Executive Order No. 314
Modifying the Rates of Imports Duties on Imported Crude Oil and Selected Refined Petroleum Products Under Section 104 Of The Tariff And Customs Code Of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464, As Amended)
WHEREAS, Section 6 of RA 8479, otherwise known as the “Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998” provides that a single and uniform tariff duty is imposed and collected both on imported crude oil and imported refined petroleum products at the rate of three percent (3%);
WHEREAS, Sections 104 and 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines (PD No. 1464), as amended, empower the President upon the recommendation of the National Economic and Development Authority to increase, reduce, or remove existing protective rates of import duty, as well as to modify the form of duty;
WHEREAS, prices of imported crude oil and imported refined petroleum products in the international markets indicate upward trend;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to soften the impact of such increases on prices of basic commodities and services;
NOW, THEREFORE, I JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1. The rate of import duty for imported crude oil and selected refined petroleum products as specifically listed in Annex “A” hereof, as classified under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as last amended by EO 461, dated 31 December 1997, shall be reduced from three percent (5) to zero percent (0%).
SEC. 2. The nomenclature and the rates of import duty on tariff headings not enumerated and listed in Annex “A” hereof shall remain in force and effect.
SEC. 3. The zero import duty rates shall be in effect for three (3) months and may be extended by the President upon recommendation of the National Economic and Development Authority.
SEC. 4. Upon the effectivity of this Executive Order, the articles specifically listed in the aforesaid Annex “A” which are entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied the rates of duty therein prescribed.
SEC. 5. All Presidential issuances, administrative rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 6. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 18th of November, in the Year of Our Lord, Two Thousand.
ANNEX “A”
|
Hdg. No. |
Harmonized |
Description |
Rates of Duty (%) |
|
27.09 |
2709.00 00 |
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude |
0 |
|
27.10 |
2710.00 |
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. |
|
|
|
2710.00 10 2710.00 20 2710.00 30 2710.00 40 2710.00 50 2710.00 60 2710.00 70 2710.00 80
2710.00 90 |
- - - x x x - - - x x x - - - Fuel oils - - - x x x - - - x x x - - - x x x - - - x x x - - - Gas oils (including diesel oil), kerosene (including kerosene type jet fuel) and motor gasoline; other heavy oils - - - x x x
|
0
0 |
|
27.11 |
2711.11 00 2711.12 00 2711.13 00 2711.14 00 2711.19 2711.19 10 2711.19 90 2711.21 00 2711.29 00 |
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons - Liquefied: - - x x x - - Propane - - Butanes - - x x x - - Other: - - - Mixture of propane and butanes - - - Other - x x x - - x x x - - x x x |
0 0
0 0 |
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