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COMMERCIAL F ISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 13, No. U 



Venezuelan Fonner and New Rates of Duty for Fishery Products Importa 



Tariff 



No. 



Description 



Former 



In Boli-vares 

 Per Sross 

 Kilogram 



U.S. Cents 

 Per Gross 

 Pound 



In Bollvares 



Per Gross 



Kilogram 



U.S; Cents 



Per Gross 



Pound 



Dried, salted, salt-preserved, or smoked 

 fish products: 

 (a) 'Herring 



(b) Codfish 



(c) Sardines 



(d) Unspecified 



1.20 



1.20 



.28 



1.20 



16.4 



16.4 



3.8 



16.4 



27.3 

 27.3 

 27.3 

 27.3 



Fish products, except dried, salted, 

 salt-preserved, or smoked: 



(a) Herring 



(b) Tuna 



(c) Codfish 



(d) Salmon 



(e) Sardines, In unspecified form .. 

 (h) Unspecified 



1) Sardines in olive oil 



1.20 

 1.20 

 1.20 

 1.20 

 .28 

 1.20 



16.4 

 16.4 

 16.4 

 16.4 

 3.8 

 16.4 



27.3 

 27.3 

 27.3 

 27.3 

 27.3 

 27.3 

 27.5 



Note: -Values converted to U. S. currency on the basis of 1 bolivar equals U.S.|0.30. 



bolivar per gross kilogram (12 cents per lb.); also the agreement rate on United 

 States canned sardines packed in sauce, their oivn juice, or oil (but not olive oil) 

 and included under item 3(e) of the customs tariff is specified at 0.28 bolivar per 

 gross kilogram (3.8 cents per lb.). These trade-agreement rates continue in effect 

 for imports from the United States and from other countries with which Venezuela 

 has commercial treaties or modus Vivendi containing most-favored-nation clauses. 



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Estimated Value of Fish and Fishery Products at I O C O 



Production, Processing, and Distribution Levels* 



THE ORIGINAL VALUE OF FISH AND 

 SHELLFISH AS TAKEN FROM THE WATERS 



*As $ Z6S, 000,000 



WHEN PROCESSEu 



THE VALUE WAS 



$ 676,090,000 



AFTER WHOLESALE distribution 



THE VALUE WAS $ % 6^ ,"^57 ,000 



and when retailed 

 to the consumer 



THE VALUE WAS 



1,119,273,000 



Sosed on tlolmicol aoto ottciinil by Fi»h ond Wildlilt S«r»ict pud FxUfOl Trod« Coiiiilnio 



