Executive Order No. 365 (1996) — it is imperative that a presidential order is issued to implement the specific objective of Republic Act No. 8180 of maintaining a four percent (4%) tariff differential between the tariff rate on crude oil and refined petroleum products as well as to effectively guide the Bureau of Customs in imposing and collecting the correct customs duties on the specific petroleum products covered by the Act;

SECTION 1

SECTION 1. The articles specifically listed in Annex "A" hereof as covered by Republic Act No. 8180 and as classified under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, shall be levied the rates of import duty in accordance with the schedule indicated opposite each article as listed in the aforementioned Annex.

SECTION 2

Upon the effectivity of Republic Act No

SECTION 2. Upon the effectivity of Republic Act No. 8184 and except for lubricating oil basestock (HS 2710.00 40) and other solvents (HS 2710.00 70), the special levy of ninety-five centavos (P0.95) per liter imposed on imported crude oil (HS No. 27.09) and one peso (P1.00) per liter on petroleum products (HS 27.10 and 27.11) of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended under Annex A hereof, shall be abolished and those articles which are entered into or withdrawn from warehouse in the Philippines for consumption shall be levied the rates of duty herein prescribed in the revised tariff schedule in Annex B.

SECTION 3

SECTION 3. All Presidential issuances, administrative rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.

SECTION 4

Effectivity

SECTION 4.

Effectivity.

1. Annex A is effective as of April 16, 1996, the effectivity date of RA 8180, until the effectivity of RA 8184.

2. Annex B shall be effective upon the initial implementation of the automatic oil pricing as provided for under Section 8 of RA 8184.

This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 28th day of August in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES

Executive Secretary

Annex "A"

Rates of Duty

01 January

Harmonized Hdg No.

Commodity Code

Description

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

27.09

2709.00 00

Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude

3+

27.10

2710.00

Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations.

P0.95/l

2710.00 10

- - - Propylene tetramer

3

2710.00 20

- - - Carbon black feedstock oil

3

2710.00 30

- - - Fuel oils

3

2710.00 40

- - - Lubricating oils, including

7+

basestock

P1/l

2710.00 50

- - - Naphtha

7+

P1/l

2710.00 60

- - - Low aromatic solvents with less than 1% by weight aromatic content

7

2710.00 70

- - - Other solvents

7+

2710.00 80

- - - Gas oils (including diesel oil), kerosene (including kerosene type jet fuel) and motor gasoline; other heavy oils

P1/l

2710.00 90

- - - Other oils and preparations

7+

P1/l

27.11

Petroleum gases and other hydrocarbons

- Liquefied

2711.11 00

- - x x x

2711.12 00

- - Propane

3+

P1/l

2711.13 00

- - Butanes

3+

P1/l

2711.14 00

- - Ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene

7+

P1/l

2711.19 00

- - Other

2711.19 10

- - - Mixture of propane and butanes

3+

P1/l

2711.19 90

- - - Other

7+

P1/l

- x x x

2711.21 00

- - x x x

2711.29 00

- - x x x

27.12

Petroleum jelly, paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax other minerals waxes, and products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured.

2712.10 00

- Petroleum jelly

3

2712.20 00

- Paraffin wax containing by weight less than 0.75% of oil

3

2712.90 00

- Other

3

27.13

Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals.

- Petroleum coke:

2713.11 00

- - Not calcined

3

2713.12 00

- - Calcined

3

2713.20 00

- Petroleum bitumen

7

2713.90 00

- Other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals

7

Annex "B"

Rates of Duty

01 January

Harmonized Hdg No.

Commodity Code

Description

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

27.09

2709.00 00

Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude

3

27.10

2710.00

Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations.

2710.00 10

- - - Propylene tetramer

3

2710.00 20

- - - Carbon black feedstock oil

3

2710.00 30

- - - Fuel oils

3

2710.00 40

- - - Lubricating oils, including oil

7+

basestock

P1/l

2710.00 50

- - - Naphtha

7

2710.00 60

- - - Low aromatic solvents with less than 1% by weight aromatic content

7

2710.00 70

- - - Other solvents

7+

P1/l

2710.00 80

- - - Gas oils (including diesel oil), kerosene (including kerosene type jet fuel) and motor gasoline; other heavy oils

7

2710.00 90

- - - Other oils and preparations

7

27.11

Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons.

- Liquefied:

2711.11 00

- - x x x

2711.12 00

- - Propane

3

2711.13 00

- - Butanes

3

2711.14 00

- - Ethylene, propylene and butadiene

7

2711.19 00

- - Other

2711.19 10

- - - Mixture of propane and butanes

3

2711.19 90

- - - Other

7

- x x x

2711.21 00

- - x x x

2711.29 00

- - x x x

27.12

Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured.

2712.10 00

- Petroleum jelly

3

2712.20 00

- Paraffin wax containing by weight less than 0.75% of oil

3

2712.90 00

- Other

3

27.13

Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals.

- Petroleum coke:

2713.11 00

- - Not calcined

3

2713.12 00

- - Calcined

3

2713.20 00

- Petroleum bitumen

7

2713.90 00

- Other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals

7