Tariff Laws Quiz

To qualify for the assistance, counselling and incentives envisioned in RA8502, a jewelry enterprise must be duly registered with what government agency?

• NEDA

• Tariff Commission

• DTI

• BOI

At what instance can the BOC elevate case of issued advance tariff ruling to the DOF Secretary for review?

• When the AHTN code is deemed incorrect

• When deemed that the ruling is adverse to the government

• When the article in the ruling is subject of a judicial case

• When the product involved included in the list of prohibited importation

A product is eligible to avail the ATIGA concession rate if it satisfies the following, except for one. Which one among the following choices will make the product ineligible of the tariff concessions?

• The product satisfied the ROO criterion of change in tariff classification wherein the final product's tariff heading is different from the tariff heading of the non-originating materials used in its production.

• The product was covered by a CO form 'D'

• The product is not listed under ATIGA Schedule H of the exporting Member State

• The ATIGA rate of the product was 25% at the exporting Member State and 0% at the importing member state.

Which one of the following choices below satisfies the ATIGA ROO RVC 40, when produced in the Philippines and exported to ASEAN countries?

• Part A from China amounting to $40 and Part B from Vietnam costing $20 are assembled into product C with FOB Value of $80

• Raw materials A and B, from Korea and India costing $50 and $60, respectively were processed into a finished good worth $150

• Cheeses from New Zealand, worth $120 plus ingredients from Thailand amounting to $30 were converted into processed cheese with FOB value of $180

• Parts and components from the US amounting to $120 were assembled into a domestic appliance intended to be sold at $170 FOB

With reference to the Philippine commitment to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, which among the following choices implements and administers importations covered by the MAV Scheme?

• MAV Management Committee

• MAV Technical Committee

• MAV Special Group

• Special Technical Group on Qualified imports

An importation consisting of 20 live pure-bred breeding lambs was classified under subheading 0104.10.10 of the TCCP-AHTN. Heading 01.04 provides for 'live sheep and goats.' Further, Note 1 to Section I of the AHTN was considered in the classification of subject lambs. What HS GIR/s was/were applied as basis of the classification?

• Rule 1

• Rule 6

• rule 1 and 6

• rule 3 (a)

Under which one of the following circumstances may an imported article be classified under two AHTN headings?

• Set consisting of two distinct articles put up for retail sale

• An importation consisting of 1,000 pcs of 6-shot revolvers each with its leather holster

• an imported multi-function copying machine capable of the following functions: copier, facsimile, scanner and network printer

• butane gas imported in a reusable 500 liter capacity steel tank

A paper company wishes to import its pulp requirements at a duty lower than the existing rate. What provision in the CMTA can this company avail of?

• Flexible clause

• Advance ruling

• safeguard

• dumping

Which one among the following choices is not a requirement to be satisfied in order to be eligible for the preferential tariff under the ACFTA?

• The product should be classified in the NT list of both participating countries

• The product should be originating under the ROO requirements of the ACFTA

• The shipment should have a duly issued CO Form 'E'

• As per the ACFTA's Reciprocity Rule, the product should be classified under the ST list of the exporting participant with a tariff rate above 10% and classified under the NT list of the importing participant

With regards to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, what was the obligation of the Philippines with respect to sensitive agricultural products under the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations?

• Gradual reduction of tariff rates of duty

• Remove the QRs and convert them to tariffs

• Bind the rates of duty

• Exempt from trade remedy imposition