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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 833 October 4, 1982
CERTIFYING THAT THE PRODUCTION OF FIBERGLASS INSULATION MATERIALS, AS A
PREFERRED PIONEER INDUSTRY, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO POST-OPERATIVE TARIFF
PROTECTION
Pursuant to the power vested in me by Article 46(d) of Presidential Decree No. 1789, otherwise known as the
"Omnibus Investment Code," I FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, upon the
recommendation of the Board of Investments (BOI), do hereby certify, direct and order:
Sec. 1. The production in the Philippines of fiberglass insulating materials, as a preferred pioneer industry,
shall be entitled to post-operative tariff protection by increasing the tariff rates of imported glass wool and
mineral wool insulating products which are similar to those being manufactured or produced by ACI
FIBERGLASS (PHILS.) INC., a BOI registered pioneer enterprise operating on a commercial scale.
Sec. 2. The articles specifically listed hereunder as classified under Section 104 of Presidential Decree No.
1464, as amended, shall pay the following rates of import duty.
Tariff
Description Article
Rate of Duty
Heading
Present
Recommended Effective on or
No.
after January 1
68.07 Slag, wool, rock wool and similar (Unified rate of
1983-1985
1986
1987
mineral exfoliated, vermiculite, expanded ad. val. 20%)
clays, foamed slag and similar expanded
mineral materials; mixtures and articles
of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or
sound absorbing mineral materials, other
than those falling in Heading Nos. 68.12
or 6813, or in chapter 69 ...
A. Panels and Boards ...
ad. val.
40%
30%
20%
Made of Mineral Wool
B. Others ...
ad. val.
20%
20%
20%
70.2 Glass fibre (including wool), yarns,
fabrics and articles made therefrom:
A. Glass fibre (including wool)…
ad. val
30%
B. Others .....
ad. val.
40%
a. Glass Fibre …
ad. val.
30%
30%
30%
b. Glass Wool and Products ....
ad. val.
40%
30%
40%
c. Others ....
ad. val.
40%
40%
40%
Sec. 3. Any unwarranted increase in the prices of local products benefited by these tariff changes shall
constitute tariff rates. The Board of Investments shall make the proper representations with the Tariff
Commission for appropriate action in accordance with Section 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code.
Sec. 4. All Orders, Rules and Regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this order are
hereby repealed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of October in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-two.
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