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Preferences 



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 Preferences granted or received on tobacco and tobacco products in Africa are briefly as follows: 



Country 



Algeria 



Gambia 



Rhodesia 



Preference on leaf 



Receives preference on exports to 

 Common Market. 



Grants Br. Commonwealth pref. 

 of 34 per pound. 



None 



Preference on products 



Receives preference on exports 

 to Common Market 



Br. Commonwealth pref. equiva- 

 lent to 244 per pound on 

 cigarettes 



Grants Br. Commonwealth pref. 

 equivalent to 28</ per pound 

 on cigars from U.K. 



South Africa, Rep. 

 of 



An agreement exists with 

 Rhodesia and Malawi for duty- 

 free entry of specified quotas. 

 2 mil. lbs. of Rhodesian 

 (mainly flue-cured) and .5 mil. 

 lbs. of Malawi tobacco. 



Rhodesia and Malawi receive a 

 reduction of 105 cents per 

 1 ,000 cigarettes. 



Malagasy Repubhc 



Malagasy Repubhc tobacco moves 

 duty-free into MetropoUtan 

 Frances and receives preference 

 in the other EC countries. 



None 



Malawi 



Receives Commonwealth Pref- 

 erence in the United Kingdom. 



U.K. receives additional pref- 

 erence on cigars of 284 per 

 lb. besides the MFN rate. 



United Arab Repubhc 

 Angola 



Mozambique 



Seychelles Islands 



Grants a preference to Syria 

 on leaf. 



Receives preference of 15 cents 

 per pound on hght tobaccos ex- 

 ported to Portugal. 



Receives preference of 15 



cents per pound on light tobaccos 



exported to Portugal. 



Grants Br. Commonwealth pref- 

 erence of 53^ per lb. on leaf. 



None 



None 



None 



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Grants Br. Commonwealth pref. 

 $2.22 per lb. on cigarettes; 

 60^ per lb. on smoking, chewing, 

 and snuff. 



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*U.S. OOVERMMENT FRIMTINa OFFICE : 1 970— l*3<t-91 6/FAS-26 



