Authority to Impose the Special Safeguard Measure.
Section 21
SEC. 21. Authority to Impose the Special Safeguard Measure. - The Secretary of Agriculture shall issue a department order requesting the Commissioner of Customs, through the Secretary of Finance, to impose an additional special safeguard duty on an agricultural product, consistent with Philippine international treaty obligations, if: (a) Its cumulative import volume in a given year exceeds its trigger volume, subject to the conditions stated in this Act, in Section 23 below; or but not concurrently; and (b) Its actual c.i.f. import price is less than its trigger price subject to the conditions stated in this Act, in Section 24 below.