FRENCH GUIANA 



Item 



1968' 



Specific rate 

 (local currency) 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv. 



1957' 



Specific rate 

 (local currency) 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.2 



Tobacco: 

 Unmanufactured . . 

 Manufactured: 



Cigars 



Cigarettes 



Smoking 



Chewing & snuff 



Francs per 



160 kg. 



13.5 

 (percent) 



'* 150.0 

 4 67.5 

 "45.0 

 '*37.5 



U.S. dollar 

 per pound 



Francs per 



100 kg. 



360 



1600 

 1600 

 1000 

 1000 



U.S. dollar 



per pound 



0.01 



.02 

 .02 

 .01 

 .01 



The current tariff schedules and trade restrictions, if any, for French Guiana are the same of those of the European Economic 

 Community and Metropolitian France. See Section on Duties in European Economic Community. 



2 The tobacco industry in French Guiana was under the control of the French Tobacco Monopoly and imported at a zero rate. 

 The rates listed above for 1957 are for tobacco imported for personal accounts, not commercial imports. 



3 Conversion rate 1957-1968, 4.937 francs (100 centimes) = US$1.00. 

 Overseas tax on products. 



BRITISH HONDURAS 





Preferential rate 



General rate 



Item 



1968 



1957 



1968 



1957 



Local currency 



Local currency 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv.i 2 



Local cunency 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv. 1,2 



Tobacco: 



Unmanufactured 



Manufactured: 

 Cigars 



BHdol. 

 per lb. 

 .95 



4.40 



10.50 



4.75 



4.00 



BH dol. 

 per lb. 

 0.95 



2.20 

 3.80 

 2.55 

 1.80 



BHdol. 



per lb. 



1.25 



4.60 



11.00 



5.50 



4.50 



U.S. dol. 



per lb. 



0.75 



2.76 

 6.60 

 3.30 

 2.70 



BH dol. 



per lb. 



1.25 



2.40 

 4.30 

 3.30 

 2.30 



U.S. dol. 

 per lb. 

 0.88 



1 68 



Cigarettes 



Pipe tobacco 



Snuff 



3.01 

 2.31 

 1.61 



Conversion rate, 1957: 1.43 British Honduras dollai (100 cents) = US$1.00, and 1968: 1.667 British Honduran dollars 

 (100 cents) = USS1. 00. 



2 An entry tax of 3 percent ad valorem with a minimum of 10 cents is also levied. 



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