Use of LANDBANK Link.Biz Portal for Payments
Updated on: 31 August 2021

In our continuing efforts to assist our clients, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Tariff Commission’s first online bank payment facility in partnership with LANDBANK.

Starting 01 September 2021, clients may now use the LANDBANK Link.BizPortal, in addition to our other payment methods (GCash and LBC Pera Padala), for payment of Filing Fees on applications for Advance Rulings on Tariff Classification and Tariff Classification Dispute Rulings and investigations on Anti-Dumping Duty, Countervailing Duty, and Safeguard Duty cases.

Please click here for the 6 Easy Steps on how to use the Link.BizPortal.

Stay safe! Pay online via the Link.Biz Portal!

Advisory on TC Operations
Updated on: 29 November 2021

For everyone's safety amidst the declared State of Calamity throughout the Philippines under Presidential Proclamation No. 1218, s. 2021, the Tariff Commission’s (TC) regular office operations are fully ONLINE from Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (GMT +8).

The following TC frontline services are available online:

• Filing of applications for Advance Rulings on Tariff Classification: use our Tariff Classification Information System-Online Application System (TCIS-OAS), accessible through this link TCIS-OAS
• Online procedure for applications for Tariff Classification Dispute Rulings: click here for details

Clients may contact TC using the following communication channels:

• Viber: 0949-118-3891
• Email Addresses:
  TC.Assist@mail.tariffcommission.gov.ph
  Records@tariffcommission.gov.ph

Clients who wish to visit the TC office for face-to-face transactions must strictly follow TC’s health and safety protocols (view TC's Health and Safety Protocols).

Stay safe!

Philippine Implementation of the 2022 Version of the ASEAN Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature (AHTN)

• Notice of Public Hearing issued on 08 November 2021
• Draft Philippine ASEAN Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature (AHTN) 2022
• Correlation Table: AHTN 2017 to AHTN 2022
• Correlation Table: AHTN 2022 to AHTN 2017
• Position Paper Template
• Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/r/JQxgMnebyN

Formal Investigation on the Imposition of Safeguard Measure against importations of High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Pellets and Granules from various countries [TCI (SG) No. SG-2021-OC-HDPE]

Please see the following Notices / References:

• Notice of Postponement of Public Hearing issued on 29 November 2021
• Order of Preliminary Conference issued on 12 October 2021
• Notice of Formal Investigation and Preliminary Conference issued on 30 September 2021
• Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/r/GcvMPvDVxA issued on 01 October 2021

Formal Investigation on the Imposition of Safeguard Measure against importations of Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) Pellets and Granules from various countries [TCI (SG) No. SG-2021-OC-LLDPE]

Please see the following Notices / References:

• Notice of Postponement of Public Hearing issued on 29 November 2021
• Order of Preliminary Conference issued on 12 October 2021
• Notice of Formal Investigation and Preliminary Conference issued on 30 September 2021
• Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/r/GcvMPvDVxA issued on 01 October 2021

TC IS AN ISO-CERTIFIED ORGANIZATION

Having met the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management Systems), the Management System of the Tariff Commission on the Issuance of Advance Ruling on Tariff Classification under Section 1100 of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (including the support processes) was successfully registered on 02 December 2018.

The Commission subsequently hurdled the annual surveillance audits held on 25 October 2019 and 23 October 2020 and received its Attestations for Continued Certification on 26 November 2019 and 05 November 2020, respectively.

Please see TC's Certificates.

PRC RENEWS ACCREDITATION OF TC AS CPD PROVIDER

The accreditation of the Tariff Commission as a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Provider for Licensed Customs Brokers (LCBs) has been renewed until 5 August 2024. Please see TC’s Certificates of Accreditation.

This continuing education program accredited by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) 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 and achieving more inclusive economic growth and national development.

Please watch this space for the schedule of TC’s CPD Seminars.

Updated on: 11 August 2020

BAYANIHAN TO RECOVER AS ONE ACT

On 11 September 2020, Republic Act No. 11494 was signed into law. Also known as the “Bayanihan to Recover As One Act”, the law affirms the continuing existence of a national emergency in view of the unabated spread of the COVID-19 virus and the ensuing economic disruption. The law aims to reduce the adverse impact of the pandemic on the well-being of Filipinos through the provision of assistance, subsidies, and other forms of socioeconomic relief. One form of assistance is the exemption from import duties of identified critical/essential products, raw materials, supplies, or equipment which have been certified by the Department of Trade and Industry as not being locally available or whose local equivalents are of insufficient quality and preference.

WE RECOVER AS ONE

The National Economic and Development Authority has issued a Report entitled “We Recover as One” containing the recommendations of the Technical Working Group for Anticipatory and Forward Planning (under the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases or IATF) on rebuilding confidence and adjusting to the “new normal” in the Philippines.

AMBISYON NATIN 2040

President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed Executive Order (EO) No. 5 in October 2016 approving and adopting the 25-year long-term vision entitled "AmBisyon Natin 2040" as guide for development planning. "AmBisyon Natin 2040" articulates the Filipino people's collective vision of a MATATAG, MAGINHAWA, AT PANATAG NA BUHAY PARA SA LAHAT.

In its preamble, EO No. 5 emphasized the need for a “bold vision and effective development planning” based on a “forward-looking approach that goes beyond a single administration". The Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022, as well as succeeding PDPs until 2040, is anchored on "AmBisyon Natin 2040". The current PDP also takes into account Philippine international commitments such as the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.