SRA General Administrative Order No. 2 (2000)

(NAR) VOL. 11 NO.2 / APRIL – JUNE 2000

[ SRA GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2, March 22, 2000 ]

INCREASE IN FEES AND CHARGES PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 197

Pursuant to Executive Order No. 197 dated January 15, 2000 of the Office of the President directing all Departments, Bureaus, Agencies, Instrumentalities including all Government Corporations to increase their rates of fees and charges by at least 20% and under and by virtue of the powers vested in the Sugar Regulatory Administration, it is hereby ordered that:

SECTION 1. The following Fees and Charges are hereby increased and the new rates shall be imposed and collected:

1. Registration/Renewal Fee a. Sugar/Molasses/Muscovado P5,000.00 per application Traders b. Processors of Sugar Based P1,000.00 per application Products for Export 2. Clearance Fee a. Export of Sugar P15.00 per Metric Ton b. Export of Molasses P1.00 per Metric Ton c. Export of Muscovado P480.00 per Metric Ton d. Imported Sugar P5.50 per Lkg.

e. Imported Molasses P240.00 per Metric Ton 3. Swapping/Exchange/Surcharge Fee a. Regular Swapping P0.50 per LKg.

b. Advance Swapping P1.00 per LKg.

c. Advance Refining of "C" Sugar P2.40 per Lkg.

d. Switching Fee P0.50 per Lkg.

e. Reclassification Fee P1.20 per Lkg.

4. Monitoring/Service Fee a. From Raw to Refined P1.50 per Lkg.

b. From Raw to Washed/Blanco P1.50 per Lkgc. From Imported Sugar for sugar P6.00 per Lkg. based products for export 5. Monitoring/Service Fee a. Milling Permit P0.31 per Lkg.

b. Shipping Permit P0.30 per Lkg.

6. Issuance of Stop/Lift Order for P1,000.00 per application plus P0.05/g. Lost Sugar Quedans for sugar covered by lost quedans 7. Laboratory Analysis Fee —

a. Raw Sugar P400.00 per analyte b. Refined Sugar-Quality P400.00 per analyte -Safety P1,700.00 per analyte c. Muscovado P500.00 per analyte d. Molasses P300.00 per analyte e. Soil P200.00 per analyte f. Water-Physical P200.00 per analyte -Chemical P100.00 per analyte -Microbiological P200.00 per analyte g. Wastewater P500.00 per analyte h. Agro-based samples — P350.00 per analyte (fertilizers, lime, fish meal, plant tissue, leaves, etc.)

SECTION 2. Increase in Milling Permit Fee shall take effect for sugar to be produced starting Crop Year 2000-2001. Likewise, starting Crop Year 2000-2001 all millers shall be exempted from paying raw sugar analysis fee.

SECTION 3. All other charges and fees currently being charged and collected and not covered by this Order shall continue to be collected.

SECTION 4. This Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days following the completion of its publication for two (2) consecutive weeks in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines. Adopted: 22 March 2000

(SGD.) NICOLAS A. ALONSO Administrator