PARAGUAY (Member of LAFTA) 



1968 



Item 



Specific rate 



Ad val. rate 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.i 2 



1957 



Specific rate 

 (local currency) 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.i 2 



Tobacco: 

 Unmanufactured: 



Wrapper 



Other leaves . . . 

 Manufactured: 



Cigars 



Cigarettes 



Cut, black, twist and other, n.e.s. 



U.S. dol. per kg. 

 0.51 

 0.317 



19.09 

 (per 1,000) 



^ 1.00 

 (per 1,000) 



4 0.383 



Percent 

 15 

 15 



15 



T/i 



15 



U.S. dol. per lb. 



Guaranies per kg. 

 7.65 



286.35 

 (per 1,000) 



5.73 

 (per 1,000) 



5.75 



U.S. dol. per lb. 

 0.53 



1.57 

 .36 

 .38 



^ Conversion rate, 1957: 15 guaranies = US$1.00, and 1968: 126.0 guaranies = US$1.00. Paraguay's 1968 duty schedule listed 

 rates in U.S. dollars per pound. 



2 Additional charges not in total: Consular fee (payable on importation) 5 percent f.o.b. Surcharge for foreign exchange of 

 32 percent c.i.f. value in 1968 and 24 percent in 1957. 



3 Add complimentary charge of 24 percent to dark cigarettes, none on light cigarettes. 

 Add complimentary charge of 12 percent. 



Note: Prior deposit of 100 percent required of all imports of tobacco. 



PERU (Member of LAFTA) 





1968 



1957 



Item 



Specific rate 

 (local currency) 



Ad val. rate 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.i 



Specific rate 

 (local currency) 



Ad val. rate 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.i 



Tobacco: 

 Unmanufactured 



Soles per kg. 

 3.00 

 .75 



70.00 

 ^ 70.00 

 ^ 70.00 



Percent 

 30 

 30 



100 

 100 

 100 



U.S. dol. per lb. 



Soles per kg. 

 1.00 



6.50 

 4.00 



f) 



Percent 

 12.5 



13.667 

 13.667 



U.S. dol. per lb. 



From adjacent countries . 

 Manufactured: 

 Cigars 





Cigarettes 



.. 



Other 









^ Conversion rate, 1957: 27.70 soles (100 centavos) = U.S.$1.00. Conversion rate, 1968: 38.7 soles (100 centavos) = U.S.$1.00. 

 ^ Prohibited until March 31, 1970, unless extended again and a 10 percent import surcharge on the remaining tobacco products. 

 Data not readily available. 



The 1965 Tobacco Law provided for a schedule of increases for the ad valorem duty rate on cigarette leaf. The schedule is: 



1965 - Nov. 1969 - 30 percent of CIF value 



Nov. 1969 - Nov. 1971 - 75 percent of CIF value 



Nov, 1971 - Nov. 1973 - 120 percent of CIF value 



After Nov. 1973 - 300 percent of CIF value 



"Other charges" as of May 1969 were: 

 4 percent of ocean freight 

 2 percent of CIF value 

 10 percent of CIF on Certificates of Exchange 



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