Treaty (27 April 2005)

April 27, 2005

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE EARLY HARVEST PROGRAMME UNDER THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN NATIONS AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

The Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Government of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the "Parties"), PURSUANT to the meeting between H.E. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of the Philippines, and H.E. Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China, in Manila, the Philippines, on 27 April 2005, during which they agreed to conclude the negotiation between the Parties on the Early Harvest Programme (EJIP) under the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation between the Association of South East Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the "Framework Agreement"),

RECALLING Article 6 and the relevant Annexes of the Framework Agreement on the implementation of the EH with a view to accelerating the implementation of the Framework Agreement HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: The Philippines and China agreed to eliminate the tariffs of the products as set out in the ANNEX at the 8-digit level (HS Code) by 1 January 2006. The Philippines agreed to expeditiously complete the Pest Risk Analyses for the importation of vegetables, in particular, carrots, cabbages, gingers and potatoes from China in accordance with the provisions of the WTO SPS Agreement. The relevant authorities and enterprises in China shall provide the necessary information for reference of the Philippine authorities to facilitate the expeditious completion of the Pest Risk Analysis process. The ANNEX of this Memorandum of Understanding shall be viewed as its integral part.

DONE in Manila, on this 27th day of April, 2005 in duplicate copies in the English language, both copies being equally authentic.

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA(Sgd.) JUAN B. SANTOS (Sgd.) BO XILAI SECRETARY OF TRADE AND MINISTER OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY

