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By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 3 of Republic Act No. 509, entitled “An 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 recommendation of the Price Administration Board, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Section one of Executive Order No. 331, dated July 7, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling prices for fresh pork, Monarch Coffee, Cocoa Powder, Sardines Natural Sauce, Bear Brand Sterilized Natural Milk, and Coffee Beans, as follows :

FOODSTUFFS (LOCAL)

Commodity	Unit	Importer’s or producer’s price	Wholesale price	Retail ceiling price
PORK FRESH
Pork (in bulk)	Kilo			P1.85
Pork:
Lomo )	Kilo			3.00
Pige (Pierna)	Kilo			2.70
Paypay (Casim)	Kilo			2.60
Tiyan (Liempo)	Kilo			2.40
Kustillas	Kilo			2.40
Buntot	Kilo			2.00
Punta y Pecho	Kilo			2.00
Paa (Pata)	Kilo			1.30
Buto sa Kasim	Kilo			1.30
Ampella (Taba)	Kilo			1.30
Ulo	Kilo			1.00

FOODSTUFFS (IMPORTED)

BEVERAGES
Coffee Monarch brand	24/1-lb	?52.67	P57.18	?2.66/tin
Cocoa (Hershey)	24/8-oz.	17.71	19.23	0.90/tin
FISH CANNED
Sardines natural sauce	48/15-oz.	16.56	17.98	0.42/tin
MILK
Bear Brand sterilized:
Natural Milk	48/500-grs.	28.56/cs.	31.00/cs.	0.70/tin
OTHER PRODUCTS
Coffee Beans:
Raw	7/8’sBag/100#	104.52	113.45	2.80/kilo

SEC. 2. Section 1 of Executive Order No. 343, dated August 24, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling prices for Sardines in Tomato Sauce and Reinforcing Steel Bars, as follows:

Commodity	Unit	Importer’s price	Wholesale price	Retail ceiling price
FISH CANNED
Sardines in Tomato Sauce:
Tall Round Tin	100/5-oz.	P20.12/cs.	P21.84/cs.	P0.24/tin

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (IMPORTED)

Commodity	Unit	Wholesale price	Retail ceiling price
Reinforcing steel bars, plain round, round corrugated, round and square deformed, conformed U. S. A. standard specification, new billet steel ASTM A-15-39
Sizes: 1/2″ x 30′ to 40′	Kilo	P0.31	P0.35
7/8″ x 30′ to 40′	Kilo	0.30	0.30
1″ x 30′ to 40′	Kilo	0.30	0.33

SEC. 3. Section 1 of Executive Order No. 353, dated October 6, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling price for Liverspread, as follows:

MEAT CANNED OR PRESERVED

Commodity	Unit	Importer’s price	Wholesale price	Retail ceiling price
Liverspread	48/3 1/4-oz	P17.88/cs.	P19.99/cs.	P0.47/tin

SEC. 4. This Order shall take effect five days after its promulgation.

Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.


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