In order to encourage processing of high value added lumber products and to discourage technical manipulation in the implementation of lumber export ban, Section 2 of DENR Administrative Order No. 19, Series of 1989 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 2 - Exemption to the Export Ban. Lumber products, wood manufacturers and other wood finished products which are further manufactured from lumber or wood including, but not limited to wooden furniture and toys, packing cases and parquet floors, doors and other builder woodworks, picture frames, tool handles., decorative articles, wooden shoes, toothpicks, chopsticks, etc. coming from local or imported logs, shall be allowed to be exported."

All other provisions of DENR Administrative Order No. 19, Series of 1989 remain the same.

Be guided accordingly.

Adopted: 11 Jan. 1990

(SGD.) FULGENCIO S. FACTORAN, JR.
Secretary