Pursuant to the powers vested in me under Section 402 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The articles specifically listed in Annex "A" hereof as classified under the Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, shall be accorded the margins of preference as specified in Column 4 of the said Annex "A".  In effect, such articles shall be subject to the Preferential Tariff for ASEAN in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite each article as specified in Column 5 of the said Annex "A"

SECTION 2. In the event that subsequent changes are made in the basic Philippine rate of duty on any of the above-mentioned articles, such articles shall automatically be accorded the corresponding margins of preference specified in Column 4 of the said Annex "A".

SECTION 3. After the date of effectivity of this Executive Order, all the above described articles entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be subject to the rate of import duty herein prescribed subject to the qualification under the Rules of Origin as specified in the Agreement on ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangements ratified on August 1, 1977.

SECTION 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 27th day of February in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.


By the President:

(Sgd.) JOKER P. ARROYO
Executive Secretary

OCC No. (1)

Description of Product (2)

Existing Rate of Duty (3)

Marginof Preference (4)

ASEAN Preferential Tariff (5)

A. Articles Negotiated During the 18 th COTT Meeting
ex 25.31 900	Feldspar	20%	Additional 10%	13%
ex 29.16 000	Citric acid	10%	Additional 10%	6.5%
ex 30.05 000	Dental alloy	10%	Additional 10%	21%
ex 83.01 000	Padlocks	30%	Additional 10%	21%
ex 85.25 200	Insulators of porcelain	30%	Additional 10%	21%
Articles With Import Value of Over $10 Million (CIF) In 1978 Accorded 25% Margin of Tariff Preference
10.01 900	Other wheat (including spelt) and meslin, unmilled	10%	25%	7.5%
26.01 200	Iron ores, non-agglomerated	10%	25%	7.5%
27.04 100	Coke and semi-coke (including char) of coal, whether or not agglomerated	10%	Additional 5%	7.5%
28.16 000	Ammonia in aqueous solution (aqual ammonia)	10%	25%	7.5%
31.02 700	Urea, whether or not pure	20%	25%	15%
ex 32.05 100	Other synthetic organix dye-stuffs (including pigment dyestuffs)	10%	Additional 5%	7.5%
ex 38.14 000	Gum inhibitors and similar prepared additives for mineral oils	20%	25%	15%
ex 76.01 200	Ingots and pigs of aluminum	10%	Additional 25%	7.5%
ex 76.01 200	Aluminum and aluminum alloys, unwrought	10%	25%	7.5%
ex 79.01 200	Ingots, slabs and pigs, of zinc (including zinc spelter)	10%	Additional 5%	7.5%
ex 84.22 600	Loading machines other than yarders (e.g., pay loaders, wheel loaders)	20%	25%	15%
ex 84.62 000	Ball bearings	10%	Additional 5%	7.5%