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This duty preference adversely affects U. S. tobacco 

 exports to the EEC countries. For the most part, 

 tobaccos from the United States will be assessed 17.2 

 cents per pound import duty compared with the zero 

 duty on tobaccos from Greece and Turkey. Were it 

 not for the increased demand for the American-blend 

 cigarettes in the EEC, tobacco exports from the United 

 States might suffer even more from the preference 

 granted these two producers of oriental tobacco. 



Some authorities, however, are predicting that 

 tobacco imports by the EEC from Associated Overseas 

 Countries (AOC's) will even more adversely affect 

 U. S. exports to the EEC. The AOC's produce flue- 

 cured, burley, and other tobacco types. The duty-free 



tobaccos from the AOC's could also adversely affect 

 exports of oriental types from Greece and Turkey to 

 the EEC. 



It is predicted that there will be increases in the 

 production of cigarette tobaccos, especially flue-cured 

 and burley, in the Malagasy Republic, Cameroons, and 

 other former French territories for export to the EEC. 



These are only some of the changes taking place in 

 markets for oriental tobaccos. Others may result from 

 factors such as the changes in smoking habits accom- 

 panying the general increase in numbers of indoor 

 workers and the effect of women smokers on dem.and 

 for certain types of cigarettes, perhaps ones with 

 smaller percentages of fermented (oriental) tobacco. 



TABLE 8.— EEC: IMPORTS OF TOBACCO FROM GREECE AND TURKEY, 1957-64 





Exporting 



















Importing country 



country 



1957 



1958 



1959 



1960 



1961 



1962 



1963 



1964 







Mil. lb. 



Mil. lb. 



Mil. lb. 



Mil. lb. 



Mil. lb. 



Mil. lb. 



Mil. lb. 



Mil. lb. 



Belgium-Lux. 



Greece 



3.1 



3.7 



4.1 



4.2 



4.0 



3.3 



2.9 



2.3 





Turkey 



1.8 



1.4 



1.1 



1.4 



1.8 



2.5 



2.8 



1.4 



Netherlands 



Greece 



1.7 



2.3 



1.0 



1.7 



1.0 



1.3 



1.0 



1.7 





Turkey 



5.3 



3.1 



1.1 



.7 



.8 



.7 



1.2 



1.0 



Germany, West 



Greece 



37.3 



38.2 



35.3 



35.5 



36.2 



42.2 



34.4 



46.9 





Turkey 



15.4 



15.4 



12.6 



11.9 



12.2 



20.7 



16.4 



13.9 



France 



Greece 



11.5 



10.1 



12.2 



8.3 



6.9 



9.0 



1.0 



11.1 





Turkey 



7.0 



6.0 



6.3 



3.6 



10.9 



5.1 



1.8 



— 



Italy 



Greece 



7.7 



6.7 



8.8 



5.2 



2.5 



8.1 



7.7 



8.8 





Turkey 



4.0 



3.2 



4.1 



4.1 



4.2 



24.2 



— 



2.2 



Total 



94.8 



90.1 



86.6 



76.6 



80.5 



117.1 



69.2 



89.3 



