Section 1)

• Synthetic filament tow, acrylic or modacrylic (Subheading 5501.30 00): 3% in 1993, 1994, and 1995 (Section 1)

• Pile fabrics, including "long pile fabrics and terry fabrics, knitted or crocheted" (Heading No. 60.01)
    - Pile fabrics of 100% polyester staple fibers used in the manufacture of paint rollers, measuring 2-1/2 to 3 inches in width (Subheading 6001.92 10): 20% in 1993, 10% in 1994 and 1995 (Section 1)
    - Other pile fabrics of man-made fibers (Subheading 6001.92 90): 30% in 1993, 1994, and 1995 (Section 1)

• Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines (Heading No. 85.11)
    - Unassembled starter motors (Subheading 8511.40 10): 3% in 1993, 1994, and 1995 (Section 1)
    - Other starter motors and dual purposed starter-generators (Subheading 8511.40 90): 10% in 1993, 1994, and 1995 (Section 1)
    - Unassembled alternators (Subheading 8511.50 10): 3% in 1993, 1994, and 1995 (Section 1)

- The prescribed rates of import duty shall apply to the aforementioned articles entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption upon the effectivity of this order (Section 2)

- All laws, orders, issuances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive order, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly (Section 3)

- This Executive Order shall take effect thirty (30) days following its complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines (Section 4)

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