G/LIC/N/2/PHL/145  
 
19 December 2022  
(22-9454) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Import Licensing  Original: English  
 
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5.1 TO 5.4 OF THE AGREEMENT1 
PHILIPPINES  
The following notificatio n, originally received on  3 Novem ber 2022, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of the Philippines.  
 
 Category  Notification details  
1 Notifying Member  Philippines  
2 Title of new 
legislation/procedure  DENR Administrative Order No. 2021 -06 - Revised Regulations 
Governing the Entry and Disposition of Imported Wood Products  
3 Date of Publication  5 May 2021  
4 Date of entry into force  19 May 2021  
5 Website link/Official 
publication of the new 
regulation/procedure  Website Link: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lLBVLQ35FwPhsJL2iF0RPztmyRUBU
XPr/view  
 
Official publication:  
The Manila Times, 4 May 2021, Newspaper Issue  
6 Have you attached a copy of 
the regulation (PDF) to the 
Secretariat  [X] Yes. ( Please attach a copy of the regulation to the notification. ) 
 
[ ] No.  
7 Type of notification  [ ] (a) New licensing regulation/procedure2; (please answer question 
8 to 14)  
 
[X] (b) Changes to a regulation/procedure which has been 
previously notified in document:  G/LIC/N/2/PHL/42 ; (please answer 
question 15 and 16 ) 
8 List of products subject to 
licensing   
9 Nature of licensing  Automatic:  [ ] 
 
Non-Automatic: [ ]  
10 Administrative 
purpose/measure being 
implemented  (a)  Protect public morals;  
(b)  Protect human, animal or plant life and health; protect 
environment;  
(c)  Collect trade statistics or market surveillance;  
(d)  Protection of patents, trademarks and copyrights, and 
the prevention of deceptive practices;  
(e)  Pursue obligations under the UN Charter and other 
international treaties ( i.e. CITES, Basel Convention, 
Rotterdam Convention, UNSC Resolutions etc.)  
 
1 It is understood that the notifying Member has also completed its notification obligations under 
Article  1.4(a) and Article 8.2(b) regarding the relevant law/regulation/procedure notified for by filling this form 
in a full and complete manner.  
2"New licensing regulation/procedure" is understood to refer to any newly introduced law, regulation or 
procedure, and those which are in force but being notified for the first time to the Committee.  
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   Category  Notification details  
(f)  Quota (including TRQ) administration;  
(g)  Regulate imports of arms, ammunition or fissionable 
materials and safeguard national security;  
(h)  Other: ______________ (please specify)  
11 Administrative body(ies) for  
submission of applications  
 Ministry/authority and Department: [ ]  
Address:[ ]  
Website: [ ]  
Telephone: [ ]  
E-Mail: [ ]  
12 Contact point for 
information on eligibility  Ministry/authority and Department: [ ]  
Address: [ ]  
Website:[ ]  
Telephone:  [ ]  
E-Mail: [ ]  
13 Expected duration of 
licensing procedure   
14 A summary of the 
notification in one of the 
WTO official languages   
 
15 In the case of 7(b), please 
indicate the type of new 
change(s)  (a)  Termination  
(b)  Suspension  
(c)  Modification of specific details in existing  
procedures:  
 Product coverage;  
 Administrative purpose;  
 Automatic or Non -automatic;  
 Durati on of licensing;  
 Change the nature of quantity/value restriction;  
 Eligibility of applicants;  
 Contact information on eligibility;  
 Administrative body(ies) for submission of application;  
 Documentation requirements (including application form);  
 Period for Application;  
 Administrative body(ies) to issue licence;  
 Processing time for issuing licence;  
 Licence fee/administrative charge;  
 Deposit/advance payment and relevant conditions;  
 Appeal regulations/procedures;  
 Validity of licence;  
 Other conditions of licence (extension, transferability, 
penalty of non -use etc.);  
 Foreign exchange requirements;  
 Other: __________ (please specify).  
 
16  Please elaborate the 
changes in detail (in one of 
the WTO official languages)  Product Coverage: Revised list of wood products mentioned in 
Annex I.  
 
1. Product coverage can be found in Annex I below.  
2. The objective of the modification is to rationalize the 
requirements and procedures of the importation of wood 
products into the country.  
3. For every application for a new or renewal of a Certificate of 
Registration issues, the following  shall be collected: (a) 
application/registration fee PHP 3,000.00, or (b) cash bond of 
PHP 12,000.00.  
4.  The certificate of Registration issued shall be valid for a period 
not exceeding 1 year, subject to renewal for a similar period 
upon application and  proper compliance with existing DENR rules 
and regulation.  G/LIC/N/2/PHL/145  
 
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  ANNEX I  
AHTN No. Code  Imported Wood Products  
44.01  Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in 
chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not 
agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms.  
44.02  Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not  
agglomerated.  
44.03  Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly 
squared.  
44.04  Hoopwood ; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn 
lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise 
worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking -sticks, umbrellas, tool handles 
or the like; chipwood and th e like.  
44.05  Wood wool; wood flour.  
44.06  Railway or tramway sleepers (cross -ties) of wood.  
44.07  Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, 
sanded or end -jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm.  
44.08  Sheets for veneerin g (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for 
plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, 
sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end -jointed, of a 
thickness not exceeding 6 mm.  
44.09  Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) 
continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V -jointed, 
beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, 
whether or not planed, sanded or end -jointed. 
44.10  Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (e.g., 
waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated 
with resins or other organic binding substances.  
44.11  Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materi als, whether or not  
bonded with resins or other organic substances  
- Medium Density Fiberboard  (MDF)  
44.12  Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood , blockboard, laminboard 
and battenboard.  
44.13  Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or pro file shapes.  
47.01  Mechanical wood pulp.  
47.02  Chemical wood pulp, dissolving grades.  
47.03  Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades.  
47.04  Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, other than dissolving grades.  
47.05  Wood pulp obtained by a combination of mechanical and chemical pulping 
processes.  
 
 
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