AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE, EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE, AND EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 3 of Republic Act No. 509, entitled “An Act declaring National Policy, authorizing the President of the Philippines for a limited period to fix Ceiling Prices of Commodities and to promulgate Rules and Regulations regarding Prices of Commodities to effectuate such Policy, and authorizing the appropriation of a certain sum for the purpose,” and upon the recommendation of the Price Administration Board, I, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:
Section 1. Section one of Executive Order No. 331, dated July 7, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling prices for Cloverbloom Powdered Milk, Alaskan, American and Canadian Chum Salmon, Ground Black Pepper and Cinnamon as follows:
FOODSTUFF (IMPORTED)
Commodity | Unit | Importer’s or producer's price | Wholesale price | Retail ceiling price | |
Milk: | |||||
Cloverbloom Powdered Milk | ......................... | 24/1-lb. | P16.44/cs. | P17.85/cs. | P1.66/tin |
Fish Canned: | |||||
Salmon, Alaskan and American Chum | ......................... | 48/1-lb. | 51.20/cs. | 55.55/cs. | 1.29/tin |
Salmon, Canadian Chum | ......................... | 48/1-lb. | 47.30/cs. | 51.35/cs. | 1.20/tin |
Spices: | |||||
Black Pepper, Ground | ......................... | 12/2-oz. | 9.35/doz. | 10.15/doz. | 0.95 each |
Cinnamon Ground | ......................... | 12/2-oz. | 4.33/doz. | 4.70/doz. | 0.44 each |
Section 2. Section One of Executive Order No. 343, dated August 14, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling prices for Sardines (Buffet), Ben Hur Coffee, and American and Japanese Aluminum Sheets as follows:
Fish canned: | |||||
Sardines in Tomato Sauce in Tall Round Tin (Buffet) Portola and Morjon Brands | ......................... | 48/8-oz. | P12.72/cs. | P13.80/cs. | P0.32/tin |
Sardines in Tomato Sauce in Tall Round Tin (Buffet) Mesjid and all other Brands | ......................... | 48/8-oz. | P11.72/cs. | P12.72/cs. | P0.30/tin |
Beverages: | |||||
Coffee Roasted: Ben Hur Brand | ......................... | 24/1-lb. | 52.05/cs. | 56.50/cs. | 2.63/tin |
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (IMPORTED) | |||||
Commodity | Unit | Wholesale price | Retail ceiling price | ||
Aluminum sheets (U.S.A.) | |||||
Sizes: Gauge No. | |||||
.016 x 26” x 6’ corrugated | ......................... | Sheet | P3.55 | P3.90 | |
.016 x 26” x 7’ corrugated | ......................... | Sheet | 4.10 | 4.55 | |
.016 x 26” x 8’ corrugated | ......................... | Sheet | 4.55 | 5.05 | |
.016 x 26” x 9’ corrugated | ......................... | Sheet | 5.40 | 6.00 | |
.016 x 26” x 10’ corrugated | ......................... | Sheet | 5.90 | 6.55 | |
.016 x 26” x 12’ corrugated | ......................... | Sheet | 7.00 | 7.80 | |
Duralmin (aluminum) sheets (Japanese) | |||||
Sizes: Gauge No. 0.5 M/M or Gauge No. | |||||
.019 x 26” x 6’ corrugated | ......................... | Sheet | 3.55 | 3.90 | |
.019 x 26” x 7’ corrugated | ......................... | Sheet | 4.10 | 4.55 | |
.019 x 26” x 8’ corrugated | ......................... | Sheet | 4.55 | 5.05 | |
.019 x 26” x 9’ corrugated | ......................... | Sheet | 5.40 | 6.00 | |
.019 x 26” x 10’ corrugated | ......................... | Sheet | 5.90 | 6.55 |
Section 3. Section Two of Executive Order No. 343, dated August 14, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling price for Sanka coffee as follows:
Commodity | Unit | Importer’s or producer's price | Wholesale price | Retail ceiling price | |
Beverages: | |||||
Coffee Roasted: | |||||
Snake Brand | ......................... | 12/1-lb. | P28.85/cs. | P31.30/cs. | P2.92/tin |
Section 4. Section One of Executive Order No. 352, dated October 6, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling prices for Mello-Cup coffee, as follows:
FOODSTUFF (IMPORTED)
Commodity | Unit | Importer’s or producer's price | Wholesale price | Retail ceiling price | |
Beverages: | |||||
Coffee Roasted: | |||||
Mello-Cup Brand | ......................... | 24/1-lb. | P47.08/cs. | P51.10/cs. | ₱2.38/tin |
Section 5. The ceiling prices fixed in this Order include the 7 per cent sales tax.
Section 6. This Order shall take effect five days from the date hereof.
Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.
(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary
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