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Continuing Professional Development Webinar

The Tariff Commission (TC), as an accredited Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Provider for Licensed Customs Brokers (LCBs) by the Professional Regulation Commission (with Accreditation No. 2018-004 issued on 07 August 2018), will be conducting a FREE WEBINAR, with accredited CPD points, entitled Tariff Classification, Tariff and Non-Tariff Measures, International Trade, and Trade Remedies.

This PRC-approved Webinar (with Accreditation No. OCB- 2018-004-194) will be held on 02 October 2020 (Friday), 9:00 am – 11:00 am, via Microsoft Teams. Please click here for the Program.

Interested participants are required to register on or before 30 September 2020 using the following registration link: https://cutt.ly/TC_CPDWebinar_OR

Participants will be accepted on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE basis.

For inquiries, please email Ms. Lynly P. de la Cuesta, Head, TC-CPD Unit, at email address TC.Assist@mail.tariffcommission.gov.ph.

Advisory on TC Operations
Updated on: 01 September 2020

The Tariff Commission (TC) resumed full services on 01 June 2020. Please see Notice.

In compliance with the implementation of a General Community Quarantine over the National Capital Region until 30 September 2020, and in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Civil Service Commission, the TC Office is open to the public every Tuesday to Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For your safety and ours, all walk-in clients/visitors will be required to abide by the TC health and safety protocols. Please click here for details.

TC business hours are maintained from Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Especially when the TC Office is closed to the public, clients are advised to transact online through the following communication channels:

    ▪   Viber: 0949-118-3891
    ▪   Email Address:
        TC.Assist@mail.tariffcommission.gov.ph

For information on our online procedure for applications for tariff classification rulings, please click here for details.

Stay safe everyone!

ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS

Petition for Tariff Modification

Investigation on Petition for Tariff Modification on Mechanically Deboned Meat of Chicken (AHTN 2017 subheading 0207.14.91) and Turkey (AHTN 2017 subheadings 0207.27.91A/B) [TCI (TM) No. MFN-2020-Mechanically Deboned Meat of Chicken and Turkey]

Please see the following Notices / References:

Notice of Public Hearing issued on 18 August 2020
Notice on the Conduct of Investigation issued on 11 August 2020
Position Paper Template

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 Conclusion and Decision issued on 15 September 2020
Final Report issued on 9 September 2020
Notice of Public Hearing issued on 30 June 2020
Registration Link: https://cutt.ly/PHV-OR-WF
Notice on Resumption of Services issued on 29 May 2020
Notice of Suspension issued on 19 March 2020
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

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

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 the annual surveillance audit on 25 October 2019 and received its Attestation for Continued Certification 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.

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