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 materials
inputs and consumer products which are not locally
available;

WHEREAS, modification
of nomenclature will provide transparency in the trade of 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which are entered into and withdrawn from warehouse in the Philippines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.

DONE in the City of
Manila, 7^th day of April, in the year of Our
Lord Two Thousand and Nine.

By the
President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R.
ERMITA
Executive
Secretary

ANNEX

Hdg. No.	AHTN Code	Description	Rates of Duty (%)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
23.03		Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets.
	2303.10
	to
	2303.20.00	– X X X
	2303.30.00	– Brewing or distilling dregs and waste	1
23.04	2304.00.00	Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil	1
25.05		Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal bearing sands of Chapter 26.
	2505.10.00	– Silica sands and quartz sands	1
	2505.90.00	– X X X
25.07	2507.00.00	Kaolin and other kailinic clays, whether or not calcined.	1
25.08		Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 68.06), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths.
	25.08.10.00	– Bentonite	1
	2508.30.00
	to
	2508.70.00	– X X X
25.30		Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included.
	2530.10.00
	to
	2530.20.20	– – X X X	1
	2530.90.00	– Other:	3
27.10		Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils.
		– Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations
	2710.11	– – Lights oils and preparations:
		– – – Motor spirit:
	2710.11.11	– – – – Premium leaded:
	2710.11.11A	– – – – – Bioethanol blended	3
	2710.11.11B	– – – – – Other	3
	2710.11.12	– – – – Premium unleaded:
	2710.12.12A	– – – – – Bioethanol blended	3
	2710.11.12B	– – – – – Other	3
	2710.11.13	– – – – Regular leaded:
	2710.11.13A	– – – – – Bioethanol blended	3
	2710.11.13B	– – – – – Other	3
	2710.11.14	– – – – Regular unleaded:
	2710.11.14A	– – – – – Bioethanol blended	3
	2710.11.14B	– – – – – Other	3
	2710.11.15	– – – – Other, leaded:
	2710.11.15A	– – – – – Bioethanol blended	3
	2710.11.15B	– – – – – Other	3
	2710.11.16	– – – – Other, unleaded:
	2710.11.16A	– – – – – Bioethanol blended	3
	2710.11.16B	– – – – – Other	3
	2710.11.20
	to
	2710.11.90	– – – X X X
	2710.19	– – Other
		– – – X X X
	2710.19.13
	to
	2710.19.60	– – – X X X
		– – – Fuel oils:
	2710.19.71	– – – – High speed diesel fuel:
	2710.19.71A	– – – – – Biodiesel blended	3
	2710.19.71B	– – – – – Other	3
	2710.19.72	– – – – Other diesel fuel:
	2710.19.72A	– – – – – Biodiesel blended	3
	2710.19.79B	– – – – – – Other	3
	2710.19.79
	to
	2710.99.00	– – X X X
38.24		Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures or natural products), not elsewhere specified or included.
	38.24.10.00
	to
	38.24.83.00	– – X X X
	38.24.90	– Other
	38.24.90.10
	to
	38.24.90.60	– – X X X
	38.24.90.90	– – Other
	38.24.90.90A	– – – X X X
	38.24.90.90B	– – – X X X
	38.24.90.90C	– – – Coconut methyl ester	3
	38.24.90.90D	– – – Other	3
39.06		Acrylic polymers in primary forms.
	3906.10
	to
	3906.10.90	– – X X X
	3906.90	– Other: – – X X X
	3906.90.11 to
	3906.90.19	– – – X X X
		– – Other:
	3906.90.91	– – – X X X
	3906.90.99	– – – Other:
	3906.90.99A	– – – – Sodium polycaylate	3
	3906.90.99B	– – – – Other	7
61.15		Panty hose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery, including graduated compression hosiery (for example, stockings for varicose veins) and footwear without applied soles, knitted or crocheted.
	6115.10.00	– Graduated compression hosiery (for example, stockings for varicose veins)	1
	6115.21.00
	to
	6115.99.00	– – X X X