Philippine Tariff Commission
Philippine Tariff Commission
Philippine Tariff Commission
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An n u a l Re p o r t 2009<br />
an FTA from taking advantage of different external tariff rates imposed by<br />
individual member states.<br />
The <strong>Commission</strong> was fully occupied in the area of ROO for the year 2009.<br />
It actively participated in the drafting of the country’s positions, proposals<br />
and counter-proposals regarding issues in the ASEAN-CEPT conversion to the<br />
product specific rules based on tariff shift, and ROO agreements with different<br />
dialogue partners.<br />
An active member of the <strong>Philippine</strong> delegation, the <strong>Commission</strong> continued<br />
to participate in the negotiating sessions, attended inter-agency meetings and<br />
provided comments and recommendations on ROO of the various FTAs such<br />
as the ASEAN Australia and New Zealand FTA (AANZFTA), the ASEAN Japan<br />
Comprehensive Economic Partnership (AJCEP) and the ASEAN-India FTA,<br />
including the meetings of the ASEAN Task Force on ROO.<br />
Besides the above engagements, the <strong>Commission</strong> conducted a series of<br />
ROO seminars and workshops with the private sector (e.g., Philexport, industry<br />
associations, customs brokers) and concerned government agencies (e.g.,<br />
Bureau of Customs, Board of Investments, BETP).<br />
Below are some of the major accomplishments of the <strong>Commission</strong> in the<br />
field of foreign trade promotion:<br />
I. Multilateral Trading Arrangements<br />
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Reviewed and verified the comments/changes made by US on the<br />
<strong>Philippine</strong>s’ HS 2002 Revised Schedule of Commitments submitted to<br />
the WTO;<br />
Reviewed and verified the <strong>Philippine</strong>s’ HS 2002 transposition file<br />
posted in the Consolidated <strong>Tariff</strong> Schedules Database File Transfer<br />
Facility (FTF) vis-à-vis from the original submission of the <strong>Philippine</strong>s’<br />
Schedule LXXV;<br />
Provided comments on the Trade Policy Review (TPR) of European<br />
Community (EC), Japan and New Zealand;<br />
‣¾ Participated in the Hands-on-Training for the Preparation of the<br />
Agriculture Schedule and Developments in the Negotiating Group on<br />
Market Access;<br />
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