EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 382 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE, EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE, AND EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES December 12, 1950

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. Section one of Executive Order No. 331, dated July 7, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling prices for Cloverbloom Powdered Milk, Alaskan, American and Canadian Chum Salmon, Ground Black Pepper and Cinnamon as follows:

FOODSTUFF (IMPORTED)

Commodity	Unit	Importer’s or producer’s price	Wholesale price	Retail ceiling price
Milk:
Cloverbloom Powdered Milk	24/1-lb.	P16.44/cs.	P17.85/cs.	P1.66/tin
Fish Canned:
Salmon, Alaskan and American Chum	48/1-lb.	51.20/cs.	55.55/cs.	1.29/tin
Salmon, Canadian Chum	48/1-lb.	47.30/cs.	51.35/cs.	1.20/tin
Spices:
Black Pepper, Ground	12/2-oz.	9.35/doz.	10.15/doz.	0.95 each
Cinnamon Ground	12/2-oz.	4.33/doz.	4.70/doz.	0.44 each

SEC. 2. Section One of Executive Order No. 343, dated August 14, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling prices for Sardines (Buffet), Ben Hur Coffee, and American and Japanese Aluminum Sheets as follows:

Fish canned:
Sardines in Tomato Sauce in Tall Round Tin (Buffet) Portola and Morjon Brands	48/8-oz.	P12.72/cs.	P13.80/cs.	P0.32/tin
Sardines in Tomato Sauce in Tall Round Tin (Buffet) Mesjid and all other Brands	48/8-oz.	P11.72/cs.	P12.72/cs.	P0.30/tin
Beverages:
Coffee Roasted: Ben Hur Brand	24/1-lb.	52.05/cs.	56.50/cs.	2.63/tin

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (IMPORTED)

Commodity	Unit	Wholesale price	Retail ceiling price
Aluminum sheets (U.S.A.)
Sizes: Gauge No.
.016 x 26″ x 6′ corrugated	Sheet	P3.55	P3.90
.016 x 26″ x 7 corrugated	Sheet	4.10	4.55
.016 x 26″ x 8′ corrugated	Sheet	4.55	5.05
.016 x 26″ x 9′ corrugated	Sheet	5.40	6.00
.016 x 26″ x 10′ corrugated	Sheet	5.90	6.55
.016 x 26″ x 12′ corrugated	Sheet	7.00	7.80
Duralmin (aluminum) sheets (Japanese)
Sizes: Gauge No. 0.5 M/M or Gauge No.
.019 x 26″ x 6′ corrugated	Sheet	3.55	3.90
.019 x 26″ x 7′ corrugated	Sheet	4.10	4.55
.019 x 26″ x 8′ corrugated	Sheet	4.55	5.05
.019 x 26″ x 9′ corrugated	Sheet	5.40	6.00
.019 x 26″ x 10′ corrugated	Sheet	5.90	6.55

SEC. 3. Section Two of Executive Order No. 343, dated August 14, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling price for Sanka coffee as follows:

Commodity	Unit	Importer’s or producer’s price	Wholesale price	Retail ceiling price
Beverages:
Coffee Roasted:
Snake Brand	12/1-lb.	P28.85/cs.	P31.30/cs.	P2.92/tin

SEC. 4. Section One of Executive Order No. 352, dated October 6, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling prices for Mello-Cup coffee, as follows:

FOODSTUFF (IMPORTED)

Commodity	Unit	Importer’s or producer’s price	Wholesale price	Retail ceiling price
Beverages:
Coffee Roasted:
Mello-Cup Brand	24/1-lb.	P47.08/cs.	P51.10/cs.	?2.38/tin

SEC. 5. The ceiling prices fixed in this Order include the 7 per cent sales tax.

SEC. 6. This Order shall take effect five days from the date hereof.

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.


By the President:
(SGD.)TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary