Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 589)
Republic Act No. 7844, also known as the Export Development Act of 1994, is referenced as the basis for promoting export development.
The Export Development Council (EDC) has the authority to approve and oversee the implementation of the Philippine Export Development Plan.
Strategies include participation in international trade fairs, exhibitions, outbound business matching, selling missions, and conducting bilateral and multilateral trade engagements to gain market access.
Exporters traveling for participation in business matching, trade fairs, trade negotiations, marketing activities, seminars on productivity, and international trade conferences, as endorsed by the relevant agencies, are exempted.
The Bureau of Export Trade Promotion (BETP), Center for Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM), Export Development Council (EDC), and accredited umbrella organizations of exporters are authorized to endorse exporters.
The exporter must secure a Recommendation for Travel Tax Exemption from the relevant organization, which is then submitted to the EDC Secretariat. The EDC Secretariat endorses it to the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA), where the exporter claims the Travel Tax Exemption Certificate to present to the carrier or ticket agent.
The total travel tax exemption granted for this purpose shall not exceed Twenty Million Pesos (₱20,000,000) annually.
Any unconstitutional portion will not nullify the other provisions of the Executive Order as long as the remaining provisions can still be given effect (Separability Clause).
It took effect immediately upon its publication in a national newspaper of general circulation.