EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 381 - FIXING THE CEILING PRICES OF COMMODITIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 381, December 08, 1950 ]

FIXING THE CEILING PRICES OF COMMODITIES 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 producers or importers, wholesalers, and retailers set opposite each.

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (IMPORTED)

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Commodity

Unit

Wholesale

price

Retail

ceiling

price

Building Boards:

Treetex Hardboard

( Sweden ) Size 1/8″ x 4′ 8′

Sheet

P7.25

P8.00

PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS (LOCAL)

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Commodity

Unit

Producer’s

price

Wholesale

price

Retail

ceiling

price

Locally Produced paper:

White Bond Paper:

Specifications:

22″ x 34″—30#

Ream/500

P12.30

P13.09

P14.73

26″ x 34″—38#

Ream/500

15.58

16.57

18.64

27″ x 32″—29#

Ream/500

11.89

12.65

14.23

26″ x 32″—36#

Ream/500

14.76

15.71

17.67

28″ x 34″—41#

Ream/500

16.81

17.88

20.12

25″ x 38″—41#

Ream/500

16.81

17.88

20.12

22″ x 34″—40#

Ream/500

16.40

17.45

19.63

28″ x 34″—51#

Ream/500

20.91

22.25

25.03

22″ x 34″—48#

Ream/500

19.68

20.94

23.56

28″ x 34″—61#

Ream/500

25.01

26.60

29.93

FOODSTUFF (IMPORTED)

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Commodity

Unit

Importer’s or

Producer’s

price

Wholesale

price

Retail

ceiling

price

Dairy product:

Processed Cheese:

“Renco Brand ( New Zealand )

96/12-oz.

P69.82/cs.

P75.78/cs.

P0.88/tin

Fish canned:

Sardines in Tomato Sauce Portola Brand (tall Tin)

48/15-oz.

16.46/cs.

17.87/cs.

0.42/tin

Meat canned or preserved:

Viena Sausage—Hormel Brand

48/4-oz.

27.43/cs.

30.67/cs.

0.73/tin

Beverages:

Crescent Black Tea

48/16’s

24.27/cs.

26.35/cs.

0.64/pkg.16’s

0.04/each tea bag

Other Products:

Industrial Corn Starch

Bag/140#

28.05/bag

30.45/bag

0.55/kilo

SEC. 2. Any commodity not included in any previous Executive Order fixing ceiling prices and issued by authority of Republic Act No. 509, or in this Order, the size and specification of which are the same as those of the foregoing, shall have the same ceiling price.

SEC. 3. The ceiling prices fixed in this Order include the seven per cent sales tax.

SEC. 4. This Order shall take effect five days from the date hereof.

Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.

(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO President of the Philippines

By the President: (SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA Executive Secretary