[ BOC CUSTOMS MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 9-2004, March 23, 2004 ]
CERAMIC TILES UNDER HS 6907.9000 AND 6908.9000 THAT ARRIVED OR ARE COVERED BY IMPORT TRANSACTIONS OPENED PRIOR TO 18 OCTOBER 2003
<DIV ALIGN=JUSTIFY>Pursuant to herein letter, dated 16 February 2004, and in compliance with the accompanying DTI Clarificatory Order, dated 16 February 2004, of Sec. CESAR PURISIMA, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), (copy attached)* this office directs the implementation of said DTI Order relative to Safeguard Case No. 01-2001, directing that "<B>all shipments of ceramic floor and wall tiles classified under HS Codes 6907.9000 and 6908.9000, covered by import transactions which were opened or which arrived in the Philippines ports prior to 18 October 2003, the date the effectivity of DTI Order, dated 05 September 2003, earlier issued on the same case, are exempted from the definitive safeguard duty.</B>"
This Order takes effect upon signing hereof.
Adopted: 23 March 2004
<CENTER>(SGD.) ANTONIO M. BERNARDO
<I>Commissioner</I></CENTER></DIV>