FIJI ISLANDS 



Item 



Preferential rate 



1969 



1957 



Local cunency 



General rate 



1969 



Local 

 currency 



Total duty 

 U.S. equiv. 



1957 



Local 

 cunency 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv. ' 



Tobacco: 



Unmanufactured. 

 Manufactured: 



Cigars 



Cigarettes. . . 



Other, n.e.s . 



Fijian dollar 

 per lb. 

 2.50 



4.55 

 4.35 

 3.55 



s d 



per lb. 



2 



27 



25 



20 



Fijian dollar 

 per lb. 

 2.60 



5.00 

 4.75 

 3.90 



U.S. dol. 

 per lb. 

 2.50 



4.33 

 4.11 

 3.37 



s d 



per lb. 



3 



31 

 29 

 23 



U.S. 



dol. 



er lb. 

 .38 



3.97 

 3.65 

 2.96 



1 



Conversion rate, 1957: 1 Fiji pound (20 shillings) = US$2.52, and effective January 10, 1969 the currency was changed from 

 Fijian pounds to Fijian dollars .8652 = US$1.00. 



FRENCH POLYNESIA 



Item 



General rate 



1968' 



Ad val. 

 rate 



1957 



Ad val. 

 rate 



Tobacco: 



Unmanufactured. . . 

 Manufactured: 



Cigars 



Cigarettes 



Smoking 



Chewing & snuff. 



Other 



Percent 

 20 



10 

 10 

 50 

 50 

 10 



Percent 



30 

 30 

 50 

 50 



Imports from French Union countries and other EC countries are exempt from 

 the Custom Duty. Imports from all countries pay import fees and additional import 

 taxes. 



An import fee of 20 percent is charged on aU items plus additional import tax of 

 6 percent of net invoice price. 



Note: The Consumption tax is 210 percent on cigars & cigarettes. 



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