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   Number: 2003-40
   Date Released: April 25, 2003

 
NEW COVERAGE OF EXPORTS
OF ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS

ANNOUNCEMENT

Beginning with the March 2003 press release on Merchandise Exports Performance of the Philippines, scheduled for release on May 2, 2003, the National Statistics Office will adopt the new coverage of exports of electronic products. This is to ensure the consistency and comparability of statistics used by several agencies in the country. The new coverage of exports of electronic products consists of 359 commodities (Philippine Standard Commodity Classification) while the original series covers only 40 commodities. The expanded coverage has nine (9) major classifications namely:

            1.   Components/Devices (Semiconductors)
            2.   Electronic Data Processing
            3.   Office Equipment
            4.   Consumer Electronics
            5.   Telecommunications
            6.   Communication/Radar
            7.   Control and Instrumentation
            8.   Medical/Industrial Instrumentation
            9.   Automotive Electronics

The old series, on the other hand, consisted of only four (4) major groups which were:

            A.   Semiconductors
            B.   Microcircuits
            C.   Other Electronic Components
            D.   Input/Output/Peripheral Units

 

Old and New Classification of the 40 Commodities

      PSCC      
Code
               Philippine Standard Commodity Classification (PSCC)               
Description
   Old       New   
(1) (2) (3) (4)
776.41-01 Cards incorporating electronic integrated circuits ("Smart" Cards) B 1
776.41-02 Metal oxide semiconductors (MOS technology) B 1
776.41-03 Circuits obtained by bipolar technology B 1
776.41-09 Other monolithic digital integrated circuits B 1
776.43-00 Nondigital monolithic integrated (units) circuits B 1
776.45-00 Hybrid integrated circuits B 1
776.49-00 (Other) Electronic (integrated circuits and) microassemblies B 1
776.31-00 Diodes, not photosensitive nor light-emitting diodes A 1
776.32-00 Transistors (excluding photosensitive) with dissipation rate of less than 1 watt A 1
776.37-01 Photosensitive semiconductor devices, whether or not in modules or made up into panels A 1
776.37-02 Light-emitting diodes A 1
776.37-03 Photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules or made up into panels A 1
776.39-00 Other semiconductor devices A 1
931.02-21 Semiconductor devices manufactured from materials imported on consignment basis A 1
931.02-22 Diodes manufactured from materials imported on consignment basis A 1
776.21-01 Television camera tubes C 4
776.21-02 Image converters and intensifiers C 4
776.21-09 Other photocathode tubes C 4
776.23-01 Data/graphic display tubes, colour, with a phosphor dot screen pitch smaller than 0.4 mm C 4
776.23-02 Data/graphic display tubes, black and white or other monochrome C 4
776.23-09 Other cathode-ray tubes, not elsewhere specified C 4
776.25-01 Magnetrons C 1
776.25-02 Klystrons C 1
776.25-09 Other microwave tubes (excluding grid-controlled tubes) C 1
776.27-01 Receiver or amplifier valves and tubes C 1
776.27-09 Other electronic valves and tubes, not elsewhere specified C 1
776.29-01 Electron guns and parts thereof television picture tubes C 1
776.29-02 Television deflection yoke and parts thereof C 1
776.29-03 Parts of monochrome or black and white television picture tube other than 776.29-01 and 776.29-02 C 1
776.29-09 Parts of other cathode-ray tubes C 1
776.29-19 Parts of other tubes and valves of subgroups 7761 and 7762 C 1
776.33-00 Transistors (excluding photosensitive) with dissipation rate of 1 watt or more C 1
776.35-00 Thyristors, diacs, and triacs (excluding photosensitive devices) C 1
776.81-00 Piezo-electric crystals, mounted C 1
776.88-01 Parts of devices of subgroup 7763 other than subitem 776.37-03 C 1
776.88-02 Parts of mounted piezo-electric crystal C 1
776.89-00 Parts of electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies C 1
931.02-29 Finished electrical and electronic machinery and parts, manufactured from materials imported on consignment basis, not elsewhere specified C 1
752.60-00 Input or output units for automatic data processing machines, whether or not presented with the rest of a system D 2
752.70-00 Storage units, whether or not presented with the rest of a system D 2

Notes:
 
Column 3 (OLD):

            A.   Semiconductors
            B.   Microcircuits
            C.   Other Electronic Components
            D.   Input/Output/Peripheral Units
 
Column 4 (NEW):

            1.   Components/Devices (Semiconductors)
            2.   Electronic Data Processing
            3.   Office Equipment
            4.   Consumer Electronics
            5.   Telecommunications
            6.   Communication/Radar
            7.   Control and Instrumentation
            8.   Medical/Industrial Instrumentation
            9.   Automotive Electronics

(Signed)
CARMELITA N. ERICTA
Administrator

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Source:   National Statistics Office
              Manila, Philippines

 
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