MODIFYING THE NOMENCLATURE AND RATES OF IMPORT DUTY ON VARIOUS PRODUCTS UNDER SECTION 104 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF 1978 (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464), AS AMENDED

WHEREAS, the modification in the rates of import duty
will provide affordable raw material inputs and consumer products which
are not locally available;

WHEREAS, modification of nomenclature will provide transparency in the trade of biofuels and biofuel blends;

WHEREAS, Section 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978
(Presidential Decree No. 1464), as amended, empowers the President
of the Republic of the Philippines to increase, reduce, or remove
existing rates of import duty, as well as to modify the form of duty
and the tariff nomenclature, under Section 104 of the Code;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the
Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by
law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The articles specifically listed in the Annex^[*]
hereof (composed of 3 pages), as classified under Section 104 of the
Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, shall be subject to the
Most-Favoured Nation (MFN) rate of import duty in accordance with the
schedule indicated opposite each article.

SECTION 2. The nomenclature and the rates of import duty
on tariff headings not enumerated and those listed but represented by
the symbol “x x x” shall remain in force and in effect.

SECTION 3. Upon the effectivity of this Executive Order, all articles listed in the Annex which are entered into and withdrawn
from warehouse in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied the
MFN rate of duty as indicated in column 4.

SECTION 4. All Presidential issuance, administrative
rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are contrary to or
inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked or modified
accordingly.

SECTION 5. This Executive Order shall take effect thirty
(30) days following its complete publication in the Official Gazette or
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.

Adopted: 07 Apr. 2009

(SGD.) GLORIA M. ARROYO
President of the Philippines  

BY THE PRESIDENT:

(SGD.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary

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^[*] Text Available at Office of the National Administrative Register, U. P. Law Complex, Diliman, Quezon City