By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 3 of Republic Act No. 509, entitled œAn 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. Section 2 of Executive Order No. 373, dated November 27, 1950, in so far as it sets up the maximum selling prices of Galvanized Iron Sheets, is hereby repealed by setting new ceiling prices as follows:

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (IMPORTED)

 

Commodity	Unit	Wholesale Price	Retail Ceiling Price
GALVANIZED IRON SHEETS: Gauges and Sizes:
Gauge No. 30 x 32 6 corr	sheet	P5.77	P6.29
30 x 32 7 corr	sheet	6.73	7.33
30 x 32 8 corr	sheet	7.69	8.38
30 x 32 9 corr	sheet	8.67	9.44
30 x 32 10 corr	sheet	9.62	10.49
30 x 3 8 plain	sheet	7.69	8.38
Gauge No. 28 x 32 6 corr	sheet	6.38	6.95
28 x 32 7 corr	sheet	7.46	8.14
28 x 32 8 corr	sheet	8.54	9.30
28 x 32 9 corr	sheet	9.62	10.49
28 x 32 10 corr	sheet	10.70	11.65
28 x 3 8 plain	sheet	8.54	9.30
Gauge No. 26 x 32 6 corr	sheet	6.92	7.54
26 x 32 7 corr	sheet	8.08	8.81
26 x 32 8 corr	sheet	9.23	10.06
26 x 32 9 corr	sheet	10.39	11.32
26 x 32 10 corr	sheet	11.54	12.57
26 x 3 8 plain	sheet	9.23	10.06
Gauge No. 24 x 32 6 corr	sheet	8.81	9.39
24 x 32 7 corr	sheet	10.00	10.90
24 x 32 8 corr	sheet	11.54	12.57
24 x 32 9 corr	sheet	12.91	14.09
24 x 32 10 corr	sheet	14.38	15.68
24 x 3 8 plain	sheet	11.54	12.57
Gauge No. 30 x 26 6 corr	sheet	4.81	5.24
30 x 26 7 corr	sheet	5.61	6.11
30 x 26 8 corr	sheet	6.41	6.98
30 x 26 9 corr	sheet	7.22	7.87
30 x 26 10 corr	sheet	8.02	8.74
30 x 30 8 plain	sheet	6.41	6.98
Gauge No. 28 x 26 6 corr	sheet	5.32	5.79
28 x 26 7 corr	sheet	6.22	6.78
28 x 26 8 corr	sheet	7.12	7.75
28 x 26 9 corr	sheet	8.02	8.74
28 x 26 10 corr	sheet	8.92	9.71
28 x 26 6 corr	sheet	7.12	7.75
Gauge No. 26 x 26 6 corr	sheet	5.77	6.28
26 x 26 7 corr	sheet	6.73	7.34
26 x 26 8 corr	sheet	7.69	8.38
26 x 26 9 corr	sheet	8.66	9.43
26 x 26 10 corr	sheet	9.62	10.47
26 x 30 8 corr	sheet	7.69	8.38
Gauge No. 24 x 26 6 corr	sheet	7.17	7.82
24 x 26 7 corr	sheet	8.33	9.08
24 x 26 8 corr	sheet	9.62	10.47
24 x 26 9 corr	sheet	10.76	11.74
24 x 26 10 corr	sheet	11.98	13.07
24 x 30 8 plain	sheet	9.62	10.47

SEC. 2. The ceiling prices fixed in this Order include the 7 per cent sales tax, 17 per cent excise tax on Foreign Exchange and 1 per cent municipal tax.

SEC. 3. This Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.


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