QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 193)
It prescribes rules to control and regulate the importation of non-essential and luxury articles into the Philippines, by requiring import licenses and establishing a quota/allocation system.
No non-essential or luxury article listed under the referenced Appendix A may be imported without an import license duly issued by the Import Control Board.
They are listed in the accompanying Appendix A, duly certified by the Chairman of the Import Control Board by authority of the President; the Board may add or delete items with presidential authority.
The Import Control Board, with authority of the President, fixes the quantity or value quarterly, semi-annually, or annually, depending on the discretion of the Board.
Appendix B provides the schedule of percentage reductions that the Import Control Board follows when fixing allowable quantities/values for the year.
The Import Control Board fixes quota per article (by quantity and/or total money value) and allocates it (with presidential authority) to registered importers based on their base period imports reduced by the percentages in Appendix B.
Not more than 20% of the quota for each article may be set aside for such subsequently registered importers, and no new importer may receive an allocation bigger than one-fifth of the percentage allocated to old importers.
Applications must be filed within one month from the date the quota is announced.
Any portion not allocated or used becomes available for allocation to the old importers.
It remains valid during the quota period in which it was issued. If shipment does not arrive due to justifiable cause satisfactory to the Board, the expiry date may be extended.
It may cancel the license and reallocate the covered quantity to the old importers in the same proportion as their quota allocations, according to their ability to fill the orders.
The applicant must be (a) a duly registered importer with appropriate government registrations, (b) licensed to do business and have paid lawful taxes/fees, and (c) registered with the Import Control Board for purposes of the Import Control Law.
It must state: (a) importer/authorized agent name and address, (b) exporter name and address, (c) port(s) of origin, (d) port of destination, and (e) description of articles plus quantity and declared value.
A filing fee of ₱2 and a license fee of ₱1 for each ₱1,500 C.I.F. value (or fraction amounting to ₱500 or more) of the article covered by the license.
They constitute a revolving fund to cover the operational expenses of the Import Control Board, pursuant to Section 5 of Executive Order No. 160, series of 1948.
Consular invoices for the importation of non-essential and luxury articles must show the Import License number for the importation.
The articles are subject to forfeiture under the procedure in Chapter 39 of the Revised Administrative Code, and the penalties prescribed by Republic Act No. 330.
It takes effect January 1, 1949. Commodities affected by the Order leaving ports of embarkation after said date are subject to the Order.