菲律宾总统拉莫斯最近签署行政命令,大幅削减资本设备的进口关税。 根据该行政命令,电脑磁带和电气设备的进口关税将由现行的30—35％调低至1998年的20％和2000年的10％。农业、园艺和林业用的机器、割草机、收割机、脱谷机等现在关税为20％,到2000年将调低至10％。 菲律宾工商界对此项决定表示欢迎,认为它将鼓 The Philippine President Ramos recently signed an executive order to drastically reduce the import tariffs on capital equipment. According to the executive order, import duties on computer tapes and electrical equipment will be lowered from the current 30-35% to 20% in 1998 and 10% in 2000. Agricultural, horticultural and forestry machinery, lawn mowers, harvesters, and threshing machines are currently subject to a tariff of 20% and will be lowered to 10% by the year 2000. The Philippine business community welcomes this decision and believes that it will drum