SAUDI ARABIA 



Item 



1968 



Specific rate 

 (local currency) 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.1'2 



1957 



Specific rate 

 (local currency) 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.1'2 



Tobacco: 

 Unmanufactured. 

 Manufactured: 

 Cigarettes 



Halalahs per kg. 

 100 



500 



U.S. dol. per lb. 

 0.10 



.50 



Rivals per kg. 

 25 



25 



U.S. dol. per lb. 

 2.77 



2.77 



^ Conversion rate, 1957 and 1968: 4.50 Saudi riyals = US$1.00 (1 riyal = 100 Halalah). 

 Includes 5 percent additional taxes. 



SINGAPORE 



Item 



General rate 



1968 



Local cunency 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.i 



1957 



Local currency 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.i 



Tobacco: 



Unmanufactured 



Manufactured: 



Cigars 



Cigarettes 



Snuff 



Other tobacco in retail containers .... 



Not in retail containers 



Not to be used in the mfr. of cigarettes 

 by power-driven machines 



Tobacco, n.o.p 



Malayan dollar 

 per lb. 

 8.60 



16.00 



^ 11.50 



16.00 



10.00 



9.00 



3.50 

 10.00 



U.S. dol. 



per lb. 



2.81 



5.23 

 3.76 

 5.23 

 3.27 

 2.94 



1.14 



3.27 



Malayan dollar 

 per lb. 

 4.40 



11.00 



6.70 

 11.00 



6.90 



2.50 



12.00 



U.S. dol. 



per lb. 



1.44 



3.59 

 2.19 

 3.59 

 2.25 

 .82 



3.92 



Conversion rate, 1957 and 1968: 3.06 Malayan doUars = US$1.00. 

 Add excise duty of US$0.33 per lb. 



SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 



Item 



1968 



Specific rate 

 (local currency) 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.i 



1957 



Specific rate 

 (local currency) 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.i 



Tobacco: 

 Unmanufactured 



TumbakL 



Manufactured: 



Cigars 



Cigarettes 



Smoking, snuff & chewing . 



Syrian piasters 

 per kg. 

 41.50 

 228.00 



208.00 



^ 208.00 



83.00 



U.S. dol. 

 per lb. 

 0.05 

 .27 



.25 

 .25 

 .10 



Syrian piasters 



per kg 



41.30 



228.00 



208.00 



208.00 



83.00 



U.S dol. 



per lb. 



0.05 



.29 



.27 

 .27 

 .11 



^ Conversion rate, 1957: 3.55 Syrian pound (100 piasters) = US$1.00, and 1968; 3.82 Syrian pound (100 piasters) = US$1.00. 

 ^ If the price per 1,000 is less than 250 piasters the rate is 124 piasters per kg. 



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