[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 225, December 13, 1965 ]
MODIFYING THE RATES OF IMPORT DUTY OF CERTAIN IMPORTED ARTICLES AS PROVIDED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES AS AMENDED.
SECTION 1. The articles specifically listed hereunder as classified under Section 104 of Republic Act Number Nineteen Hundred Thirty-seven shall pay the following rates of import duty:
Tariff Heading No. Description of Articles Rate of duty11.01 Cereal Flours:
A. Wheat Flour:
1. Bakery flour ad val. 15%
2. Specialty flour ad val. 25%
3. Other g.w., 100 kgs. P2.50
B. x x x x x
C. x x x x x
15.07 Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified:
A. Crude:
1. Palm and linseed oil ad val. 15%
2. x x x x x
3. x x x x x
4. Castor Oil ad val. 50%
5. Other ad val. 35%
B. Refined or purified:
1. Palm and linseed oil ad val. 15%
2. x x x x x
3. Castor Oil ad val. 50%
4. Other ad val. 70%18.05 Cocoa powder, whether or not sweetened ad val. 60%20.04 Fruits, fruit peels and parts of plants preserved in sugar (drained, glace or crystalized):
A. Citrus and citrus peels ad val. 100%
B. Other ad val. 17%20.05 Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit puree & fruit pastes, being cooked preparations of fruit, whether or not containing added sugar ad val. 15%25.01 Common salt (including rock salt, sea salt and table salt); pure sodium chloride; salt liquors; sea water ad val. 100%28.17 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potasium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium and potassium:
A. Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), commercial g.w., 100 kgs. P200.00
B. Other ad val. 10%29.23 Single or complex oxygen- function amino-compounds:
A. x x x x x
B. Glutamic acid n.w., kg. P2.40
or ad val. 40%
C. Other ad val. 15%32.13 Writing ink, printing ink and other inks:
A. x x x x x
B. Printing ink ad val. 60%
C. Other ad val. 20%38.11 Disinfectants, insecticides, fungicides, weed killers, anti-sprouting products, rat poisons and similar products, put up in forms or packings for sale by retail or as preparations or as articles (e.g., sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, fly-papers):
A. Mosquito coils (including premixed mosquito coil powder) ad val. 40%
B. Other ad val. 10%38.19 Chemical products and preparations of the chemical and allied industries (inc. those consisting of mixtures of nature products) not otherwise provided for; residual products of the chemical and allied industries, not otherwise provided for:
A. Battery oxides ad val. 50%
B. Other ad val. 10%39.01 Condensation and polycondensation products, whether or not modified or polymerized (e.g., phenoplasts, aminoplasts, alkyds, linear polycondensation products, silicones):
A. x x x x x
B. Fiberglass-reinforced corrugated and flat sheets ad val. 70%
C. Other ad val. 20%39.02 Polymerization products (e.g., polyethylenes and derivatives, polyisobutylene, polystyrene, chloride and acetate of polyvinyl derivatives, polyacrylic derivatives, polyallylesters, copolymers, coumarone-idene resins):
A. x x x x x
B. polyvinyl chloride in sheets and strip pipes, tubes and other extruded shapes ad val. 50%
C. Fiberglass-reinforced corrugated and flat sheets ad val. 70%
D. Other ad val. 20%40.11 Rubber tires and tubes for vehicles and aircraft:
A. x x x x x
B. x x x x x
C. For trucks and tractors ad val. 45%
D. x x x x x
40.14 Other articles of unhardened vulcanized rubber:
A. x x x x x
B. Rubber stoppers for pharmaceutical vials ad val. 25%
C. Other ad val. 50%42.01 Saddlery and harness, of any material (e.g., saddles, harness, collars, traces, kneepads and boots), for any kind of animal ad val. 100%47.01 Pulp derived by mechanical or chemical means from any fibrous vegetable material:
A. In rolls or sheets:
1. Perforated ad val. 12%
2. Not perforated ad val. 50%
B. Other ad val. 12%48.01 Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding), machine made:
