EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 606, June 26, 1953

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 606, June 26, 1953 ]

FIXING THE CEILING PRICES OF GALVANIZED IRON SHEETS AND ALUMINUM SHEETS, REPEALING SECTION FOUR OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT AND SECTION THREE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 3 of Republic Act No. 509, entitled “An act declaring national policy, authorizing the President of the Philippines for a limited period to fix ceiling prices of commodities and to promulgate rules and regulations regarding prices of commodities to effectuate such policy, and authorizing the appropriation of a certain sum for the purpose,” and upon the recommendation of the Price Administration Board, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines; do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The following essential commodities shall not be sold at more than the maximum selling prices for wholesalers and retailers set opposite each:

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (IMPORTED) With 17 per cent special excise tax on foreign exchange Galvanized iron sheets (Japanese, Belgian and English)

Gauges and Sizes: Gauge No.

Commodity

Unit

Wholesaler’s Price

Retailer’s Price

30 X 32″ X 6′ corrugated

sheet

P4.24

P4.60

30 X 32″ X 7′ corrugated

sheet

4.95

5.36

30 X 32″ X 8′ corrugated

sheet

5.66

6.13

30 X 32″ X 9′ corrugated

sheet

6.38

6.91

30 X 32″ X 10′ corrugated

sheet

7.08

7.67

30 X 36″ X 8′ plain

sheet

5.66

6.13

28 X 32″ X 6′ corrugated

sheet

4.69

5.08

28 X 32″ X 7′ corrugated

sheet

5.49

5.95

28 X 32″ X 8′ corrugated

sheet

6.28

6.80

28 X 32″ X 9′ corrugated

sheet

7.08

7.67

28 X 32″ X 10′ corrugated

sheet

7.87

8.52

28 X 36″ X 8’plain

sheet

6.28

6.80

26 X 32′ X 6’corrugated

sheet

5.09

5.51

26 X 32′ X 7’corrugated

sheet

5.94

6.45

26 X 32′ X 8’corrugated

sheet

6.79

7.36

26 X 32′ X 9’corrugated

sheet

7.64

8.28

26 X 32′ X 10’corrugated

sheet

8.49

9.19

26 X 36″ X 8’plain

sheet

6.79

7.36

24 X 32″ X 6’corrugated

sheet

6.33

6.87

24 X 32″ X 7’corrugated

sheet

7.36

7.97

24 X 32″ X 8’corrugated

sheet

8.49

9.19

24 X 32″ X 9’corrugated

sheet

9.49

10.30

24 X 32″ X 10’corrugated

sheet

10.48

11.47

24 X 36″ X 8’plain

sheet

8.49

9.19

30 X 26″ X 6’corrugated

sheet

3.53

3.83

30 X 26″ X 7’corrugated

sheet

4.12

4.47

30 X 26″ X 8’corrugated

sheet

4.71

5.10

30 X 26″ X 9’corrugated

sheet

5.31

5.76

30 X 26″ X 10’corrugated

sheet

5.90

6.39

30 X 30″ X 8’plain

sheet

4.71

5.10

28 X 26″ X 6’corrugated

sheet

3.91

4.23

28 X 26″ X 7’corrugated

sheet

4.58

4.96

28 X 26″ X 8’corrugated

sheet

5.24

5.67

28 X 26″ X 9’corrugated

sheet

5.90

6.39

28 X 26″ X 10’corrugated

sheet

6.56

7.10

28 X 30″ X 18’plain

sheet

5.24

5.67

26 X 26″ X 6’corrugated

sheet

4.24

4.59

26 X 26″ X 7’corrugated

sheet

4.95

5.37

26 X 26″ X 8’corrugated

sheet

5.66

6.13

26 X 26″ X 9’corrugated

sheet

6.37

6.90

26 X 26″ X 10’corrugated

sheet

7.08

7.66

26 X 30″ X 8’plain

sheet

5.66

6.13

24 X 26″ X 6’corrugated

sheet

5.28

5.72

24 X 26″ X 7’corrugated

sheet

6.13

6,64

24 X 26″ X 8’corrugated

sheet

7.08

7.66

24 X 26″ X 9’corrugated

sheet

7.92

8.59

24 X 26″ X 10’corrugated

sheet

8.81

9.56

24 X 30″ X 8’plain

sheet

7.08

7.66

30 X 32″ X 6’corrugated

sheet

4.61

5.00

30 X 32″ X 7’corrugated

sheet

5.38

5.83

30 X 32″ X 8’corrugated

sheet

6.15

6.67

30 X 32″ X 9’corrugated

sheet

6.93

7.51

30 X 32″ X 10’corrugated

sheet

7.69

8.34

30 X 36″ X 8’plain

sheet

6.15

6.67.

