More than half or exactly 16 agencies have clung to the export clearances.
This summarized the status on the compliance to Executive Order 554 issued by President Arroyo late last year and monitored by the quasi-government Export Development Council.
Report
Agencies under the Department of Agriculture topped the list of those who followed the presidential order to stop charging fees, the EDC report showed.
These included the National Food Authority that issues export licenses, the Bureau of Animal Industry, the Fiber Industry Development Authority (Fiba), the National Tobacco Administration, the Philippine Coconut Authority and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.
Clearance
The rest of the agencies that have done away with clearance fees included the Bureau of Food and Drugs under the health department, the International Coffee Organization Certifying Agency, the cement export clearance office and the regional offices of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the oil industry management bureau of the energy department and the Philippine International Trading Corporation.
Export commodity clearances that were issued by the DTI regional offices and the Fiba were totally junked. (Philex-port News)
