Tejada, Hydie March A.

BSBA-OM
Environmental Management
Activity #2
- Analyze why certain products should be banned from the market.

Prohibited & Restricted Imports

Includes a list of goods that are prohibited from being exported to the country or are otherwise
restricted.
Last published date: 2020-07-22

Philippine law restricts the importation of certain goods for reasons of national security,
environmental and public health protection, and order and morality, in addition to complying
with international treaties and obligations.  Prohibited goods include:

 Used clothing and rags;

 Toy guns;
 Right-hand drive vehicles;
 Hazardous waste, even in transit into Philippine territory;
 Laundry and industrial detergents containing hard surfactants; 
 Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs);
 Used motorcycle parts, except engine; and
 Live piranha, shrimp, and prawns.

The Philippine Tariff and Customs Code also prohibit the importation of the following goods:

 Dynamite, gunpowder, ammunition, and other explosives, firearms, weapons of war,

and parts thereof, except when authorized by law;
 Written or printed articles containing information that advocates or incites: treason,
rebellion, insurrection, sedition, subversion against the government, forcible
resistance to laws, threats to life, or inflicting bodily harm upon any person in the
Philippines;
 Written or printed articles, negatives or cinematographic film, photographs,
engravings, lithographs, objects, paintings, drawings, or other representation of an
obscene or immoral character;
 Articles, instruments, drugs, and substances designed, intended or adapted for
producing unlawful abortion;
 Roulette wheels, gambling outfits, loaded dice, marked cards, machines, apparatus
or mechanical devices used in gambling or the distribution of money, cigars,
cigarettes, or other when such distribution is dependent on chance, including jackpot
and pinball machines or similar contrivances, or parts thereof;
  Lottery and sweepstakes tickets except those authorized by Philippine government,
advertisements thereof, and list of drawings therein;
 Any article manufactured in whole or in part of gold, silver or other precious metals
or alloys thereof, the stamps, brands or marks of which do not indicate the actual
fineness of quality of metals or alloys;
 Weapons of mass destruction and goods included in the National Strategic Goods
List (NSGL) as provided under the Strategic Trade Management Act;
 Any adulterated or misbranded articles of food or any adulterated or misbranded
drug in violation of the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act;
 Marijuana, opium, poppies, coca leaves, heroin or any other narcotics or synthetic
drugs, which are or may hereafter be declared habit forming by the President of the
Philippines, or any compound, manufactured salt, derivative, or preparation thereof,
except when imported by the government or any person duly authorized by the
Dangerous Drugs Board, for medical purposes only;
 Opium pipes and parts thereof, or whatever material; and,
 All other articles and parts thereof, the importation of which is prohibited by law or
rules and regulations issued by competent Philippine authority.

Regulated/Restricted Commodities

A broad range of commodities require import clearance/licenses from appropriate government

agencies prior to importation into the Philippines.  Discretionary licensing arrangements are in
place for rice imports.  The National Food Authority (NFA) is the sole importer of rice and
continues to be involved in the importation of corn.  Private grain dealers with import clearance
are allowed to import rice.

Furniture manufacturers and agents, as well as log and lumber contractors and lumber dealers,
may import wood materials under several different licensing regimes.  Importers must submit a
Phytosanitary Certificate issued by the country of origin to the Department of Agriculture’s
Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI).  The Department of Agriculture also issues biosafety permits
for the use of genetically modified (GM) plant and plant products for field trials, commercial
propagation, and/or direct use as food, feed, or processing. 

Explanation:
Used clothes/rags or what we called “ukay-ukay” are banned now because of the
pandemic and most of the used clothes came from China, so in order to protect us from any virus
that may came from a used-clothes the government banned this although we know that we
Filipino’s loves used cloths. Second is the Toy guns for me play guns aren’t about hurting others,
either. Even though toy gun play appears violent at first glance, parents should peel back the
layers of what they’re seeing, Johnson says. “Toy gun play isn’t about violence as much as it is
about symbols. Toy weapons symbolize power, leadership, authority, strength and control.” But
because maybe the government thinks that we don’t know what children are thinking and maybe
they could use this one day as a weapon when they grow. Third is right hand-vehicle, it is banned
because here in our country our vehicle’s drivers’ seat are in the left side, that’s why they banned
it. Fourth is the hazardous waste, it is banned to protect us and our environment from the harm of
these hazardous waste that may came from the other country. Fifth is the laundry detergents,
because some detergents contain a toxic that is not good to us. Especially those detergents that
came from China, mostly their products contain deadly toxic. Sixth is the Polychlorinated
biphenyls PCBs are hazardous even at very low levels. When fish and wildlife are exposed to
them, this group of highly toxic compounds can travel up the food chain, eventually
accumulating in their tissues, becoming a threat to human health if eaten. Seventh is the used
motorcycle parts because apprehending traffic violators, particularly colorum vans (UV
Express), jeepneys and buses, smoke belching vehicles, and erring motorcycle riders. Among
those apprehended were motorcycles fitted with certain modifications, which have been serving
as a bone of contention for both riders and enforcers. Among those accessories confiscated were
auxiliary LED lighting systems, aftermarket mufflers, aftermarket side mirrors, upgraded brakes,
which some riders content are compliant with the LTO Motor Vehicle Inspection System
(MVIS) guidelines. Last is the live piranhas, shrimp and prawns, the piranhas are known for their
sharp teeth, an appetite for meat, and their ability to strip flesh from a carcass, were being sold to
collectors of exotic fish to be placed in aquariums. But if they got into local waterways, they
could breed quickly and pose a threat to local fish -- and even humans. The Bureau of Fisheries
and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has suspended the importation of live shrimps’ species to protect
the local shrimp population from contamination of Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS), a shrimp
disease that is already prevalent in neighboring Asian countries.