28 X 32″ X 6’corrugated

sheet

5.10

5.53

28 X 32″ X 7’corrugated

sheet

5.96

6.47

28 X 32″ X 8’corrugated

sheet

6.82

7.40

28 X 32″ X 9’corrugated

sheet

7.69

8.34

28 X 32″ X 10’corrugated

sheet

8.55

9.26

28 X 36″ X 8’plain

sheet

6.82

7.40

26 X 32″ X 6′ corrugated

sheet

5.53

5.99

26 X 32″ X 7′ corrugated

sheet

6.46

7.01

26 X 32″ X 8′ corrugated

sheet

7.38

8.00

26 X 32″ X 9′ corrugated

sheet

8.30

9.00

26 X 32″ X 10′ corrugated

sheet

9.23

9.99

26 X 36″ X 8′ plain

sheet

7.38

8.00

24 X 32″ X 6′ corrugated

sheet

6.88

7.46

24 X 32″ X 7′ corrugated

sheet

8.00

8.67

24 X 32″ X 8′ corrugated

sheet

9.23

9.99

24 X 32″ X 9′ corrugated

sheet

10.32

11.20

24 X 32″ X 10′ corrugated

sheet

11.50

12.47

24 X 36″ X 8′ plain

sheet

9.23

9.99

30 X 26″ X 6′ corrugated

sheet

3.84

4.17

30 X 26″ X 7′ corrugated

sheet

4.48

4.86

30 X 26″ X 8′ corrugated

sheet

5.12

5.55

30 X 26″ X 9′ corrugated

sheet

5.77

6.26

30 X 26″ X 10′ corrugated

sheet

6.41

6.95

30 X 30″ X 8′ plain

sheet

5.12

5.55

28 X 26″ X 6′ corrugated

sheet

4.25

4.60

28 X 26″ X 7′ corrugated

sheet

4.97

5.39

28 X 26″ X 8′ corrugated

sheet

5.69 .

6.16

28 X 26″ X 9′ corrugated

sheet

6.41

6.95

28 X 26″ X 10′ corrugated

sheet

7.13

7.7.2

28 X 30″ X 8′ plain

sheet

5.69

6.16

26 X 26″ X 6′ corrugated

sheet

4.61

4.99

26 X 26″ X 7′ corrugated

sheet

5.38

5.84

26 X 26″ X 8′ corrugated

sheet

6.15

6.67

26 X 26″ X 9′ corrugated

sheet

6.92

7,50

26 X 26″ X 10′ corrugated

sheet

7.69

8.33

26 X 30″ X 8′ plain

sheet

6.15

6.67

24 X 26″ X 6′ corrugated

sheet

5.74

6.21

24 X 26″ X 7′ corrugated

sheet

6.66

7.22

24 X 26″ X 8′ corrugated

sheet

7.69,

8.33

24 X 26″ X 9′ corrugated

sheet

8.60

9.33

24 X 26″ X 10′ corrugated

sheet

9.58

10.40

24 X 30″ X 8′ plain

sheet

7.69

8.33

ALUMININ SHEETS (U. S. A.)

Sizes: Gauge No.

.016 X 26″ X 6′ corrugated

sheet

3.77

4.08

.016 X 26″ X 7′ corrugated

sheet

4.40

4.77

.016 X 26″ X 8′ corrugated

sheet

5.03

5.45

.016 X 26″ X 9′ corrugated

sheet

5.65

6.12

.016 X 26″ X 10′ corrugated

sheet

6.29

6.81

.016 X 26″ X 12′ corrugated

sheet

7.55

8.18

.016 X 26″ X 8′ corrugated

sheet

5.03

5.45

DURALMIN (ALUMINUM) SHEETS (JAPANESE)

Sizes: Gauge No. 0.5 M/M or Gauge No.

.019 X 26″ X 6′ corrugated

sheet

3.77

4.08

.019 X 26″ X 7′ corrugated

sheet

4.40

4.77

.019 X 26″ X 8′ corrugated

sheet

5.03

5.45

.019 X 26″ X 9′ corrugated

sheet

5.65

6.12

.019 X 26″ X 10′ corrugated

sheet

6.29

6.81

.019 X 26″ X 12′ corrugated

sheet

7.55

8.18

.019 X 26″ X 8′ corrugated

sheet

5.03

5.45

SEC. 2. Section 4 of Executive Order No. 448, dated June 9, 1951, and section 3 of Executive Order No. 440, dated May 8, 1953, are hereby repealed by setting up new ceiling prices of galvanized iron sheets and aluminum sheets in section 1 hereof.

SEC. 3. The ceiling prices fixed in this Order include the 17 per cent special excise tax on foreign exchange, the 7 per cent sales tax and 1 per cent municipal tax.

SEC. 4. This Order shall take effect three days after the date hereof.

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the seventh.

(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO President of the Philippines

By the President: (SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE Acting Executive Secretary