QuestionsQuestions (DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 05)
It aims to encourage the processing and export of high value added lumber products and to discourage technical manipulation in the implementation of the lumber export ban by amending the exemptions under DENR Administrative Order No. 19 (s. 1989).
Section 2 of DENR Administrative Order No. 19 (s. 1989) was amended, particularly the exemption provision under Section 2(a) as amended.
It states that lumber products, wood manufacturers, and other wood finished products further manufactured from lumber or wood—including but not limited to specified finished goods—coming from local or imported logs may be exported.
It requires that the exported products are not merely raw logs or minimally processed lumber, but are further processed into finished products derived from lumber/wood.
Yes. The exemption expressly covers products “coming from local or imported logs,” meaning the origin of the logs does not bar eligibility as long as the goods meet the “further manufactured” requirement.
Examples include wooden furniture and toys, packing cases, parquet floors, doors and other builder woodworks, picture frames, tool handles, decorative articles, wooden shoes, toothpicks, and chopsticks.
It indicates the list is not exhaustive; other wood finished products that satisfy the conditions (further manufactured from lumber/wood) may also qualify for export even if not expressly named.
It means only the stated exemption portion (Section 2(a)) is changed; the rest of the rules, restrictions, and procedures in DENR Administrative Order No. 19 (s. 1989) are not altered.
It was adopted on 11 January 1990.
A tribunal may interpret the exemption broadly enough to allow genuine value-added processing while strictly requiring that the exported items are in fact further manufactured finished products, not disguised exports of restricted materials.
It does not redefine the entire ban. It only amends Section 2(a) (the exemption to the export ban) of DENR Administrative Order No. 19 (s. 1989), leaving other provisions unchanged.
DENR Administrative Order No. 05 is an amendment to DENR Administrative Order No. 19, specifically changing how the exemption to the lumber export ban is phrased.
It must be a wood finished product further manufactured from lumber or wood, and it may come from local or imported logs.
Likely no, because the exemption requires “further manufactured” lumber/wood into wood finished products; untreated logs are not described as further manufactured finished products.
It suggests that exporters might attempt to bypass the ban by misclassifying or processing in ways that do not result in genuine value-added finished products; thus, “further manufactured” should be interpreted to require real manufacturing into finished goods, not superficial alterations.