TABLE lO.-EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: STANDARD AND INTERVENTION PRICES AND BUYERS' PREMIUMS FOR 

 THE 1972 CROP OF LEAF TOBACCO' 



[In U.S. cents per pound] 



Country and variety 



Standard 

 price 



Intervention 

 price 



Buyer's 

 premium 



Buyer's 



premium as 



percentage of 



standard price 



Germany: 



1. Badischer Geudertheimer (cigar) 98.3 88.5 68.4 70 



2. Badischer Burlcy E. (burley) 118.7 106.9 68.1 57 



3. Virgin SCR (flue-cured) 111.8 100.7 60.1 54 



France: 



4. Paraguay Dragon Vert (air- cured) 74.7 67.2 51.5 69 



5. Nijkerk (dark air) 78.9 71.0 55.6 70 



6. Burley (burley and Bel) 89.3 . 80.4 45.3 51 



7. Misionero (dark air) 68.4 61.6 49.8 73 



8. Philippin Peit Grammont (dark air) 55.5 49.9 34.6 62 



Belgium: 



9. Semois (dark air) 66.7 60.1 43.7 66 



Italy: 



10. Bright (flue-cured) 87.6 78.8 53.7 61 



11. Burley I 70.9 63.9 33.6 47 



Maryland 75.1 67.6 40.6 54 



12. Kentucky Moro di Cori (fire-cured) 72.7 65.5 25.9 36 



13. Nostrano (dark air) 71.6 64.5 55.7 78 



14. Beneventano (dark air) 56.9 51.2 38.7 68 



15. Xanti-Yaka (oriental) 105.8 95.2 70.0 66 



16. Perustitza (oriental) 99.1 89.2 64.8 65 



17. Erzegovina (semioriental) 88.8 79.9 57.8 65 



18. Round Tip Scafati (Sumatra (cigar) 468.9 422.0 271.2 58 



19. Brasne Selvaggio (dark air) 43.8 39.4 10.7 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 hra. US $1.00 = 3.20 DM, 5.00 French francs, 44.8 Belgium francs and 581 Italian lira. 



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