These businesses have fewer searches or fewer business-specific permits, so they share this page. Each still needs the four basic registrations (DTI, barangay clearance, mayor's permit and BIR) plus the extra items listed under it.
Coconut
Permit or rule
Agency
When it applies
Fee
PCA registration of persons/entities in coconut businesses (traders, processors)[1]
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)
always for coconut traders and processors (incl. copra)
by capitalization per PCA AO 01 s. 2004 as amended (amount not stated)
RSBSA registration (Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture)[2]
Department of Agriculture (DA)
voluntary; needed to receive DA programs (loans, insurance, seeds, fertilizer). For coconut farmers
free
Coconut traders and processors may operate only after registering with PCA[1]
RSBSA registration is free; registered farmers and fisherfolk can apply for DA interventions[2]
when shipping live animals; requires handler's licence and registered transport carrier
None
Livestock Transport Carrier (LTC) registration/accreditation[3]
Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI)
when transporting live animals; required with the shipping permit
BAI Shipping Permit + Veterinary Health Certificate for moving swine during disease outbreaks (ASF)[6]
Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI)
when moving swine for slaughter from surveillance zones during outbreaks
None (BAI charter: shipping permit fee 'None')
Certificate of Ownership / Certificate of Transfer of Large Cattle[7]
commonly the city or town (ask yours)
large animals (cattle, carabao) - listed in BAI GAHP inspection checklist and for moving large animals
Stockyard registration/site standard (BAI AO 09, s. 2004)[8]
Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI)
only if you operate a stockyard/holding area for animals
BAI Livestock Dealer handler licence fee: PHP 300[3]
BAI local shipping permit: no fee, 3 working days[3]
BAI shipping permit for live animals requires the handler's licence and transport carrier registration[3]
During disease outbreaks, swine for slaughter must travel with a vet health certificate, BAI shipping permit (valid 7 days), handler's licence and accredited transport carrier[6]
BAI's GAHP checklist lists certificates of ownership/transfer of large cattle[7]
Stockyard sites must be at least 300 sq m for small animals, 1,000 sq m for large animals[8]
nurseries producing planting materials of fruits, plantation and root crops (needed to supply government programmes; DA describes it for nursery operators)
PHP 1,000 per commodity/site (DA Caraga); DA RFO3 page says 'No fees collected'; ask your DA regional office