GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS (BRITISH WESTERN PACIFIC ISLANDS) 





Preferential rate 



General rate 





1968 



1957 



1968 



1957 



Item 



Local cunency 



Local 

 currency 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.* 



Local 

 currency 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv. * 



Tobacco: 



Unmanufactured: 



Leaf, stick or twist 



Manufactured: 



Cigars, incl. wrapper 



Cigarettes per 1,000 



Packets & plugs 



Australian 

 dollar 

 per lb. 



0.60 



1.50 



9.00 



.80 



2.00 



I s d 

 per lb. 



2 



7 6 

 20 

 3 

 5 



Australian 

 dollar 

 per lb. 



0.60 



1.89 



9.67 



.95 



2.25 



U.S. dol. 

 per lb. 



0.67 



2.12 



10.83 



1.06 



2.52 



l s d 

 per lb. 



2 



11 3 

 26 8 

 4 6 

 7 6 



U.S. dol 

 per lb. 



0.22 



1.26 



3.00 



.52 



In tins 



.85 









* Conversion rate, 1957: 1 Australian pound (20 shillings) = US$2.24, and 1968: 1 Australian doUar = US$1.12 



HONG KONG 





Preferential rate 



General rate 



Item 



1968 



1957 



1968 



1957 



Local currency 



Local 

 currency 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv. * 



Local 

 currency 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv. * 



Tobacco: 



Unmanufactured 



Manufactured: 



Cigars 



Cigarettes 



Other 



H.K. dol. 

 per lb. 



^ 5.70 



6.75 

 7.40 

 5.45 



H.K. dol. 

 per lb. 



3.55 



4.50 

 4.70 

 3.30 



H.K dol. 

 per lb. 



^8.00 



11.25 



10.90 



8.95 



U.S. dol. 

 per lb. 



1.32 



1.86 

 1.80 

 1.48 



H.K. dol. 

 per lb. 



3.15 



7.00 

 6.00 

 4.80 



U.S. doL 

 per lb. 



0.66 



1.22 



1.05 



.84 



Conversion rate, 1957: 5.72 Hong Kong doUars = US$1.00, and 1968: 6.06 Hong Kong doUars = US$1.00. 



^ In the "Kennedy Round" negotiations of GATT Hong Kong eliminated the British Commomwealth Preference on leaf for all 

 countries except Malawi. 



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