A. Paper:
1. x x x x x
2. Bookpaper ad val. 30%
3. x x x x x
4. x x x x x
5. x x x x x
6. Kraft paper ad val. 80%
7. x x x x x
8. Carbonizing tissue paper and stencil tissue paper stock ad val. 15%
9. Other ad val. 65%
B. Paperboard:
1. Kraftboard ad val. 65%
2. x x x x x
C. x x x x x
48.04 Composite paper or paperboard (made by sticking flat layers together), not surface-coated or impregnated, whether or not internally reinforced:
A. Paper:
1. Asphalt laminated:
(a) Internally reinforced with fiber or other material ad val. 25%
(b) Other ad val. 50%
2. Other ad val. 40%
B. x x x x x
48.07 Coated (incl. surface-colored, decorated or printed) or impregnated paper and paperboard in rolls or sheets, not being printed matter falling within chapter 49:
A. Carbon paper and stencil sheets ad val. 50%
B. Plastic impregnated or plastic coated paper and paperboard simulating leather, for use in the manufacture of shoes, bags and the like ad val. 60%
C. Gummed Kraftpaper ad val. 50%
D. Other ad val. 25%48.13 Carbon and other copying papers (incl. typewriting stencils), cut to size, whether or not put in boxes:
A. Stencil sheets:
1. Valued at P4.00 or less per 24 sheets 24 sheets P1.00
and ad val.60%
2. Valued at more than P4.00 per 24 sheets ad val. 50%
B. Carbon paper:
1. Carbon paper (whether or not combined with master paper) for producing master copies for use in spirit duplicating machines ad val. 25%
2. Other ad val. 90%48.16 Boxes, bags and other packing containers, of paper or paperboard ad val. 90%55.08 Terry toweling and similar terry fabrics, of cotton ad val. 75%59.01 Wadding and articles of wadding; textile flock and dust and mill neps:
A. Wadding and articles of wadding:
1. Sanitary towels and napkins ad val. 70%
2. Wadding in the piece, of the kind used for padding, mattresses and the like ad val. 50%
3. Other ad val. 25%
B. Textile flock and dust and mill neps ad val. 50%
C. Other ad val. 20%59.04 Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, plaited or not:
A. x x x x x
B. Of cotton or other vegetable textile:
1. Not exceeding 6 mm. in diameter ad val. 50%
2. Other ad val. 25%
C. Of staple type man-made textiles:
1. Not exceeding 6 mm. in diameter ad val. 50%
2. Other ad val. 25%
D. Other ad val. 25%
59.05 Nets and netting made of twine, cordage or rope, and made-up fishing nets of yarn, twine, cordage or rope:
A. Made-up fishing nets of cotton yarn or twine; and nettings made of cotton twine ad val. 80%
B. Other ad val. 60%59.07 Textile fabrics coated wtih gum or amylaceous substances, of the kinds used for the outer covers of books and the like; tracing cloth; prepared painting ctnvas; buckram and similar woven fabrics for hat-shapes and similar uses:
A. Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of the kind used for the outer covers of books and the like; buckram ad val. 40%
B. Other ad val. 25%59.08 Textile fabrics impregnated or coated with preparations of cellulose derivatives or of other artificial plastic materials:
A. Cotton or other staple type textiles ad val. 50%
B. Other ad val. 25%59.09 Textile fabrics impregnated or coated with oil or preparations with a basis of drying oil ad val. 50%59.11 Rubberized textile fabrics, other than rubberized knitted or crocheted articles:
A. Cotton or other staple type textile ad val. 60%
B. Other ad val. 30%64.02 Footwear with outer soles of leather, composition leather, rubber or artificial plastic material, other than footwear falling within heading No. 64.01:
A. Footwear with uppers of leather, of a length (front of sole to heel tip) not less than 22 centimeters pair P15.00
or ad val. 100%
B. Footwear with uppers of canvas fabrics and outer soles of rubber, of a length (front of sole to heel tip) not less than 22 centimeters pair P8.00
or ad val. 100%
C. Other pair P4.00
or ad val. 100%64.03 Footwear with outer soles of wood or cork pair P10.00
or ad val. 100%66.01 Umbrellas and sunshades (including walking stick umbrellas, and garden and similar umbrellas:
