ANNOUNCEMENT 01 Jan 2016

According to the WTO Tariff Download Facility, during 2016 the authorities of Philippines changed their MFN import tariffs at the 6-digit HS code level for a number of products. This entry consolidates all of the applied MFN tariff changes by the reporting country in the year in question. There may be further GTA entires covering some of the same tariff changes which the GTA team has separately reported in the database.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

2

  • 1 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 1 liberalising

SOURCE

WTO Tariff Download facility, http://tariffdata.wto.org (Downloaded on 2018-10-10)

Inception date: 01 Jan 2016 | Removal date: open ended
Still in force

Import tariff

Philippines decreased the average MFN tariff rate of 26 6-digit HS product categories in 2016 compared to the previous year available in the WTO Tariff Download Facility.

AFFECTED SECTORS

 
213 222 321 423 439 462 491

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

 
020727 040390 040510 040620 200410 840420 842121 851150 853650 870421 870422 870423 870431 870432 870830 961900
(+ 6 more)
Inception date: 31 Dec 2016 | Removal date: open ended
Still in force

Import tariff

Philippines increased the average MFN tariff rate of 11 6-digit HS product categories in 2016 compared to the previous year available in the WTO Tariff Download Facility.
 
321 342 346 421 432 439
 
283329 380850 480256 482390 730890 841330 841391 841590