BAHAMAS 





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. l 



Tobacco: 



Unmanufactured 



Bahaman Dollar 

 per lb. 

 0.03 



+ 07y2 



(per 100) 

 0. 09 



Percent 



^50 



^50 



U.S. dol 



per lb. 



0.03 



.09 



X d 



per lb. 



3 



+ IV2 

 (per 100) 



Percent 



^25 

 ^50 



^50 



U.S. dol 



per lb. 



0.03 



Manufactured: 



Cigars 



Cigarettes 



Mfd fine cut 





Plug 



-- 



^ Conversion rate, 1957: 1 Bahama pound (20 shillings) = US$2.80, and 1968: 1.02 Bahaman doUar = US$1.00. 

 ^ Plus an emergency tax of an additional IVi percent ad valorem. 



• Preferential rate: Currently, duty preference is granted to British Commonwealth countries amounting to 16=2/3 percent ad 

 valorem on fine cut tobacco (equivalent to 23 U.S. cents per pound) and 3 pence a pound (equivalent to about 3.5 U.S. cents a 

 pound) on plug tobacco. 



BARBADOS ISLAND (Member of CARIFTA) 





Preferential rate 



- 



General rate 



Item 



1968 



1957 



1968 



1957 



Local currency 



Local cunency 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv. 1 



Local 

 currency 



Total duty, 

 U.S. equiv. > 



Tobacco: 



Unmanufactured: 



E. Carib dollar 

 per lb. 

 3.06 



3.70 

 6.76 

 2.00 

 1.22 

 2.48 



BWI dol 

 per lb. 

 3.06 



3.70 

 4.16 

 2.00 

 1.22 

 2.48 



E. Carib dollar 

 per lb. 

 3.06 



4.76 

 7.24 

 2.12 

 1.28 

 2.78 



U.S. dol per lb. 

 1.53 



2.38 

 3.62 

 1.06 

 .64 

 1.39 



BWI dol 

 per lb. 

 3.06 



4.76 

 4.64 

 2.12 

 1.28 

 2.78 



U.S. dol per lb. 

 1.78 



Manufactured: 



Cigars and cheroots 



Cigarettes 



2.78 

 2.71 



Plug, Stick or twist 



Snuff 



1.24 

 .75 



Other n.e.s 



1.62 







^ Conversion rate, 1957: 1.714 British West Indies dollar (100 cents) = US$1.00. Conversion rate, 1968: 2.00 East Caribbean 

 doUar (100 cents) = US$1.00. 



Note: - A surtax of 10% of duty on above tobacco items. 



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