A. Ordinary umbrellas designed to be carried in the hand:
1. With 10 or more ribs:
(a) Folding umbrellas Dozen P36.00
or ad val. 100%
(b) Other Dozen P24.00
or ad val. 100%
2. With less than 10 ribs Dozen P22.00
or ad val. 100%
B. Other ad val. 75%66.03 Parts, fittings, trimmings and accessories of articles falling within heading No. 66.01 or 66.02:
A. Frames of base metal, assembled or unassembled, for use in ordinary umbrellas designed to be carried in the hand except those for use in folding umbrellas:
(1) With 10 or more ribs Dozen P7.00
or ad val. 80%
(2) With less than 10 ribs ad val. 80%
B. Shafts; ribs and/or stretchers; of base metal, for use in umbrellas designed to be carried in the hand except those for use in folding umbrellas ad val. 75%
C. Other ad val. 50%68.14 Friction material of a kind suitable for brakes, for clutches or the like, with a basis of asbestos or other mineral substances, or of cellulose, whether or not combined with textile or other materials, in the form of segments, discs, washers, strips, sheets plates, rolls and the like:
A. Brake linings for motor vehicles except for motor cycles ad val. 40%
B. Clutch facings ad val. 30%
C. Other ad val. 15%69.07 Unglazed setts, flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles ad val. 120%69.08 Glazed setts, flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles:
A. Wall tiles, glazed g.w., 100 kgs. P48.00
or ad val. 200%
B. Other g.w., 100 kgs. P24.00
or ad val. 100%69.10 Sinks, wash basins, bidets, water closet pans, urinals, baths and like sanitary fittings:
A. Water closet pans (bowls and tanks) ad val. 40%
B. Sinks and wash basins, with inside water depth not exceeding 18 cm. measure from the metal outlet fittings to overflow ad val. 60%
C. Other ad val. 20%70.01 Waste glass (cullet); glass in the mass (excluding optical glass) ad. val. 50%70.04 Unworked cast or rolled glass (including flashed or wired glass), whether figured or not, in rectangles ad val. 40%70.06 Cast, rolled or sheet glass (including flashed or wired glass) in rectangles, surface ground or polished, but not further worked ad val. 45%70.07 Cast, rolled or sheet glass (including flashed or wired glass), whether or not surface ground or polished, cut to shape other than rectangular shape, or bent or otherwise worked (edge worked, engraved and the like); multiple-walled insulating glass; leaded lights:
A. Multiple-walled heat or sound insulating glass and leaded lights ad val. 10%
B. Other ad val. 80%70.08 Safety (laminated) glass and toughend glass, whether or not shaped or otherwise worked ad val. 70%70.11 Glass bulbs and glass envelopes (including tubes) for electric lamps, for electronic valves and the like:
A. Glass bulbs for television picture tubes ad val. 10%
B. Other ad val. 15%70.20 Blass fiber, yarns, fabrics, and articles thereof:
A. Glass fiber chops or chop strands and non-woven mats ad val. 35%
B. Other ad val. 15%73.10 Bars and rods (including wire rod) of iron or steel, hot-rolled, forged or cold-finished including precision-made) hollow mining drill steel:
A. x x x x x
B. x x x x x
C. Wire rods, coated or not coated (excluding wire rods for manufacture into welding electrode when imported directly by welding rod manufacturers) g.w., 100 kgs. P12.00
or ad val. 60%
D. Wire rods for manufacture into galvanized iron wire when imported directly by manufacturers of galvanized iron wire ad val. 20%
E. x x x x x
73.13 Sheets and plates of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled:
A. Coated or plated:
1. Galvanized sheets:
(a) With gauges ranging from 16 to 36 ad val. 75%
(b) Other ad val. 15%
2. Tinplates:
(a) Hot-dipped ad val. 40%
(b) Electrolytic ad val. 40%
3. Other ad val. 15%
B. Other ad val. 15%73.14 Iron or steel wire, single strand, whether or not coated, but not insulated g.w., 100 kgs. P16.00
or ad val. 75%73.15 Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in headings numbered 73.10-C and 73.14:
