5th Regular Foreign Investment Negative List

LIST B:  FOREIGN OWNERSHIP IS LIMITED FOR REASON OF SECURITY, DEFENSE, RISK TO HEALTH AND MORALS AND PROTECTION OF SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SCALE ENTERPRISES

Up to (to Forty Percent (40 %) Foreign Equity

  1. Manufacture, repair, storage and/or distribution of products and/or ingredients requiring Philippine National Police (PNP) clearance:

    1. Firearms (handguns to shotguns), parts of firearms and ammunition therefor, instruments or implements used or intended to be used in the manufacture of firearms

    2. Gunpowder

    3. Dynamite

    4. Blasting supplies

    5. Ingredients used in making explosives:

      1. Chlorates of potassium and sodium

      2. Nitrates of ammonium, potassium, sodium barium, copper (11), lead (11), calcium and cuprite

      3. Nitric acid

      4. Nitrocellulose

      5. Perchlorates of ammonium, potassium and sodium

      6. Dinitrocellulose

      7. Glycerol

      8. Amorphous phosphorus

      9. Hydrogen peroxide

      10. Strontium nitrate powder

      11. Toluene

    6. Telescopic sight, sniper scope and other similar devices

However, the manufacture or repair of these items may be authorized by the Chief of the PNP to non-Philippine nationals; Provided that a substantial percentage of output, as determined by the said agency, is exported. Provided further that the extent of foreign equity ownership allowed shall be specified in the said authority/clearance (RA 7042 as amended by RA 8179)

  1. Manufacture, repair, storage and/or distribution of products requiring Department of National Defense (DND) clearance;

    1. Guns and ammunition for warfare

    2. Military ordnance and parts thereof (e.g., torpedoes, depth charges, bombs, grenades, missiles)

    3. Gunnery, bombing and fire control systems and components

    4. Guided missiles/missile systems and components

    5. Tactical aircraft (fixed and rotary -winged), parts and components thereof

    6. Space vehicles and component systems

    7. Combat vessels (air. land and naval) and auxiliaries

    8. Weapons repair and maintenance equipment

    9. Military communications equipment

    10. Night vision equipment

    11. Stimulated coherent radiation devices, components and accessories

    12. Armament training devices

    13. Others as may be determined by the Secretary of the DND

However, the manufacture or repair of these items may be authorized by the Secretary of National Defense to non-Philippine nationals; Provided that a substantial percentage of output, as determined by the said agency, is exported. Provided further that the extent of foreign equity ownership allowed shall be specified in the said authority/clearance (RA 7042 as Amended by RA 8179).

  1. Manufacture and distribution of dangerous drugs (RA 7042 as amended by RA 8179)

  2. Sauna and steam bathhouses, massage clinics and other like activities regulated by law because of risks posed to public health and morals (RA 7042 as amended by RA 8179)

  3. All forms of gambling, e.g. race track operation (RA 7042 as amended by RA, 8179)

  4. Domestic market enterprises with paid-in equity capital of less than the equivalent of US$200,000 (RA 7042 as amended by RA 8179)

  5. Domestic market enterprises which involve advanced technology or employ at least fifty (50) direct employees with paid-in-equity capital of less than the equivalent of US$100,000 (RA 7042 as amended by RA 8179)

 

LIST A : FOREIGN IS LIMITED BY MANDATE OF THE CONSTITUTION AND SPECIFIC LAWS