H. No. 3663 / 55 OG No. 41, 8600 (October 12, 1959)
SEC. 3. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to the liquidation of drafts drawn under letters of credit nor of contractual obligations calling for payment of foreign exchange issued, approved and outstanding as of the date this Act takes effect and the extension thereof, with the same terms and conditions as the original contractual obligations: Provided, That the repayment of loans contracted by the government of the Philippines with foreign governments and/or private banks and the importation of machineries and equipment by provinces, cities or municipalities for the exclusive use in the operation of public utilities fully owned and maintained by them shall likewise be exempted from the operation of this Act.
I. DRUGS AND MEDICINES a. Amebacides, except emetine preparations. b. Amino acid preparations and analgesic poultices. c. Anaesthetics, all types. d. Antiacids, absorbents, and preparations. e. Antibiotics and preparations, except dosage forms of penicillin, streptomycin and/or combinations. f. Anticholinergic preparations. g. Anticoagulants. h. Anti-leprosy preparations. i. Antimalarials, except quinine preparations. j. Antispasmodic, anticonvulsant, and sympathomimetic preparations. k. Antitoxins, vaccines, sera, toxoids, and antigens. l. Homogenized baby foods. m. Diagnostic and laboratory reagents. n. Digitalis and preparations. o. Drugs (crude or otherwise), chemicals (simple or compound) for pharmaceutical manufacture or chemicals to be used for the manufacture of insecticides and pesticides when, in both cases, imported by duly licensed laboratories or manufacturers. p. Drugs and medicines for the use of the dental and veterinary professions. q. Ergot and preparations. r. Fumigants, disinfectants, insecticides, pesticides and preparations. s. Gland products and synthetic substitutes. t. Hemostatica for topical use. u. Hexylresorcinol preparations. v. Insulin, all forms. w. Liver extract. x. Mercurial diuretics. y. Narcotics and hypnotics, natural or synthetic, and preparations. z. Pharmaceutical glassware and containers not manufactured locally. aa. Plasma. bb. Saccharin and substitutes. cc. Salt substitutes. dd. Steroids and preparations. ee. Surgical antiseptics. ff. Vitamins. gg. Other drugs and medicines which are not mere substitutes of those locally produced, and not yet commercially available, authorized by the Secretary of Health each year upon the recommendation of the Philippine Medical Association , and the Philippine Federation of Private Medical Practitioners: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce and Industry shall certify as to their not being commercially available. II. MEDICAL, DENTAL AND HOSPITAL SUPPLIES a. Adhesives, plasters, bandages, gauzes, and dressings. b. Cottons, absorbents or synthetics substitutes. c. Dental instruments, equipment and supplies. d. Diagnostic instruments. e. Hospital and surgical rubber goods including catheters, and plastic venoclysis sets. f. Electro-medical therapy equipment. g. Optometric instruments and supplies. h. Surgical and medical instruments, equipment and supplies, artificial limbs and splints, including operating lights and sterilizers, except examining and treatment tables. i. X-Ray equipment, films and supplies, including contrasts media. j. Radium and radioactive materials for therapy. k. Spare parts for dental electro-medical, therapy and X-Ray equipment. l. Supplies and equipment to be used for the collection and administration of blood. III. Fertilizers and soil conditioners and fertilizers components needed in the manufacture of fertilizers. IV. Spare parts when imported and used exclusively by end-users for agricultural industries. V. Textbooks, reference books and religious books approved by the Board of Textbooks and/or certified by the Secretary of Education; and technical and scientific books, as certified by the Secretary of Education. VI. Scientific and technical equipment and materials imported and to be used exclusively by the end-users for research and scientific work as certified by the National Science Development Board. VII. Newsprint, directly imported by publishers for their exclusive use in the publication of books, pamphlets, magazines, and newspapers. VIII. Unexposed cinematographic films, raw materials, equipment and spare parts imported by Filipino movie film industries necessary in the production of local moving pictures. IX. Canned white salmon and large sardines in plain tomato sauce; corned beef; raw cotton, when procured under U. S. Public Laws Numbered Four hundred eighty and Four hundred two and imported by and for the exclusive use of the end-users; and breeding and dairy cattle. X. Canned condensed milk and milk in all forms, for which there is no substitute locally produced. XI. Cyanide, metallurgical re-agents and/or flotation chemicals, grinding balls, explosives and dynamite when imported by lawfully authorized end-users for their exclusive use. XII. Materials, if not locally produced or available, for the manufacture of containers for locally made or manufactured food products. XIII. Seeds, for planting purposes only, of potato, cabbage, peas, lettuce, wrongbok, celery, cauliflowers, California pepper, turnip, carrot, radish, mustard, sweet peas, onions, eggplant, guho (Japanese root crop), tomatoes, Kentucky wonder beans, cucumber, tobacco and sugar beets, when imported by end-users themselves or through their cooperatives for their exclusive use, as certified by the Secretary of Agriculture and National Resources. XIV. Spare parts to be used in the maintenance and/or repair of vessels of Philippine registry when imported by and for the exclusive use of end-users. XV. Poultry and animal food ingredients other than cereals or derivatives thereof, provided that they are not locally produced. XVI. Spare parts to be used in the maintenance and/or repair of commercial aircrafts of Philippine registry when imported by and for the exclusive use of end-users. XVII. Unassembled kerosene air pressure lamps and other fishing paraphernalia when imported by end-users or through their cooperative for their exclusive use. XVIII. Urea formaldehyde for the manufacture of plywood and hardboard when imported by and for the exclusive use of end-users. XIX. Payment of premiums by veterans on life insurance policies under the government of the United States. XX. Spare parts for machineries used by cottage industries when imported by end-users or through their cooperatives for their exclusive use.