A. Strips of stainless steel ad val. 10%
B. In the forms mentioned in headings 73.10-C and 73.14:
1. High carbon steel wire when imported directly by wire rope manufacturers certified as such by both the National Economic Council and the Tariff Commission ad val. 10%
2. Other ad val. 50%
C. Other ad val. 10%73.18 Tubes and pipes of iron (other than of cast iron) or steel, excluding high-pressure hydro-electric conduits:
A. Black or zinc-coated (galvanized), butt-welded iron or steel pipes and tubes, inch to 3 inches in inside diameter, with wall thickness of 1.6 to 5.5 millimeters and a maximum hydro-static pressure up to 800 PSI; including rigid electrical conduits with or without threads not exceeding 3 inches in inside diameter (excluding pipes and tubes specifically for coiling and flanging and copper brazed steel tubing) ad val. 40%
B. Other ad val. 10%73.25 Stranded wire, cables, cordage, ropes, plaited bands, slings, and the like, of iron or steel wire, other than insulated cables:
A. Round wire rope, 6 7, 6 12, 6 16, 6 19, 6 21, 6 24, 6 26, 5 27, 6 31, 6 37, and 7 7 with an outside diameter ranging from 3/64 to 1-3/4 inches (excluding wire rope with flattened strands) g.w., kg. P0.35
or ad val. 30%
B. Other ad val. 10%73.31 Nails, tacks, staples, hook nails, cramps, studs, spikes and drawing pins, of iron or steel (other than copper-headed nails):
A. Common wire or finishing nails ad val. 50%
B. x x x x x
C. x x x x x
D. x x x x x
73.32 Bolts and nuts (including bolts ends, screw studs and other screws for metal), whether or not threaded or tapped, screws for wood, screw hooks, screw rings and the like, of iron or steel; rivets (excluding tubular or bifurcated), cotters, cotter-pins, washers and spring washers, of iron or steel:
A. Bolts, rivets and washers ad val. 50%
B. Wood screws g.w., kg. P0.50
or ad val. 60%
C. Nuts g.w., kg. P0.70
or ad val. 50%
D. Other ad val. 15%73.38 Household and sanitary articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel not otherwise provided for ad val. 50%74.10 Stranded wire, cables, cordage, ropes, plaited bands and the like, of copper wire, but excluding insulated cables:
A. Stranded wires, ropes and cables up to one thousand five hundred (1,500) MCM ad val. 50%
B. Other ad val. 10%74.15 Bolts and nuts (threaded or not) screws, screw studs, screw hocks, screw rings and the like, rivets (excluding tubular or bifurcated rivets), cotters, cotter-pins and washers (including spring washers), of copper:
A. Wood screw g.w., kg. P0.50
or ad val. 60%
B. Other ad val. 10%76.02 Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections of aluminum; aluminum wire:
A. x x x x x
B. Aluminum wire (excluding flat wire not more than 6.35 mm. in width; and round wire not more than 3.17 mm. in diameter) ad val. 20%
C. other ad val. 10%76.04 Aluminum foil (whether or not embossed, in rectangles; cut to shape, perforated, coated printed, or backed with paper or other reinforcing material), of a thickness not exceeding 0.15 millimeters (excluding any backing):
A. Aluminum foil laminated or coated with synthetic resin n.w., kg. P2.00
or ad val. 30%
B. Other n.w., kg. P3.50
or ad val. 50%76.13 Woven wire (including wire gauze and wire cloth), wire grill and wire netting, of aluminum:
A. Insect wire screen ad val. 50%
B. Other ad val. 15%76.15 Household and sanitary articles and parts thereof, of aluminum n.w., kg. P1.50
or ad val. 40%82.03 Pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, tinmen s ship, perforating punches and the like; spanners and wrenches (but not including tap wrenches); files and rasps:
A. Files:
1. Nominal lengths from 4 inches to 6 inches dozen P4.00
or ad val. 40%
2. Nominal lengths from 7 inches to 10 inches dozen P4.50
or ad val. 30%
3. Nominal lengths from 11 inches to 14 inches dozen P9.00
or ad val. 30%
4. Nominal lengths from 15 inches and up dozen P12.00
or ad val. 30%
