Administrative Circular No. 02 Series of 2023 Rules and Regulations Governing the Importation of Leather and Hides.

This Circular is setting out the guidelines for the importation of leather and hides (finished products, tanned and untanned, processed and unprocessed) and other non-food, non-feed, processed products of animal origin. The text provides for the relevant items, description and import permit requirements including SPS Import Clearance. All hand-carried products and packages of the named commodities with or without SPS Import Clearance shall pass through Veterinary Quarantine Inspection Procedures. In case of recognition of a sanitary risk and possible carrier of infectious animal disease, the commodity shall be subject to violation as stipulated in Article V of DA Administrative Circular no. 6, series of 2022.