The House Committee on Ways and Means will move to repeal Republic Act No. 4653, or the law which prohibits the importation of used clothing or ‘ukay-ukay,’ which is estimated to be a P18 billion industry.
THE House Committee on Ways and Means will move to repeal Republic Act No. 4653, or the law which prohibits the importation of used clothing or ‘ukay-ukay,’ which is estimated to be a P18 billion industry.“We will take it up and move to repeal the bill, subject to standards prescribed by the Department of Health,” said Salceda, who added that he will file a bill on the matter.
In fact, the lawmaker said the county has tariff lines for ukay-ukay—“15-20 percent for used clothing from countries we do not have trade agreements with, and zero percent for ASEAN countries. Major sources will include the United States and Europe, which we do not have free trade agreements with, and Japan, with which we do,” he said.
According to Salceda, “a locator in Clark even imports used clothing that they sort. They reexport the usable clothes and use the rest as rags. There is a US$28-billion market for used clothing. In fact, supermarkets there already sell used branded clothing. These fashion stores already accept used clothing.”
Salceda also cited fast fashion brands that solicit used clothing from their customers, either for recycling as rags or reuse.
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