URUGUAY (Member of LAFTA) 





1968^ 



1957 



-Item 



Specific rate 



(local 

 currency) 



Ad val. rate 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.2 



Specific rate 



(local 

 currency) 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.2, 3 



Tobacco: 



Unmanufactured: 



Other leaf 



Pesos per kg. 

 1.20 

 ^.60 



'* 18.00 

 6.00 



15.00 

 10.00 



Percent 

 13 

 13 



37.5 

 37.5 



19.5 

 6.9 



U.S. dol per lb. 



Pesos per kg. 

 0.30 

 .15 



3.00 

 1.00 



2.50 

 .60 



U.S. dol.perlb. 

 08 



Paraguay or Rio Grande 



Manufactured: 

 Cigars: 



From Cuban leaf 



.04 

 .99 



Others 



Cigarettes: 



Other (than Dark) 



Cut tobacco 



.36 



.87 

 .19 







^ Duties on unmanufactured tobacco are based mainly upon an foro value of 12.78 pesos per kilo gross. Imports from GATT 

 member countries: 6.9 percent over the aforo value plus 2.50 pesos per kilo gross plus 2.7 percent over the aforo value plus 5 per- 

 cent of the total peso value resulting from the three preceeding charges. Surcharge is 10 percent over the CIF value. Other charges 

 are: Port duties include 180 pesos per 100 kilos gross plus 9 percent over the CIF value. Consular fees are 11.30 percent over the 

 FOB value. Duties on Cigarettes are mainly based upon an aforo value of 78 pesos per kilo gross. Imports from G.'VTT and LAFTA 

 member countries: 6.9 percent over the aforo value plus 2.50 pesos per kilo gross plus 2.7 percent over the aforo value plus 50 

 .percent over the above duties. 



Port duties on imports include 180 pesos per 100 kilos gross plus 12 percent over the actual CIF value. 



Consular fees are 11.30 percent over the FOB value. 



^Conversion rate, 1968: 250 pesos (100 centesimos) = US$1.00, and 1957: 4.10 pesos (100 centesimos) = US$1.00. 



3 Includes two different ad valorem taxes and percentages are applied to official evaluation. Also a special tax of 1 percent of 

 the customs duty plus the port transportation tax. 



"^Does not apply to U.S. tobacco. 



VENEZUELA (Member of LAFTA) 





1968 



1957 



Item 



Specific rate 



(local 



currency) 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.^ 



Specific rate 



(local 



currency) 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.-* 



Tobacco: 



Unmanufactured 



Bolivars per kg. 



^ 100.00 



100.00 

 ■* 12.00 



20.00 

 100.00 



U.S. dol. per lb. 



10.08 



10.08 

 1.21 



^ 102 

 10.08 



Bolivars per kg. 



24.00 



45.00 

 '*1100 



20.00 

 45.00 



U.S. dol.perlb. 

 3.27 



Manufactured: 



Cigars 



6.12 



Cigarettes^ 



1.63 



Cigarettes:^ 



General rate 



^ 2.72 



Other, rue.s 



6.12 







\ Conversion rate, 1957: 3.35 boUvars (100 centimos) = US$1.00, and 1968: 4.50 boUvares (100 centimos) = US$1.00. 



Rate paid under tobacco quota. 

 United States by Trade Agreement, 



3 Importation restricted as of March 31, 1960. 

 Plus a 9 percent surtax. 



Rate bound to the 



Note: A "Consular Fee" ranging from 2.0 to 3.5 percent of the FOB value on all imports. 



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