TUNISIA 



Item 



Tobacco: 



Unmanufactured. . . 

 Manufactured: 



Cigars & cheroots 



Cigarettes 



Smoking 



1968 



Specific rate 

 (local 

 currency) 



Dinars per kg. 



(2) 



7 

 7 



7 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equivalent^ 



U.S. dol. per kg. 

 (2) 



6.10 

 6.10 

 6.10 



1957 



Specific rate 



(local 



currency) 



Dinars per kg. 

 (3) 



(^) 



Monopoly exempt. 



3 Not currently available. 



Note: Tobacco and products may only be imported by the Tobacco Monopoly. 



The assessment of Taxes on imports is complicated by the numerous levies which are added one to the other. 

 Additional taxes solely on imports are customs formality tax of 1.8% and production tax, with rates between 

 12.5 & 15.5 percent. 



UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC (EGYPT) 





1968 



1957 



Item 



Specific rate 



(local 



currency) 



Ad val. 

 rcte 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv. 1.2 



Specific rate 



(local 

 currency) 



Ad val. 

 rate 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv. 1.2 



Tobacco: 



Unmanufactured: 



Unstemmed 



Stemmed 



Egypt I per kg. 



6.10 

 4.00 



12.00 



8.00 



Percent 



U.S. dol. per lb. 



6.36 



4.17 



12.52 

 8.35 



Egypt £ per kg. 



3.00 

 3.00 



4.0 



4.0 



Percent 



70 

 50 



U.S. dol. per lb. 



4.12 

 4 12 



Manufactured: 



Cigars 





Cigarettes, cut or pressed 

 tobacco, and snuff 



_ 



Conversion rate, 1968: 1 Egyptian pound (100 piastres) = US$2.30. Conversion rate, 1957: 1 Egyptian pound (100 piastres) 

 = US$2.88. 2 Includes additional duties: Surtax 8 percent ad valorem, exchange tax 7 percent ad valorem, statistical tax 1 



percent ad valorem, only on leaf 0.5 percent ad valorem, paving dues 1.5 percent of custom duties, quay charge 0.3 percent of 

 custom duties, quay duty 10 percent of custom duties, and marine transport tax 0.2 percent. 



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