MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 600, June 16, 1953 ]
FIXING THE CEILING PRICES OF JAPANESE SARDINES, 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 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 commodity shall not be sold at more than the maximum selling prices for importers, wholesaler’s and retailers set opposite each:
FOODSTUFF (IMPORTED)
| Commodity |
Unit |
Importer’s price |
Wholesaler’s price |
Retailer’s price |
Without 17% Special Excise Tax on
Foreign Exchange: |
| Canned Fish — |
Sardines in Tomato Sauce, Oval
(Japanese) Pacific Sky Madam |
24/15-oz. |
₱12.87/cs. |
₱13.48/cs. |
₱0.60/tin |
| Madam & Pacific Sky |
48/15-oz. |
25.74/cs. |
26.96/cs. |
0.60/tin |
Sardines in Tomato Sauce,
Tall Round Tins (Japanese) |
| Madam |
50/5-oz. |
12.51/cs. |
13.11/cs. |
0.28/tin |
| Madam |
100/5-oz. |
26.02/cs. |
26.21/cs. |
0.28/tin |
Section 2. The ceiling prices fixed in this Order include the 7 per cent Sales Tax and 1 per cent Municipal Tax.
Section 3. This Order shall take effect three days after the date hereof.1a⍵⍴h!1
Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the seventh.
(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary
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