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PSIC 2019 · Sub-class
71200

Technical testing and analysis

Open to 100%

This sub-class involves conducting various types of technical testing and analysis on materials and products to assess their physical and chemical properties, performance, and compliance with safety standards.

Includes

  • Acoustics and vibration testing
  • Testing of composition and purity of minerals
  • Food hygiene testing, including veterinary testing and control related to food production
  • Testing of physical characteristics and performance of materials, such as strength, thickness, durability, and radioactivity
  • Qualification and reliability testing
  • Performance testing of complete machinery, including motors, automobiles, and electronic equipment
  • Radiographic testing of welds and joints
  • Failure analysis
  • Testing and measuring of environmental indicators, such as air and water pollution
  • Certification of products, including consumer goods, motor vehicles, aircraft, pressurized containers, and nuclear plants
  • Periodic road-safety testing of motor vehicles
  • Testing using models or mock-ups, such as aircraft, ships, and dams
  • Operation of police laboratories

Excludes

  • Testing of animal specimens 7500
  • Medical laboratory testing 862

Foreign ownership

Open to 100%

This activity is not on the 12th Foreign Investment Negative List. A foreign investor may hold up to 100%, subject to the minimum-capital rules below.

Recommended route

Foreign-owned corporation

Up to 100% foreign equity (SEC)

One Person Corporation

A single foreign owner

Branch office

Extension of a foreign parent

Compare all company structures

Registration path

  1. 1

    SEC

    Incorporate the entity

  2. 2

    BIR

    Tax registration and books

  3. 3

    LGU

    Barangay clearance and Mayor’s permit

  4. 4

    Regulator

    Sector license, if the activity needs one

Emerhub files each step with the government; you provide the documents and information.

Minimum paid-up capital

SituationUSDPHP
Domestic-market enterprise (>40% foreign)Paid-up capital for foreign equity above 40% serving the local market. Legal basis: FIA (RA 7042 as amended).$200,000≈ ₱11.4M
Reduced thresholdAt least 50 direct employees, or advanced technology. Legal basis: FIA (RA 7042 as amended).$100,000≈ ₱5.7M
Export enterpriseExports at least 60% of output. Legal basis: Corporation Code (RA 11232).≈ $88₱5,000

Bold is the figure the law sets; the other column is an approximate conversion at ₱57 to USD 1.