Limited Distribution Committee III *- Expansion of Trade DOCUMENTATION FOR COMMODITY STUDIES. Note by the Secretariat. Coffee

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1 GENERAL AGREEMENT ON IE RESTRICTED com.n1/7/add.1/rev.1 9 February i960 Limited Distribution Committee III *- Expansion of Trade DOCUMENTATION FOR COMMODITY STUDIES Note by the Secretariat Coffee This commodity schedule in summary form has been prepared by the secretariat for the information of Committee III on the basis of commodity information furnished by the contracting parties in response to the requests made in documents COM.IIl/l and C0M.Il/5j and other information which is available to the secretariat. This will replace the earlier document C0M.IIl/7/Add»l.

2 COFFEE GOM.IIl/7/Add-.l/Rev.r. Page 2/C United States Germany France Italy Bene lux (1) Green, Robusta oc Green, Arabica:. MFN; Free (GATT) (1) Member States of EEC and other countries' AOT's DM,1 pur kg. 18/o 58 lire per kg. Free (Quantitative Restrictions! (2) Extracts, essences & preparations; (2) Own AOT's DM.1 1 (3) Third countries DM.1 " " MFN; 3 cents per lb. (GATT) (Incidence: 16$) Preferential; 2,4 cents per lb. (Cuba) Ad valorem equivalent; 1.1$! Mono Provided import requirements of food and drug administration are met.brue I8/0 (GATTj 20/ 58 lire " " 65 lire " " ( Inc i dene e : 10.4/b ) (GATT: 50/S but not less than 125 lire per kg.) Mote : Common external tariff (List F) has been fixed at the ad valorem rate of 16$. In Italy, 10$ reduction has not been extended to third countries because the tariff is already lower than the common external tariff. Mone, except with USSR, Eastern Europe and mainland China (individual authorization procedures),raw coffee: Global quota 1 Other : Quota Green: Mone Extracts, etc: Liberalized (OEEC) Free Mote:Coffee (green basis): Fr.478 or Fl per 100 kgs, preliminarily suspended until 31 Dec Extracts; essences and similar preparations: 24-$ /ith addition of ethylalchol 27$ without addition of ethylalchol (G.-aTT) 20-/0 Belgium: lone Netherlands :. 'Fiscal Charges Mone (1) Consumption tax: 73/> Turnover tax: 25% (TVO); Extracts (Average value:490 DM/100 kgs.) essences, etc,(except soluble) (2) Turnover equalization tax: 4/o (average value: 490 DM/100 kgs.) ; tax: Fr per Mote: Germany may avail itself of the provisions of para.. 3 of Art, 17 of the Rome Treaty which permit a Member State bo substitute an internal tax for a customs duty of a fiscal nature, Uniform tax: IOC kgs. (Raw coffee), Fr. 120 per 100 kgs.(raw coffee) Netherlands : N ^ne 'State Tr. & I Monopolies I'M one imone Others General notes: Coffee is included in Annex II of the Rome Treaty. The provisions of Articles 39 to 46 of the Treaty could therefore be apoliod. (a) A protocol provides that Italy shall benefit by tariff quotas for imports free of duty or at reduced rates, (b) A pi-otocol provides that Benelux sh all benefit by tariff juotas for imports free of duty or at reduced rates.

3 COM.III/Y/Add.l/Rev.l Page 4 COFFEE United Kingdom C anada Switzerland Sweden Quantitative Restrictions Fiscal Charges Full Preferential Coffee, raw: l-rs./cwt. 4s.8d./cwt. (GATT) Coffee, unmixed, not roasted or ground; 30s./cwt. - Ad valorem, incidence of duties on the unroasted beans (1957) : 3.8% 1.3/ 0 Coffee. extracts and essences: 4.4s/cwt. on dr7 '//eight of the goods. 3.10s/cwt. on dry weight of the goods (GATT) 9/cwt on the total drz weight of the goods (Revenue duties on ingredients may be charged in addition) 'l) Imports of raw coffee, coffee essence and extracts are restricted from the eastern area Specific licences are required for these items-, (2) Licences are valid for specified countries 1(3) There are no global Quotas, nor bilateral quotas.,1) Revenue duty is charged both on "che product and on imported goods manufactured from it, [2) Revenue in 1956/59 from imported -.offee and from products derived from coffee and chicory amounted to 356,000 (about 0.02/i oi Customs and excise revenue). British Prof. * c. (1) Coffee extracts:0 05 (GATT) Coffee, green: Free UN c - 4 (per lb.) 0 07 (GATf! 0 02 (GATT) (GATT Coffee, green, for use in the manufacture of coffee, urue extract / i, Free :::,\ rt State Trading and monopolies none rione Consumption or sales tax of II,, Unconditionally exempt General ) Raw coffee: existing tariff: 3w.frs.5p per 100 kgs. gross weight (Incidence: ad valorem 8-10>o) New tariff: " \Z) Extracts, essences -and similar preparations, of coffee: Existing tariff : Sw.frs. 100 per 100 kgs, gross weight (incidence: ad valorem 4/ô) New tariff: ilone wone Sw.frs.300 per 100 kgs. gross weight (Incidence: ad. Vrilorfipi fi$), 1) Green: Kr.45 per 100 kgs (about 6/c) (GATT) Kr.45 per 100 kgs< plus special tax (Kr.35 per 100 kgs,* \2) Extracts, etc: 10 i/o (GATT) lo/o Coffee, green. Import licences are required when imported from dollar.area (Liberalized however, also when imported from Brazil) (see IviGT(59)57) Unroas J "c-â 1 V - q ) p-'r Roasted' n / 11 II i substitutes containing coffee Kr. 45 per 100 kgs f fotal revenue from coffee taxi i.i I95o/59 v/as calculated to j ra',23 million. i\-one Others

