MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 381, December 08, 1950 ]

FIXING THE CEILING PRICES OF COMMODITIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 3 of Republic Act No. 509, entitled “An Act Declaring National Policy, authorizing the President of the Philippines for a limited period to fix Ceiling Prices of Commodities and to promulgate Rules and Regulations regarding Prices of Commodities to effectuate such Policy, and authorizing the appropriation of a certain sum for the purpose,” and upon the recommendation of the Price Administration Board, I, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

Section 1. The following essential commodities shall not be sold at more than the maximum selling prices for producers or importers, wholesalers, and retailers set opposite each.

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (IMPORTED)

Commodity Unit Wholesale price Retail ceiling price
Building Boards:
Treetex Hardboard (Sweden)
Size 1/8” x 4’ 8’ ................. Sheet ................. P7.25 P8.00

PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS (LOCAL)
Commodity Unit Producer’s price Wholesale price Retail ceiling price
Locally Produced paper:
White Bond Paper:
Specifications:
22” x 34”—30# ................. Ream/500 P12.30 P13.09 P14.73
26” x 34”—38# ................. Ream/500 15.58 16.57 18.64
27” x 32”—29# ................. Ream/500 11.89 12.65 14.23
26” x 32”—36# ................. Ream/500 14.76 15.71 17.67
28” x 34”—41# ................. Ream/500 16.81 17.88 20.12
25” x 38”—41# ................. Ream/500 16.81 17.88 20.12
22” x 34”—40# ................. Ream/500 16.40 17.45 19.63
28” x 34”—51# ................. Ream/500 20.91 22.25 25.03
22” x 34”—48# ................. Ream/500 19.68 20.94 23.56
28” x 34”—61# ................. Ream/500 25.01 26.60 29.93

FOODSTUFF (IMPORTED)
Commodity Unit Importer’s or Producer's price Wholesale price Retail ceiling price
Dairy product:
Processed Cheese:
“Renco Brand (New Zealand) ................. 96/12-oz. P69.82/cs. P75.78/cs. P0.88/tin
Fish canned:
Sardines in Tomato Sauce Portola Brand (tall Tin) ................. 48/15-oz. 16.46/cs. 17.87/cs. 0.42/tin
Meat canned or preserved:
Viena Sausage—Hormel Brand ................. 48/4-oz. 27.43/cs. 30.67/cs. 0.73/tin
Beverages:
Crescent Black Tea ................. 48/16’s 24.27/cs. 26.35/cs. 0.64/pkg.16’s
0.04/each tea bag
Other Products:
Industrial Corn Starch ................. Bag/140# 28.05/bag 30.45/bag 0.55/kilo

Section 2. Any commodity not included in any previous Executive Order fixing ceiling prices and issued by authority of Republic Act No. 509, or in this Order, the size and specification of which are the same as those of the foregoing, shall have the same ceiling price.

Section 3. The ceiling prices fixed in this Order include the seven per cent sales tax.

Section 4. This Order shall take effect five days from the date hereof.1a⍵⍴h!1

Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.

(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary


The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation