TABLE U.-EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: 

 THE 1972 CROP OF LEAF TOBACCQi 



STANDARD AND INTERVENTION PRICES AND BUYERS' PREMIUMS FOR 



(In dollars per kilogram] ' 



Country and variety 



Standard 

 price 



Intervention 

 price 



Buyer's 

 premium • 



Buyer's 



premium as 



percentage of 



standard price 



Germany: 



1. Badischer Geudertheimer (cigar) 2.167 1.951 1.509 70 



2. Badischer Burley E (burley) 2.618 2.356 1.501 57 



3. Virgin SCR (flue-cured) 2.465 2.219 1.324 54 



France: 



4. Paraguay Dragon Vert (air- cured) 1.646 1.482 1.136 69 



5. Nijkerk (dark air) 1.739 1.565 1.225 70 



6. Burley (burley and Bel) 1.969 1.772 .999 51 



7. Misionero (dark air) 1.507 1.357 1.098 73 



8. Philippin Peit Grammont (dark air) 1.223 1.101 .762 62 



Belgium: 



9. Semois (dark air) 1.471 1.324 .963 66 



Italy: 



10. Bright (flue-cured) 1.931 1.738 1.183 61 



11. Burley I 1.564 1.408 .740 47 



Maryland 1.656 1.491 .896 54 



12. Kentucky Moro di Con (fire-cured) 1.603 1.443 .571 36 



13. Nostrano (dark air) 1.579 1.421 1.227 78 



14. Beneventano (dark air) 1.254 1.128 .853 68 



15. Xanti-Yaka (oriental) 2.332 2.098 1.544 66 



16. Perustitza (oriental) 2.185 1.966 1.429 65 



17. Erzegovina (semioriental) 1.957 1.761 1.274 65 



18. Round Tip Scafati (Sumatra cigar) 10.337 9.304 5.980 58 



19. Brasile Selvaggio (dark air) .966 .869 .236 24 



Farm sales weight basis. 



Based on the following exchange rates: 1 unit of account = 3.66 DM, 5.55419 French francs, 50.0 Belgium francs, and 

 625 ItaUan lira. US $1.00 = 3.20 DM, 5.00 French francs, 44.8 Belgium francs, and 581 Italian lira. 



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