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3.5.1 Fertilizers: Persons or entities who shall engage in the business of importing fertilizers must secure a license from the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA).

4.1. Crude oil and petroleum products: The Oil Industry Management Bureau (OIMB) issues an Acknowledgement Letter to a Downstream Oil Industry (DOI) Participant who files a notice of crude oil or petroleum products importation and to a Downstream Oil Industry (DOI) Biofuel Participant who will file supplemental bioethanol importation from foreign countries, freeports and economic zones, whether for trade or for his own use and requirement, to ensure effective monitoring by the OIMB and conformance with the Basel Convention.

5.1. Wood materials: DENR Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2021-06 or the 'Revised Regulations Governing the Entry and Disposition of Imported Wood Products' provides for the basic policy, scope and general provision of the regulations that include the persons authorized to import wood materials, the documents required as well as the issuing authorities for the import authority. This policy is issued in order to provide a mechanism to effectively monitor the importation of wood materials, alongside with the existing import guidelines and procedures functions of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Bureau of Plant Industry's National Plant Quarantine Services Division (BPI-NPQSD), and DENR policy on wood industry rationalization and development.

5.2. Chainsaws: DENR Administrative Order No. 2003-24 (DAO 2003-24) provides for the basic policy, scope and general provisions of the regulations that include the persons authorized to import chainsaws, the documents required to import chainsaws, as well as the issuing authority for the chainsaw import permit.

5.3. Recyclable materials containing hazardous substances: Importation clearance is required for the importation of recyclable materials containing hazardous substances to prevent the entry, and/or transit, as well as keeping for storage and disposal of hazardous waste into the country to protect the environment. It serves as a stop gap measure to support the recycling industry in the Philippines. The importation clearance is only issued to registered importer in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through its Environmental Management Bureau-Central Office (EMB-CO).

5.4.1. Chemicals and chemical substances imported and classified under the Chemical Control Order (CCO): Chemicals and chemical substances that are classified under the Chemical Control Order (CCO) must secure CCO Registration prior to the application of the CCO Importation Clearance prior to the release of shipment by the Bureau of Customs (BOC). The applicant must apply under the Online Permitting and Monitoring System (OPMS) or the link found at https://opms.emb.gov.ph/.
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Procedures: (...) II. Quota allocation for the importation of HCFCs and HFCs has been established based on the Montreal Protocol. For HFCs, a phase out schedule and control of importation of ODS, based on the baseline consumption from 2009 and 2010 average importation while for HFCs phasedown schedule and control of the importation based on the baseline consumption of HFCs in 2020, 2021 and 2022 Plus 65% of HCFC baseline production/consumption. Quota allocation is stipulated in the issued Certificate of Registration per substance per calendar year for every importer. (...)

10.3.1. Certificate of Authority in Import (CAI) for Used Motor Vehicles, Parts and Components: Pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 156, as amended by EO 877-A, importation of used motor vehicles into the Philippines is prohibited, except those expressly enumerated therein. Those exempted from the prohibition may be imported subject to prior import clearance from the Department of Trade and Industry's Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (DTI-FTEB). Likewise, importation of used engines, parts and components of all motor vehicles is regulated and needs prior import clearance from the DTI-FTEB. Regulated used motor vehicles, engines, parts and components are those items falling under heading 87.02 to 87.08 of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature (AHTN). Please see Annexes K.1 – K.8 for reference. Applications for authority to import regulated used motor vehicles, used engines, parts and components shall be submitted to the DTI-FTEB prior to shipment of goods from the country of origin to the Philippine customs territory.

11.1.1 Passenger, Cargo, Tanker ships and High-Speed Crafts: MARINA Memorandum Circulars on the Importation of foreign ships: (...) b. MARINA Circular No. 2010-01 entitled 'Revised Policy Guidelines on Tankers' serves to provide revised/updated policy guidelines in the regulation of tankers in the domestic trade and the operation of tanker-barges and ships hereunder specified, within Philippine waters, with the end in view of further improving safety standards and ensuring the protection of the marine environment. (...)

This draft resolution is regarded the proposal for the inclusion of the monographs of the active ingredients B26 – BIFENTRINE, F74 – PHENPROPIDINE, I13 – IMIDACLOPRID, I26 – IPCONAZOLE, M17 – METOMYL, M31 – METALAXYL-M, P61 - PYROXASULPHONE, S13 – S-METOLACCHLOR, T12 – TIABENDAZOLE, T39 - TERBUTYLAZINE, T70 – TOLFENPIRAD, and Z04 – ZOXAMIDE on the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, published by Normative Instruction number 103 - 19 October 2021 on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) .

Draft Circular guiding on energy labeling for electric cars, motorcycles and mopeds: (...) This Draft Circular provides guidance on energy labeling for electric cars, motorcycles and mopeds (hereinafter referred to as vehicles) manufactured and assembled from new separate components or imported unused.