GAMBIA 





Preferential rate 



General rate 





1968 



1957 



1968 



1957 



Item 



Local currency 



Local 

 currency 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv. l 



Local 

 currency 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv. 1 



Tobacco: 



Unmanufactured 



£ s d 



per lb. 

 3 



3 8 

 12 8 



£ X d 



per lb. 

 2 6 



1 6 



6 

 12 



£ s d 



per lb. 

 3 3 



4 2 



14 8 

 14 8 



U.S. dol. 

 per lb. 

 0.39 



.50 



1.76 

 L76 



£ X d 



per lb. 

 2 9 



2 



8 

 14 



U.S. dol. 



per lb. 



38 



Manufactured: 



Cigars and cigarettes: 



Not exceeding 3 lbs. per 

 1,000 pes. (rate per 

 100) 



28 



Exceeding 3 lbs. per 

 1,000 pes. (rate per 

 lb.) 



1 12 



Other 



12 8 



1.96 



Conversion rate, 1957: 1 West African pound (20 shillings) = US$2.80., and 1968: 1 Gambian pound = US$2.40. 



GHANA 



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 



Manufactured: 



Cigars 



Cigarettes 



Other (including snuff) 



New Cedi 



per lb. 



1.67 



9.17 

 8.34 

 6.67 



U.S. dol. 



per lb. 



1.64 



8.99 

 8.17 

 6.54 



£ X d 



per lb. 

 9 3 



1 6 



1 13 

 19 



U.S. dol. 



per lb. 



1.29 



3.71 

 4.62 

 2.66 



^ Conversion rate, 1957: 1 Ghana pound (20 shillings) = US$2.80, and 1968: 1 NewGhanian Cedis = US$0.98. 



Note: Cigarettes remain on Ghana's restricted import list, as of May 1 7, 1969. There is sales tax of 1 iy2% of duty paid value on 

 most products. 



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