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83 OG No. 28, 3220-D Supp. (July 13, 1987)
[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 213, July 10, 1987 ]
AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF "BULK CONTAINERS" FOR MILK IMPORT AS PROVIDED FOR IN EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 49.
WHEREAS, it is the intent under Executive Order No. 49 to grant a lower tariff (10% ad valorem) to milk imported in bulk containers vis-à-vis milk imported in retail containers (20% ad valorem);
WHEREAS, milk imported in bulk containers is defined under Executive Order No. 49 as having a gross weight of at least 25 kgs., the standard unit of packaging of the country's traditional suppliers such as Europe, Australia and New Zealand;
WHEREAS, present Philippine Standards on Radioactive Contamination require the milk industry to look for alternative sources of supply of milk such as the United States, whose standard of packing is 50 lbs. or about 22.7 kgs.;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. The definition of "Bulk Containers" for milk imports as provided in Executive Order No. 49 is hereby amended to read as follows:
SEC. 2. Upon effectivity of this Executive Order, the above article which is entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be subject to the rate of import duty herein prescribed.
SEC. 3. The rates of import duty and the classifications of other articles under Executive Order No. 49 which are not affected by the provisions of Section 1 hereof shall remain in full force and effect.
SEC. 4. All laws, orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed and modified accordingly.
SEC. 5. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 10th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.
By the President:
JOKER P. ARROYO
Executive Secretary
WHEREAS, milk imported in bulk containers is defined under Executive Order No. 49 as having a gross weight of at least 25 kgs., the standard unit of packaging of the country's traditional suppliers such as Europe, Australia and New Zealand;
WHEREAS, present Philippine Standards on Radioactive Contamination require the milk industry to look for alternative sources of supply of milk such as the United States, whose standard of packing is 50 lbs. or about 22.7 kgs.;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. The definition of "Bulk Containers" for milk imports as provided in Executive Order No. 49 is hereby amended to read as follows:
| CCN Hdg. No. | Description | Rate of Duty |
| 04.02 | Milk and cream, preserved, concentrated or sweetened: | |
| 100 | x x x x | |
| 200 | Milk (other than whey), in powder or granules containing nor more than 1.5% by weight of fat: | |
| 210 | In bulk containers of gross weight 20 kgs. or more …. | ad val. 10% |
| 290 | x x x x |
SEC. 2. Upon effectivity of this Executive Order, the above article which is entered or withdrawn from warehouses in the Philippines for consumption shall be subject to the rate of import duty herein prescribed.
SEC. 3. The rates of import duty and the classifications of other articles under Executive Order No. 49 which are not affected by the provisions of Section 1 hereof shall remain in full force and effect.
SEC. 4. All laws, orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed and modified accordingly.
SEC. 5. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 10th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.
CORAZON C. AQUINO
President of the Philippines
President of the Philippines
By the President:
JOKER P. ARROYO
Executive Secretary