B. Other ad val. 10%82.04 Hand tools, including mounted glaziers diamonds, not falling within any other heading of this Chapter; blow lamps, anvils, hand, table and bench vises and clamps; portable forges and mounted grinding wheels (hand or pedal-operated):
A. Charcoal-fed flatiron ad val. 20%
B. Wooden sigzag rules ad val. 60%
C. Other ad val. 10%82.14 Spoons, forks, fish knives, butter knives, ladles, and similar kitchen or tableware:
A. x x x x x
B. Spoons, forks, teaspoons and knives, of stainless steel (including nickel plated and chrome plated) gross P10.00
or ad val. 50%
C. x x x x x
83.01 Locks, padlocks, spring live-bolt latches and parts thereof, of base metal; keys, finished or not, of base metal:
A. Cabinet and furniture locks and keys; mortise locks (with keyholes); padlocks; and night spring latches ad val. 50%
B. Other ad val. 15%83.15 Welding electrodes, rods or tubes, solder in wire or rods, coated or cored with flux materials; prepared metal brazing plates of a kind used in metallurgy g.w., kg. P1.70
or ad val. 50%84.11 Air pumps, vacuum pumps and air or gas compressors (including motor pumps turbo-pumps and compressors); ventilators, blowers and the like:
A. Assembled open type compressors rated at 7 tons of refrigeration and below; and assembled hermetically sealed compressors for airconditioning and refrigeration with ratings up to 2 HP (excluding parts and accessories thereof) ad val. 60%
B. Blowers for self-contained air-conditioning machines ad val. 60%
C. Other ad val. 10%84.12 Air conditioning machines, self-contained, comprising a motor-driven ventilator and elements for changing the temperature and humidity of air:
A. Air conditioning machines:
1. Up to 7 HP ad val. 140%
2. Other ad val. 70%
B. Parts and accessories:
1. Shell, tube and coil water-cooled condensers, liquid receivers and cooling towers ad val. 40%
2. Evaporator and condenser coils, condenser shroud, bulk head assembly or plenum chamber, chassis, inner shells and cabinets ad val. 60%
3. Other ad val. 10%84.24 Agricultural machinery for soil preparation and cultivation (e.g., plows, harrows, cultivators, seed and fertilizer distributors):
A. Animal drawn:
1. Plows, comb harrows, spike tooth harrows, harrow cultivators and scrapers ad val. 40%
2. Other ad val. 10%
B. x x x x x
84.30 Machinery, not falling within any other heading of this Chapter, of a kind used in the following food or drink industries: bakery, confectionary, chocolate manufacture, macaroni, ravioli or similar cereal food manufacture, the preparation of meat, fish, fruit or vegetable (including mincing or slicing machines), sugar manufacture or brewing:
A. Crushers, mill rollers, returner bar toes, scraper plates and mill coupling of cast iron, and mill liners of cast bronze, for sugar manufacture or refining; ice-shaving machines ad val. 40%
B. Other ad val. 10%84.54 Other office machinery and mechanical appliances (e.g. hectograph or stencil duplicating machines, addressing machines, coin-sorting, coin-counting and wrapping machines, pencil-sharpening machines, perforating and stapling machines):
A. Paper hole punchers ad val. 40%
B. Other ad val. 15%84.56 Machinery for sorting, screening, washing, crushing, grinding or mixing earth, stone and similar solid substances; machinery for agglomerating or molding solid fuels, ceramic paste, concrete, plastering materials and the like, or for shaping foundry molds of sand:
A. Liners, bowls and mantles, grates, grids and grizzly bars (up to 16 ft. maximum length), for crushing and grinding machines, jaw or gyratory crusher plates and crusher and pulverizer plates for laboratory and pilot plants ad val. 25%
B. Other ad val. 10%84.65 Machinery parts (not electrical) not falling within any other heading in this Chapter:
A. Oil seal rings ad val. 40%
B. Other ad val. 10%85.01 Electric generators, motors, transformers, converters (rotary or static), rectifiers, inductors., reactors, frequency transformers and similar machinery and apparatus, other than those falling within heading No. 85.08, 85.09 or 85.21:
