November 21, 2019
Dear Ronnie Ramento,
Greetings!
Thank you for your request dated Oct 24, 2019 02:48:15 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
Your Request
You asked for Freeport Zone.
Response to Request
Foremost, we apologize for the inconvenience for we just recently (last week) restored access to the eFOI portal.
Your FOI request is approved. Please find hereunder the information you requested.
1) On "Kindly confirm if Clark is also a Freeport Zone?"
Republic Act No. 9400 series of 2007 declared that 4,400 hectares of the Clark Main Zone (former Clark Air Base proper) be designated as a Freeport Zone.
2) On the questions, "Does it mean that all the items will be exempted from import duties? Is there a requirement for the tax exemption on imported items?"
- If an enterprise (after meeting the requirements of Clark Development Corporation or CDC, e.g. required investment amount, number of employees, etc.) was granted tax- and duty-free importation privilege through the issuance of a Certificate of Registration and Tax Exemption (CRTE), all of its capital equipment and raw materials may be imported tax- and duty-free. Provided, however, that these goods/articles are necessary and directly related to its approved business activity/ies (as stated in the enterprise's issued CRTE).
3) On the question, "Do you have a list of non-taxable imported items?"
- None. The approved business activity/ies of an enterprise shall be the basis of CDC in approving or denying an enterprise's application for tax- and duty-free importation of a particular good/article.
We trust that we have covered your request. Should you need further assistance on above queries, please send an email to
[email protected].
Your right to request a review
If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Mr. Rommel C. Narciso, CDC FOI Chairperson, and send via email:
[email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.
If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).
Thank you.
Respectfully,
Josephine Poyaoan
FOI Receiving Officer
