EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 197, April 16, 2003

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 197, April 16, 2003 ]

MODIFYING THE NOMENCLATURE AND THE 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 vegetable industry needs tariff support as it prepares to gear up for competition vis-a-vis imports;

WHEREAS , Section 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, empowers the President to increase, reduce or remove existing rates of duty, as well as to modify the tariff nomenclature.

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

SECTION 1. The articles specifically listed in "Annex A" hereof, as classified under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, shall be subject to the rates of import duty in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite each article.

SEC. 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 effect.

SEC. 3. Upon the effectivity of this Executive Order, the articles specifically listed in the aforesaid "Annex" which are entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied the rates of duty herein prescribed.

SEC. 4. All other Presidential issuances, administrative rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.

SEC. 5. This Executive Order shall be effective for a period of six months (6) months which shall commence immediately following its complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of April in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Three.

(Sgd.) GLORIA M. ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO Executive Secretary

Annex "A"

HDG. NO.

H.S. CODE

DESCRIPTION

RATE OF DUTY(%)

07.03 Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled.

3703.10 00 - XXX

0703.20 00 - XXX

0703.90 00 - Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables 20

07.04 Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled.

0704.10 00 - Cauliflowers and headed broccoli 25

0704.20 00 -XXX

to

0704.90 90 ---XXX

07.05 Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled.

- Lettuce:

0705.11 00 - - Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce) 25

0705.19 00 - - Other 25

- Chicory:

0705.21 00 - - Witloof chicory {Cichorium intybus war. foliosum) 20

0705.29 00 --Other 20

07.06 Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled.

0706.10 - Carrots and turnips:

0706.10 10 - - - Carrots 25

0706.10 20 - - - Turnips 20

0706.90 00 - Other 20

07.07 0707.0000 Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled. 20

07.08 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled.

0708.10 00 - Peas (Pisum sativum) 20

0708.20 00 - Beans {Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) 20

0708.90 00 -XXX

07.09 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled.

0709.1000 -XXX

0709.20 00 -XXX

0709.30 00 XXX

0709.40 00 Celery other than celeriac 20

XXX

3709.51 00 -XXX

0709.52 00 --XXX

0709.60 00 - Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta 20

0709.70 00 - Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach) 20

0709.90 -XXX

0709.9010 ---XXX

0709.90 90 ---XXX

07.11 Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption.

0711.10 - Onions:

0711.1010 ---XXX

9711.1090 ---Other 20

0711.20 00 -XXX

0711.30 00 -XXX

0711.40 00 - Cucumbers and gherkins 20

0711.90 00 - Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables 20

08.14 0814.00 00 Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions. 20

09.04 Pepper of the genus Piper, dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta.

-XXX

0904.11

to

0904.1290 ---XXX

0904.20 00 - Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, dried or crushed or ground 20

09.10 Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices.

0910.10 00 - Ginger 20

0910.20 00

to

0910.99 00 --XXX