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Date of Last Revision: September 2017

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TC NEWS

ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS

Trade Remedy Cases

Expiry Review of the Definitive Anti-Dumping Duty on Imports of Wheat Flour from the Republic of Turkey (Investigation No. AD-2019-ER-WheatFlourTR)

Please see the following Notices / References:

Notice of Postponement of Public Hearing issued on 21 November 2019
Commission Order issued on 12 September 2019
Notice of Initiation of Expiry Review and Conduct of Preliminary Conference issued on 29 August 2019
Notice of the Impending Expiry of the Effectivity of the Definitive Anti-Dumping Duty issued on 20 February 2019

Formal Investigation of Safeguard Measure Case on Float Glass (Investigation No. SG-2019-OC-Float Glass)

Please see the following Notices / References:

Notice of Postponement of Public Hearing issued on 9 October 2019
Commission Order issued on 16 August 2019
Notice of Formal Investigation and Preliminary Conference issued on 05 August 2019

Formal Investigation of Safeguard Measure Case on Ceramic Floor and Wall Tiles (Investigation No. SG-2019-OC-Ceramic Tiles)

Please see the following Notices / References:

Notice of Public Hearing issued on 16 October 2019
Notice of Postponement of Public Hearing issued on 5 August 2019
Commission Order issued on 14 June 2019
Notice of Formal Investigation and Preliminary Conference issued on 30 May 2019

Petitions for Tariff Modification

Investigation on Petition for Tariff Modification on Frozen Potato Fries (AHTN 2017 subheading 2004.10.00) (Investigation No. MFN-2019-Frozen Potato Fries)

Please see the following Notices / References:

Notice on the Conduct of Investigation issued on 24 October 2019
Position Paper Template

Joint Investigation on Petitions for Tariff Modification on Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) and Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) and Review of Tariff Structure of HS No. 39.01

Please see the following Notices / References:

Notice of Public Hearing issued on 10 May 2019
Position Paper Template
Notice on the Conduct of Investigation issued on 21 February 2019

REVIEW OF AHTN

Conduct of Review of the ASEAN Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature (AHTN) 2017

Please see the following Notices / References:

Notice on the Conduct of Review issued on 13 September 2019
Notice on the Conduct of Review issued on 22 April 2019
Briefer on the Review
Template for Requests/Proposals

NEW EMAIL ADDRESS

Effective 1 July 2019, the Commission shall use a new e-mail address: TC.Assist@mail.tariffcommission.gov.ph. Please course all communications with the Commission through said e-mail address starting on said date.

Posted on: 25 April 2019

LATEST COMMISSION ORDER

Commission Order on Disputes Involving Tariff Classification

Pursuant to Section 1100 of the CMTA, the Commission issued Commission Order No. 2018-01 or the “Rules of Procedure on Disputes Involving Tariff Classification.” The Order aims to establish a Tariff Classification Dispute Ruling system that is in line with the standards set out in the Revised Kyoto Convention, the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation, the ATIGA, the WCO Harmonized System Convention, other relevant international trade agreements, relevant Philippine laws, and international best customs practices. It also aims to increase the level of stakeholders’ compliance through an informed customs compliance regime.

Published in The Manila Times and Manila Standard Today on 19 October 2018, said Commission Order took effect on 3 November 2018.

Please see Commission Order No. 2018-01 and TC Form 2.

NEW FEES AND CHARGES

Revised Schedule of Fees and Charges

Pursuant to the provisions of Administrative Order No. 31, series of 2012 (Directing and Authorizing All Heads of Departments, Bureaus, Commissions, Agencies, Offices and Instrumentalities of the National Government, Including GOCCs, to Rationalize the Rates of their Fees and Charges, Increase their Existing Rates and Impose New Fees and Charges) issued on 1 October 2012, as implemented by DOF-DBM-NEDA Joint Circular No. 1-2013 dated 30 January 2013, the Commission issued on 24 September 2018 its Revised Schedule of Fees and Charges.

Published in The Manila Times and Manila Standard Today on 10 October 2018, the Office Memorandum containing the Revised Schedule of Fees and Charges took effect on 25 October 2018. The new schedule of fees shall be charged effective 1 January 2019.

Please see Schedule of Fees and Charges of the Tariff Commission.

OTHER NEWS

TC IS ISO 9001-2015 CERTIFIED

Having met the requirements of ISO 9001:2015, the Management System of the Commission on the issuance of Advance Ruling on Tariff Classification under Section 1100 of the CMTA, including the Support Processes, was registered on 02 December 2018. The Commission successfully completed an annual surveillance audit on 25 October 2019 and received its Attestation Certificate on 26 November 2019.

Please see Certificates.

PRC ACCREDITS TC AS CPD PROVIDER

As an accredited Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)-Continuing Professional Development (CPD) provider for Licensed Customs Brokers (LCBs), the Tariff Commission successfully conducted its first-ever “Seminar on Tariffs, Tariff Classification, International Trade and Trade Remedies”. Convened on 28 June 2019 at the Tariff Commission Conference Room, said Seminar was well-attended by LCBs, trade practitioners, and lawyers, among others.

The Commission’s continuing education program is intended as proactive assistance to LCBs and industry practitioners in raising/maintaining their competence in accordance with international standards of practice, hence helping ensure their greater overall contribution to uplifting the general welfare, economic growth, and development of the Philippines.

Please watch this space for the schedule of future Seminars.

Please see TC’s Certificate of Accreditation.