PD 66 Section 1

Declaration of Policy.

Section 1

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. — It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Government to encourage and promote foreign commerce as a means of making the Philippines a center of international trade, of strengthening our export trade and foreign exchange position, of hastening industrialization, of reducing domestic unemployment, and of accelerating the development of the country, by establishing export processing zones in strategic locations in the Philippines.

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CitationPD 66 Section 1 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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