A. Electric transformers up to 5 kilovolt amperes; filament and power transformers for radio, electric amplifiers and television sets; and electric lamp ballasts for pre-heat and rapid start fluorescent lamps, germicidal lamps and black light fluorescent lamps up to 40 watts rating for operation on any voltage up to 290 volts, 60 cycles ad val. 100%
B. Instrument, neon-sign, regulator, and oil-filled transformers up to 5 kilovolt amperes ad val. 30%
C. I.F. transformers for transistor radio; and output transformers for radio, electronic amplifiers and television sets (excluding ultra-linear type and steel laminations) ad val. 60%
D. AC induction squirrel cage type motors (open protected, drip-proof, splash-proof, or totally enclosed type enclosure), 110 to 440 volts, 2 to 6 poles, single-phase or three-phase, 800 to 3,600 RPM, with fractional and integral ratings from 1/10 HP to 30 HP, except motors having frames normally integral with other types of machinery ad val. 35%
E. Radio and television coils ad val. 20%
F. Other ad val. 10%85.04 Electric accumulators and parts thereof:
A. x x x x x
B. Parts:
1. x x x x x
2. Grids, connectors and post straps of lead; battery cases or containers (other than of glass, ceramics, or steel); battery case covers; and vent plugs ad val. 60%
3. Other ad val. 15%85.11 Industrial and laboratory electric furnaces and ovens; electric induction and capacitance heating equipment; electric welding, brazing and soldering machines and apparatus and similar machines and apparatus for cutting:
A. AC arc welders, transformer type, of sizes up to 450 ampere rating and AC single spot welders, rocker-arm type, with nominal capacity ratings, up to 7.5 KVA ad val. 30%
B. Other ad val. 10%85.13 Electrical line telephonic and telegraphic apparatus (including such apparatus for carrier-current line systems):
A. Telephone sets; telephone switchboards up to 2,000 lines capacity; telephone test boards; and line concentrators equipment:
1. Unassembled ad val. 10%
2. Assembled ad val. 25%
B. Other ad val. 10%85.15 Radio and television transmitting and receiving apparatus (including those incorporating gramophones) and television cameras; radio and radar communication, detection, navigational aid and remote control apparatus:
A. x x x x x
1. x x x x x
2. x x x x x
3. Parts and accessories:
(a) x x x x x
(b) x x x x x
(c) x x x x x
(d) x x x x x
(e) Complete television channel selectors or tuners; and plastic masks ad val. 60%
(f) Other ad val. 10%
B. x x x x x
C. x x x x x
85.19 Electric current controlling, regulating and distributing apparatus (e.g., switches, fuses, junction boxes, plugs and sockets, rheostats, voltage regulators, relays, lightning arresters, switchboards and control panels); resistances (including carbon resistance lamps and barretters) other than heating elements:
A. x x x x x
B. Electrical wiring devices of all types (e.g., convenience outlets, toggle and tumbler switches, fluorescent lamp holders, starter bases or sockets and lamp sockets, lamp receptacles, plugs and assembled or disassembled lighting and distribution panels and control panelboards up to 42 circuits rated up to 600 volts ad val. 60%
C. Other ad val. 10%85.20 Electric light lamp bulbs and tubes and arc lamps, including infra-red and ultraviolet lamp bulbs:
A. x x x x x
B. x x x x x
C. x x x x x
D. General lighting service lamp bulbs, with nominal ratings from 5 to 9 watts and 301 to 1500 watts; special purpose lamp bulbs (colored, fantasie, candle and lustre), with nominal ratings from 5 to 60 watts and with voltage ranging from 6 to 300 volts ad val. 30%
E. Other ad val. 15%
F. Parts ad val. 10%85.21 Thermonic and electronic tubes and valves, including cathode-ray tubes; photo-electric cells; crystal diodes, triodes and the like (including transistors); mounted piezo-electric crystals:
