11203 Flashcards
An Act Liberalizing the Importation, Exportation and Trading of Rice, Lifting for the Purpose the Quantitative Import Restriction on Rice, and For Other Purposes
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It is the policy of the State to ensure food security and to make the country’s agricultural sector viable, efficient and globally competitive.
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adopts the use of ____ to protect local producers of agricultural products.
tariffs m lieu of non-tariff import restrictions
refers to tariff rate commitments under the ASEAN Trade m Goods Agreement (ATIGA) applicable to importations originating from Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member States
ATIGA Rate
refers to the agreed maximum tariffs on products committed by the Philippines to the World Trade Organization (WTO) under the Uruguay Round Final Act, and under the ATIGA, in accordance with its tariff schedule
Bound rate
refers to the optimal level of rice inventory that shall be maintained at any given time to be used for emergency situations and to sustain the disaster relief programs of the government during natural or man-made calamities
Buffer Stock
refers to the tariff rates for minimum access volumes committed by the Philippines to the WTO under the Uruguay Round Final Act:
In-Quota Tariff Rate
refers to the higher rate of customs duty that is levied on the quantities of an imported agricultural product in excess of its minimum access volume
Out-Quota Tariff Rate
refers to the volume of a specific agricultural product that is allowed to be imported with a lower tariff as committed by the Philippines to the WTO under the Uruguay Round Final Act
Minimum Access Volume
refers to Philippine tariff rates that are applicable to imports from all sources
Most Favoured Nation (MFN) Rate
refers to a tax levied on a commodity imported from another country. It earns revenues for the government and regarded as instruments to promote local industries by taxing their competitors.
Tariff
refers to the rate of tariff that provides comparable protection under existing quantitative import restrictions, reflected by the average price gap between domestic prices and world price
Tariff Equivalent
refers to the lifting of all existing quantitative restrictions such as import quotas or prohibitions, imposed on agricultural products, and replacing these restrictions with tariffs
Tariffication
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Import Clearance for Rice for the Sole Purpose of Ensuring Food. Safety. - All importers of rice are required to secure a _____ from the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) prior to importation in accordance with existing laws, rules and regulations
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Import Clearance (SPSIC)
The ___ may increase, reduce, revise, or adjust existing rates of importn the event of any imminent or forecasted shortage, or such other situation requiring government intervention, he/she is empowered for a limited period and/or a specified volume, to allow the importation at a lower applied tariff rate to address the situation. He may enter into trade negotiations or renegotiations of the Philippine international trade commitments on rice.
President