(NAR) VOL. 7 NO. 3 / JULY-SEPTEMBER 1996
2. The MMC should oversee and regulate the implementation of the MAVs and dispose of the competitiveness enhancement fund following the provisions under RA 8178. It should set the rules and regulations pertinent to the administration of the tariff rate quota, the competitiveness enhancement fund, and other related matters.
- Secretary of Agriculture Chairperson - Secretary of Trade and Industry Member - Secretary of Finance Member - Secretary of Agrarian Reform Member - Secretary of Science and Technology Member - Director-General, NEDA Member
a. | Unless it fails to submit its application fo whatever reason, a MAV applicant that has been in the business for at least the representative period as an importer or a user of a MAV product or its substitute should be automatically eligible to get MAV licenses in the first year of the MAV implementation. |
b) | The MMC should require that the MAV entrants must operate their respective businesses that use or supply MAV products for at least one year without the benefit of a MAV access before it considers their respective MAV applications. |
i) The MAV Master List showing all the MAV accounts opened for the MAV year, the names of the MAV licensees, the total quantity of MAV products that the respective MAV licenses can be applied, the HS code, the MAV account number, and the validity period of the account;7. a) Upon receiving a duly accomplished MAV Withdraw Form from the MAV licensee indicating the intent to withdraw from his/her/its MAV account a given quantity of MAV products to be imported, the amount of which should be duly validated with copies of his invoice and Bill of Lading, as well as upon verifying that the MAV licensee has positive MAV balance in his/her/its MAV account, the MAV Executive Director should issue a MAV Import Certificate (MAVIC) in favor of the licensee. The MAVIC should be, the quantities of the MAV product indicated in the MAV Withdrawal Form that is based on the net volume in the Bill of Lading, or the balance in the MAV account of the licensee, whichever is smaller, the specific description and HS Code of the product, the name of the MAV licensee, the MAV account number, and the validity period of the certificate
ii) List of MAV Import Consolidators accredited by the MMC; and
iii) MAV for each agricultural product under a specific HS Code for a given MAV year.
ii) Processors are persons, firms or entities that process the imported MAV product.3. In the initial year of the MAV implementation, the MMC should allocate the MAV licenses to qualified MAV applicants based on their respective market shares.
iii) Commercial food service providers are persons, firms, or entities that process the imported MAV product or its substitute for sale to the public as prepared food.
iv) Traders are persons, firms or entities that import the MAV products for small and medium-size processors or commercial food service providers, which are unable to bring into the country their imported product requirement at efficient levels.
i. The total volume of the product that is sold locally should first be apportioned on the basis of use: household, processor, and commercial food service. This establishes the shares of each of the four categories of use herein identified.4. In subsequent MAV years, the following rules shall apply:
ii. Having done the first step above, the respective allocations of each use category should be apportioned further using the local output share. This is the share of the qualified MAV applicant in the total quantity of the locally produced output that all qualified MAV licensees, falling under the use category, sold during the representative period in the domestic market. Where the data on sales are difficult to attain, the MMC may utlize appropriate proxy variables to approximate sales.
iii. The MMC should set aside an appropriate percentage of the MAV quantity for traders defined in paragraph 2c (iv) above. This provision is for the benefit of small and medium-size processors or commercial food service providers, which are unable to bring into the country their imported product requirement at efficient levels, and/or may have failed to apply for MAV licenses due to their small size. The traders who get this allocation must primarily cater to the needs of the small and medium scale users. Failure to do so may be a ground for rejecting the application for renewal of its MAV license.
Mode of Withdrawal | Rate per MT | Rate per kilo | |
Ex-vessel | P150.00 | P0.15 | |
Ex-bagging terminal | P795.00 | P0.795 | |
Ex-warehouse | P995.00 | P0.995 |
i. Designate an authorized representative to officially act or transact business in their behalf.
ii. Furnish the NFA a copy of the Contract entered into between the corn users and the integrated Services Contractor.
iii. Submit to the NFA a Special Power of Attorney authorizing the Integrated Services Contractor to act in their behalf.
iv. Secure approval of the NFA Metro Manila Office in case there are changes in the unloading point/silo.
i. Ex-vessel/clamshell withdrawal:
For all ex-vessel withdrawals, the discharging rate should be based on the "contract of supply" with supplier. A corresponding demurrage penalty based on the actual contract of supply with foreign supplier should be imposed if barges are not positioned alongside vessel as scheduled and the discharge rate not attained or if the barges are not towed wiihin two hours after completion of the loading. For ex-vessel withdrawals, actual quantity should be based on the final outturn at buyers silo of NFA-des-ignated truck scales subject to the calibration test of scales and based on the certificate of weight and quality to be issued by an independent international surveyor.
ii. Ex-bagging withdrawal:
For all ex-bagging withdrawals, MAV Licenses should withdraw the yellow corn as scheduled otherwise, penalties should also be charged. Failure to withdraw contracted volume on time should mean forfeiture of their slot; hence, withdrawal should instead be undertaken ex-warehouse with corresponding additional incidental costs.
iii. Ex-warehouse withdrawal:
For all ex-warehouse withdrawals, MAV licensees should withdraw the contracted volume of yellow corn at NFA-designated warehouses within seven (7) days, from 8:00 am - 5:00 p.m. Monday to Saturday. A corresponding penalty of P0.50/bag/day should be charged in case the MAV licensees fail to withdraw the contracted volume within the stipulated period.
i. Payment should either be in Cash or in Manager's or Cashier's Check in favor of NFA at its Metro Manila Office, Finance Department at United Nations Ave., Manila, for the following:1. Performance Security equivalent to P1.00 per kilo of the allocated volume.ii. Performance Security payment should be made within three days upon the endorsement of the MAVIC. Payment of remaining balance should be made within 48 hours after receipt of the Notice of Payment from the DA through the NFA. Failure to pay within the stipulated period would allow the seller to resell the equivalent volume of the allocated corn. Incidental expenses incurred by NFA should be charged to buyer.
2. Remaining balance between total cost plus incidental expenses less advance payments made if NFA integrated rates were availed.
3. Remaining balance between total cost less advance payments made if the buyer hired common integrated services contractor.
iii. Payment should be for the whole volume of imported yellow corn allocated.