A. Television picture tubes and/or kinescope using glass bulbs ad val. 40%
B. Electron guns ad val. 10%
C. Other ad val. 10%85.23 Electrically insulated (including enamelled or anodized) wire, cable, strip and other forms of conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors:
A. Wires and cables of copper insulated with plastic, rubber, asbestos or tar impregnated cotton yarn; steel-armored cables (BX) and magnet wire No. 37 AWG and larger (excluding litz wire, square or rectangular, and class B, H, C, magnet wires; steel-armored power cables, No. 1/0 AWG and larger; multi-conductor cables, No. 2 AFG and larger; paper insulated and lead-covered communication cables, 910 pairs and larger; and submarine communication cables) ad val. 60%
B. Other ad val. 10%87.06 Parts and accessories of tractors and other motor vehicles:
A. x x x x x
B. Undercarriage parts for crawler or tracklaying tractors (excluding rough-forged grouser shoes, track links and roller shells) ad val. 60%
C. Other ad val. 10%87.12 Parts and accessories of articles falling within headings numbered 87.09, 87.10 and 87.11:
A. Carriers ad val. 40%
B. Bicycle frames ad val. 75%
C. Mudguards ad val. 35%
D. Other ad val. 10%90.01 Lenses, prisms, mirrors, plane parallel elements and other optical elements, of any material, optically worked, unmounted:
A. Lenses, optically worked (fused, semi-finished or finished) ad val. 50%
B. Other ad val. 15%90.26 Gas, liquid and electricity supply or production meters; calibrating meters therefor:
A. Totalizing water meters with nominal sizes of 5/8 inch by inch (16 mm. x 13 mm.); inch (20 mm.); and 1 inch (25 mm.) ad val. 60%90.29 Parts and accessories of instruments or apparatus falling within headings numbered 90.24, 90.26, 90.27 and 90.28;
A. Parts of water meters with nominal sizes of 5/8 inch x inch (16 mm. x 13 mm.); inch (20 mm.); and 1 inch (25 mm.) (except dial plate, disc chamber and disc plate for displacement type water meters and spindle busing, magnet, register gear, pointer, counter wheels annealed dial glass and counter pinion for magnetic drive water meter) ad val. 40%
B. Other ad val. 10%93.04 Other firearms, including Verylight pistols, pistols and revolvers for firing blank shot only, line-throwing guns and the like:
A. .22 caliber rifles and .12 gauge repeating and riot gun-slide action shotguns ad val. 75%
B. Other ad val. 50%93.07 Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, guided weapons and missles, and similar munitions of war, and parts thereof; ammunition of all kinds and parts thereof, including lead shot and cartridge wads:
A. Long rifle .22 caliber ammunition ad val. 40%
B. Other ad val. 15%98.01 Buttons and button molds, studs, cuff links, snap fasteners, button rings and fasteners press studs and push buttons; blanks and parts of such articles:
A. Button blanks (excluding metal blanks) ad val. 40%
B. Press fasteners, including snap fasteners, press studs and push buttons; parts thereof g.w., kg. P7.00
or ad val. 100%
C. Other ad val. 100%98.05 Pencils (excluding propelling and sliding pencils), pencil leads, slate pencils, crayons and pastels, drawing charcoals and writing and drawing chalks; tailors and billards chalks; parts and fittings thereof:
A. x x x x x
B. Lead pencils, wax crayons, writing and drawing chalks:
1. Lead pencils gross P3.00
or ad val. 50%
2. x x x x x
3. x x x x x
C. x x x x x
SEC. 2. After the expiration of thirty (30) days from the issuance of this Order, all the above-described articles entered or withdrawn from warehouse, in the Philippines, for consumption shall be subject to the rates of import duty herein prescribed.
SEC. 3. Any unwarranted increase in the prices of local products benefited by these tariff changes may be sufficient ground for the revocation of such tariff changes.
Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-five.
(Sgd.) DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) RAMON A. DIAZ
Executive Secretary