ANNEX

Inclusion List Under Early Harvest Programme

HS S/NO. DESCRIPTION CODE

1 0101.11 Pure-bred breeding animals (live horses) 2 00 Other than pure-bred horses 3 0101.19 Live asses, mules and ninnies 4 00 Pure-bred breeding animals (live bovine animals) 5 0101.20 Pure-bred breeding animals (live swine) 6 00 Live Sheep 7 0102.10 Pure-bred breeding animals (live goats) 8 00 Chicks, for breeding (of the species Gailus domesticus 9 0103.10 weighing not more than 185 g) 10 00 Turkeys, for breeding weighing not more than 185 g 11 0104.10 Ducks and geese for breeding, weighing not more than 185 g 12 00 Chicken, for breeding, of the species Gailus domesticus, 13 0104. weighing not more than 2,000 g 14 2010 Chicken, for breeding,of the species Gailus domesticus, 0105.11 weighing more than 2,000 g 15 10 Primates 16 0105.12 Whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order 17 10 Cetacea), manatees and 18 0105.19 dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia) 19 10 Other mammals 20 0105.92 Reptiles (including snakes and turtles) 21 10 Birds of prey 22 0105 93 Psittaciformes (including parrots, parakeets, macaws and 23 10 cockatoos) 24 0106.11 Other birds 25 00 Other live animals 26 0106.12 Carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb, fresh or chilled 27 00 Carcasses and half-carcasses 28 Other cuts with bone in 29 0106.19 Boneless 30 00 Carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb, frozen 31 0106.20 Carcasses and half-carcasses of sheep, frozen 32 00 Other cuts with bone in 33 0106.31 Boneless 34 00 Meat of horses, asses, mules or ninnies, fresh, chilled or 35 0106.32 frozen. 36 00 Edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chilled 37 0106.39 Tongues of bovine animals, frozen 38 00 Frozen livers of bovine animals 39 0106.90 Other edible offal of bovine animals, frozen 00 Edible offal of swine, fresh or chilled 40 0204.10 Livers of swine, frozen 41 00 Other edible offal of swine, frozen42 0204.21 Other edible offal, fresh or chilled 43 00 Other edible offal, frozen 0204.22 Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, nor rendered or 00 otherwise extracted, fresh, 44 0204.23 chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked. 00 Of rabbits or hares 45 0204.30 Frogs' legs 46 00 Other meat and edible meat offal, of primates, fresh, chilled 47 0204.41 or frozen 48 00 Other meat and edible meat offal, of whales, dolphins and 0204.42 porpoises (mammals of the 00 order Cetacea), manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order 49 0204.43 Sirenia), fresh. Chilled or 00 frozen 50 0205.00 Other meat and edible meat offal, of reptiles (including 51 00 snakes and turtles), fresh, chilled 0206 10 or frozen 52 00 Other 53 0206.21 Meat of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked 54 00 Other meat and edible offal, including edible flours and 55 0206.22 meals, of primates 00 Other meat and edible offal, including edible flours and 0206.29 meals, of whales, dolphins and 00 porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea), manatees and 56 0206.30 dugongs (mammals of the 57 00 order Sirenia) 58 0206.41 Other meat and edible offal, including edible flours and 59 00 meals, of reptiles (including 60 0206.49 snakes and turtles) 61 00 Live ornamental fish 62 0206.80 Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus 63 00 clarki, Oncorhynchus 64 0206.90 aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and 65 00 Oncorhynchus 66 0209.00 chrysogaster) 67 00 Eels (Anguilfa spp.) 68 Carp 69 0208.10 Other live fish 70 00 Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus 71 0208.20 clarki, Oncorhynchus 72 00 aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and 73 0208.30 Oncorhynchus 74 00 chrysogaster), fresh or chilled 0208.40 Pacific salmon fresh/chilled 75 00 Other fresh/chilled fish 76 Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), fresh or chilled 77 Sole (Solea spp.), fresh or chilled 78 0208.50 Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga) 79 00 Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares} 80 Skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito 81 0208.90 Other 82 00 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), excluding livers 83 0210.20 and roes 84 00 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), 85 0210.91 excluding livers and roes 86 00 Sardines (Sardina...) 87 0210.92 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)88 00 Coalfish (Pollachius virens) 89 Mackerel (Scomber...} 90 Livers and roes, fresh or chilled 91 0210.93 Trout (Salmo trutta, ....) 92 00 Atlantic Salmon 93 Other 94 0301.10 Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippogiossus 95 00 hippoglossus, Hippoglossus 96 0301.91 stenolepis), frozen 97 00 Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), frozen, 98 Sole (Soiea spp.), frozen 99 0301.92 Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga), frozen 100 00 Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares)., frozen 101 0301.93 Skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, frozen 102 00 Other, frozen 103 0301.99 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), excluding livers 104 90 and roes 105 0302.11 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) 106 00 Sardines (Sardina...), frozen 107 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), frozen 108 Coalfish (Pollachius virens), frozen 109 Mackerel (Scomber...), frozen 110 0302.12 Dogfish and other sharks 111 00 Eels 112 0302.19 Seabass 113 00 Hake 114 0302.22 Livers and roes 115 00 Flours meals and pellets offish 116 0302.23 Livers and roes, dried, smoked, salted or in brine 117 00 Pacific salmon Smoked including fillet 0302.31 Herrings (Clupea harengus, clupea pailasii) 118 00 Other smoked fish including fillet 0302.32 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) 119 00 Herrings salted (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) 0302.33 Cod salted {Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus 120 00 macrocephalus) 0302.39 Rock lobster frozen 121 00 Lobster (Homarus spp) frozen 0302.40 Rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., 122 00 Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.) 0302.50 Lobsters (Homarus spp.) 123 00 Other, including flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit 0302.61 for human consumption 124 00 Oyster 0302.62 Scallops live, fresh or chilled 125 00 Other scallops 126 0302.63 Mussels live, fresh chified 127 00 Other mussels fit for human consumption 128 0302.64 Cuttle fish, live, fresh or chilled ' 00 Other cuttlefish preparations 0302.70 Octopus, live, fresh or chilled 129 00 Other octopus preparations 0303.21 Snails other than sea snails 130 00 Other live, fresh or chilled aquatic invertibrates 131 0303.22 Other than live, fresh or chilled aquatic invertibrates 132 00 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar 133 0303.29 or sweetening matter, of a134 00 fat content, by weight not exceeding 1%. 