Preferences: 



Preferences on tobacco and tobacco products granted by the Middle East, the Far East, and Oceania are briefly 

 as follows: 







Preference to 



British Commonwealth 



British Commonwealth 



preference on 



leaf 



on cigarettes 



U.S. cents 





U.S. cents 



per pound 





per pound 



5 





22 



17 





17 



12 





46 



38 





58 



— 





75 



Cyprus 



Ceylon 



Fiji Islands 



Hong Kongi 



Gilbert and Ellice Islands 



New Zealand^ 



iln the "Kennedy Round" negotiations of GATT, Hong Kong eliminated the British Commonwealth preference on leaf for all 

 countries except Malawi. 



^New Zealand grants Commonwealth Preference on cigars of 22 U.S. cents per pound. 



Other preferences: 



Burma grants special preference to Indian leaf. 



India grants special preference to certain types from Ceylon. 



Frence Oceania gives special preference of one-half regular rate to French Union and preferences are granted to the EC under 

 the "association arrangement." 



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