Philippines Country Commercial Guide
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The Philippines implemented the 2017 version of the ASEAN Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature (AHTN). In 2023, the Philippines’ simple average Most Favored Nation (MFN) applied tariff rate was 6.0 percent, with rates of 9.6 percent for agricultural products and 5.5 percent for non-agricultural products. The Philippines bound 67.6 percent of its tariff lines in the World Trade Organization (WTO), with a simple average final bound tariff rate of 24.9 percent. 

As a rule, imported manufactured goods competing with locally produced goods face higher tariffs than those without local competition. The Philippines cites domestic and global economic developments to justify modifying applied duty rates for certain products to protect local producers. 

The Philippines eliminated tariffs on approximately 99 percent of all goods from ASEAN trading partners under the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) agreement. Under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, the Philippines retained zero tariff rates or existing MFN rates for 98.1 percent of all goods from China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Australia, and ASEAN trading partners. For more information about the country’s free trade agreements, see section on “Trade Agreements.” Philippine tariff schedules are available at http://finder.tariffcommission.gov.ph/.

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Tariff Commission 
Email: TC.Assist@mail.tariffcommission.gov.ph; Records@tariffcommission.gov.ph

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