135 0303.31 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar 00 or sweetening matter, of a 136 fat content, by weight exceeding 1% but not exceeding 6%. 0303.32 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar 137 00 or sweetening matter, of a 138 0303.33 fat content, by weight exceeding 6%. 139 00 Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or 140 0303.41 sweetening matter, in 141 00 powder or granules or other solid forms, of a fat content by 142 0303.42 weight not exceeding 1.5% 143 00 Milk and cream, not containing added sugar or sweetening 144 0303.43 matter, in powder or granules 145 00 or other solid forms, of a fat content by weight exceeding 146 0303.49 1.5% 00 Milk and cream, containing added sugar or sweetening matter, 147 0303.50 in powder or granules or 148 00 other solid forms, of a fat content by weight exceeding 1.5% 149 0303.60 Milk and cream, not containing added sugar or sweetening 150 00 matter, other than in powder 151 0303.71 or granules or other solid forms, of a fat content by weight 152 00 exceeding 1.5% 0303.72 Milk and cream, containing added sugar or sweetening matter, 00 other than in powder or 153 0303.73 granules or other solid forms, of a fat content by weight 154 00 exceeding 1.5% 0303.74 Yogurt, containing fruits, nuts, cocoa or flavouring matter; 00 liquid yogurt 155 0303.75 Other yogurt 156 00 Buttermilk 157 0303.76 Curdled mifk and cream, kephir and other fermented or 158 00 acidified milk and cream, whether 159 0303.77 or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other 00 sweetening matter or flavoured or 160 0303.78 containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa 161 00 Whey and modified whey, whether or not concetrated or 162 0303.80 containing added sugar or other 163 00 sweetening matter 164 0305.10 Other than whey and modified whey 165 00 Butter 166 0305.20 Dairy spreads 167 00 Other fats and oils derived from milk 168 0305.41 Fresh cheese, including whey cheese and curd 169 00 Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds in containers of gross 170 0305.42 weight exceeding 20 kgs 171 00 172 0305.49 Other grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds, in packages of 173 00 gross weight not 174 0305.51 exceeding 20 g 175 00 Processed cheese, not grated or powdered 176 0305.61 Blue-veined cheese 177 00 Other cheese 178 0305.62 Birds' hatching eggs for breeding 179 00 Other birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked 180 0306.11 Edible products of animal origin, nes or included. 181 00 Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; 182 0306.12 waste of human hair.183 00 Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair and waste thereof 184 0306.21 Other 185 00 Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a 186 0306.22 layer with or without 187 00 supporting material. 188 0306.29 Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals... 189 00 Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down 190 0307.10 Other skins and parts of birds... 191 00 Ossein and bones treated with acid 192 0307.21 Other 193 00 Coral and similar material, unworked or simpiy prepared but 194 0307.29 not otherwise worked; shells 195 00 of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, 196 0307.31 unworked or simply prepared 197 00 but not cut to shape, powder and waste, thereof. 198 0307.39 Natural sponges of animal origin. 199 00 Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, 200 0307.41 whether or not dried; glands 201 00 and other animal products used in the preparation of 202 0307.49 pharmaceutical products, fresh, 203 00 chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved. 204 0307.51 Bovine semen 205 00 Products offish and crustaceans 206 0307.59 Other animal products not elsewhere specified 207 00 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, 208 0307.60 dormant 209 00 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in 0307.91 growth or in flower; 00 chicory plants and roots 0307.99 Unrooted cuttings and slips 00 Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear 0401.10 edible fruit or nuts 00 Rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not Roses, grafted or not 0401.20 Other five plants 00 Mosses and lichens Potatoes seed 0401.30 Brussels sprouts 00 Other Globe artichokes 0402.10 Truffles 00 Olives Capers 0402.21 Dried onions 00 Dried mushrooms and truffles Other dried vegetables; mixtures of vegetables, whole, cut 0402.29 sliced, broken, or in powder 00 Dried peas Dried chickpeas 0402.91 Kidney beans 00 Other beans Lentils 0402.99 Dried broad beans 00 Other dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split 0403.10 Desiccated coconuts 10 Other0403.10 0Brazil nuts, in shell 90 Brazil nuts, shelled 0403.90 Almonds in shell 10 Almonds, shelled 0403.90 Cherries, provisionally preserved but unsuitable for 90 consumption Hazelnut in shell Hazelnuts or filberts, shelled 0404.10 Walnuts in shell 00 Walnuts shelled Chesnuts 0404.90 Pistachios 00 Others nuts fresh, dried 0405.10 Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried. 00 Dates 0405.20 Figs 00 Pineapples 0405.90 Guavas, mangoes and mangosteens 00 Grapefruit 0406.10 Other citrus fruit 00 Grapes fresh 0406.20 Grapes dried 10 Apples Pears 0406.20 Cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus Vaccinium 90 Apricots 0406.30 00 0406.40 00 406.90 000 0407.00 10 0407.00 90 0410.00 00 0501.00 00 0502.10 00 0502.90 00 0503.00 00 0504.00 00 0505.10 00 0505.90 00 0506.10 00 0506.9000 0508.00 00 0509.00 00 0510.00 00 0511.1000 0511.91 00 0511.99 00 0601.10 00 0601.20 00 0602.10 00 0602.20 00 0602.30 00 0602.40 00 0602.90 00 0604.10 00 0701.10 00 0704.20 00 0704.90 90 0709.10 00 0709.52 00 0711.20 00 0711.30 00 0712.20 00 0712.30 00 0712.90 00 0713.10 00 0713.20 000713.33 00 0713.39 00 0713.40 00 0713.50 00 0713.90 00 0801.11 00 0801.19 00 0801.21 00 0801.22 00 0802.11 00 0802.12 00 0812.10 00 0802.21 00 0802.22 00 0802.31 00 0802.32 00 0802.40 00 0802.50 00 0802.90 00 0803.00 00 0804.10 00 0804.20 00 0804.30 00 0804.50 00 0805.40 00 0805.90 00 0806.10 00 0806.20 00 0808.1000 0808.20 00 0810.40 00 0813.10 00 Corresponding HS Code and Descriptions of China will be provided later and subject to reconciliation between the two parties for the purpose of facilitating customs administration..

ANNEX

Specific Products Covered by the Early Harvest

Programme under Article 6 (3) (a) (iii) HS S/NO DESCRIPTION CODE 1513 Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions 1513.11 thereof whether or 00 not refined, but not chemically modified. 1513.19 -Coconut (copra oil and its fractions: 1 00 -Crude oil 2 1805-00 -Other (Refined) 3 00 Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 4 1806.10 Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other 00 sweetening matter 5 - Seats of cane, osier, bamboo or similar material 9401.50 00 Corresponding HS Code and Descriptions of China will be provided later and subject to reconciliation between the two parties for the purpose of facilitating customs administration.