By authority of Section 608 in relation to Section 1909 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended, and in line with the Bureau's effort to standardize various charges for operations affecting imported cargoes before actual delivery to the importer/consignee, and taking into account the present economic condition and facilities given by these CBW operators, the service, storage and other charges on articles/merchandise stored at the Philippine Skylanders, Inc., Philippine Airlines, PAIRCARGO, Delbros, Cargohaus (formerly U-Warehouse), DHL Philippines and Miascor Logistics all Customs Public Bonded Warehouse shall be governed by the following rules:

I.          BASIC STORAGE RATES

A.        General Cargo (No Free Storage)	FROM	TO
- Rate	PHP 0.585/kg/day	PHP 0.88/Kg/day
- Minimum Charge	33.75/day	50.63/day
- Exceptions Documents And Diplomatic Pouches	22.50/day	33.75/day
B.        Special Cargo	FROM	TO
- Minimum Charge	PHP 67.50/day	PHP 101.00/day
- Baggage and Personal Effects	0.585/kg/day	0.88/kg/day
- Perishables	1.17/kg/day	1.76/kg/day
-Valuable Cargo	1.17/kg/day	1.76/kg/day
- Dangerous Drugs and Restricted Articles	1.17/kg/day	1.76/kg/day
- Live Animals, Fowls, Plants	1.17/kg/day	1.76/kg/day
- Human Remains	1.17/kg/day	1.76/kg/day

II.         SERVICE CHARGE

Rate of Charge	FROM	TO
- For shipments whose weight per AWB is less than one hundred (100) Kilograms	PHP 0.225/Kg/day	PHP 0.34/Kg/day
- For shipment whose weight per AWB is one hundred Kilograms or more	0.337/Kg/day(100)	0.51/Kg/day

III.        ANCILLARY CHARGES

A.        Backdoor Release	FROM	TO
- Rate	PHP 1.875/Kg	PHP 2.81/Kg
- Minimum Charge	112.50/AWB	168.50/AWB
- Maximum Charge	187.50/AWB	28125/AWB
B.        Deconsolidation Fee
- Fixed Rate	PHP 94.50/HAWB	PHP 141.75/HAWB
C.        Returned Shipment Fee
- Rate	PHP 18.75/Kg	PHP 28.13/Kg
- Minimum Charge	112.50	168.75
- Maximum Charge	187.50	281.25

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

IV.       CLASSIFICATION OF CARGOES

A.        General Cargo - All cargoes not included in the above enumeration of special cargo, each kind, class or nature is described hereinbelow.

B.        Special Cargo

1.      Baggage and Personal Effects - Kinds of shipments that are handled with special care and provided special storage locations.

2.      Perishables - shipments shown as such on the Cargo Manifest (CM) and AirWaybill (AWB) or labelled/identified on the package/s as such, hence requiring storage under specified temperature. (All aquatic products fall under this classification).

3.      Valuable Cargo - shipments shown on the CM and/or AWB as such or so labelled/identified on the package/s pursuant to IATA regulations.

All other provisions of CAO 1-95 not otherwise repealed, modified, or amended shall remain in force and effect.

All orders inconsistent herewith are hereby impliedly repealed, or modified.

This Order shall take effect 15 days after publication in 2 newspapers of general circulation.

Approved: 25 August 2000

(SGD.) RENATO A AMPIL
Commissioner

APPROVED:

(SGD.) JOSE T. PARDO
Secretary of Finance