4 COFFi COL", IIl/7/Add, 1./Rev.1. Norway Japan iustr ilia New Zealand Jenmark 1 Quantitative Restrictions Fiscal harges State Trading and Monopolies Raw: Free (temporary) (GATT) 3 cents per kilo iixtract : 14 cents per kilo (GATT) K Restricted Demand is however fully covered. seans 35/o ad valorem (GATT) 30/6, subject to coming into force cf Seventh Protocol of iiodifications British.'. u'n Goneral Pref., (per lb.) L.rpcrt duty -i (1) Raw and kill-, dri^d:, 3d. 3d. 4d. (2) Roasted oi- groundj in liquid form; i,.ixed with any substance other than chicory: 6d. Pr image d ut y : i; or. e 6d, 7d. In spite of quantitative Coffee (raw and kiln dried): restrictions, domestic demand is sufficiently met. Imports from countries Coffee extracts and essences; licensed on the quota other than Brazil, UK, India,. principle ("B" category), Indonesia, France, iqsc are freely conducted under barter transactions. British MFN General JGreen: 17C ore per kg Prof, (per lb.), (G..TT) Raw : Free Id. Id..inciue: : 33/0 (2.9; extracts: ii or essences and nces -.-tc simil:''.r pre < orations 10/0 XX * ~/ A. In retail packings of * plus surtax of _9 of the cr loss: v30 40 dre per kg. amount thereof, Incidence: 19,0 xx plus surtax at the rate 3, In Dther packings: of 9/40 of the amount of ; are per kg. duty on imports from Canada,incidence: 15> Pakistan Jouth Africa, India and Ire lend. Raw: Restricted (1959 allocation: 100,o of imports in 1957) Extracts and essences: Restricted (No allocation is normally being made) *Sce 1AGT(59)35 Commodity tax: 10/ô ad val J Sales ta?:: Exempt Non Nom Restricted Others i. one «one one

5 COMiIIl/7/Add.l/Rev.1. Page 6 C OFFEE Finland austria nhodesia &. Nyasaland uhana sou. iiirica Not roasted: Incidence ; (marks per kg.^ 300:- 99,0$ extracts and other coffee preparations: ~ ~ 1,042:-- Incidence; 61.0$ General A B C D (Schs. per 100 kgs.) (1) Coffee: green: 1,400 (GATT) Ran: 2C /0 10/o 10% 5% Incidence: 28/6 (2) Extracts, essences, etc.: (Extracts, solid; 40/b (Other; 2,450 Incidence: 40% Coffee, raw, roasted, gi'ound, or otherwise prepared: Gd. per lb. Incidence: IO70 Mi?ii Inter- Liaxi mum mediate mum o.s.a, a. Z. s. d. \ x er lb. Raw: jj'ree Roaste. or çround: Mixed: 0.0, quantitative : Restrictions See IviGT(59)65 Fiscal Cnarges Turnover..Tax: Coffee pays the tax, both domestically and on importation. [1) Coffee and coffee preparations originating in other 1 than OiLJuC countries: Import control [2) Raw coffee : Import licences are granted liberally, [3) Other coffee and coffee extracts and preparations: Application for import licences are very scarce and are therefore treated on a oase-by-^ase basis, [4) for trade agreements with Brazil, Cuba and India See COid.IIl/.,.4(m) Fiscal duties are levied on coffee. All products imported (including coffee) are subject to turnover counlsrvaiiin.- tax, tue rate of..rich is, in general, 5.25$ of purchase price. Raw: Rone i'.one Jaran: Specific licences Dollar area:individual licences USSR, other eastern 1,uropean ccuntries, Frensh Somaliland, lebanon, Sudan and Syria: fc^.ota licences Israel and UuE. : Bilateral arrangements Other non-dollar countries 'done (See COR.III/..'.4(C) ) [1) Ro internal fiscal charges. [2) Import duby is levied for revenue purposes..jubstitutes : 0.0, * United Ringdom, Ceylon & British non-self-governing Colonies and Protectorates and Territories under British Aiandate, State Trading and Monopolies Rone ione none Rone none Others See C0M.Il/2(f) h one Rone (l)there is no special surplus disposal arrangements and export subsidies (2)Producer -prices are fixed by the Agricultural Revelp-pment C--rporati 'n.

6 CCI. ±11/7 Aula. l/--ov.l. COFFEE n Brazil \ Ceylon Czoc ; in 3lovakia Belgian C'ori :o ii-d,,uanda--uruiidi 'Coffee : In the bean ) Roasted ) ground ) Husks, skins )100% and other waste) General Fref. GA.TT Coffee, beans not roasted: 30 cvts. per lb. (incidence :17.4p) Coffee, mixed or unmixed, n.e.s,: 50% «.utonomotis J nve;..tional (per IOC kgs.) (per lfo k.-s.) Ore en kcs 44-' Ices 240 coffee : Roasted coffee: kes Ô4 n Imr.ort duties oofi'cs: 30/o Tariff preference: Lone export duties Coffee Kobusta - in the bean ) ".vtfticl: - in the Dean ) quantitative Restrictions Fiscal Charges Beans: Foreign currency for imports is offered at public auctions. Tliis product is classified in the "special" category. Lone Lone Lote:--- general import, licence is required to import coffee from sources imports of which are reserved to Ceylonese. There is no restriction on the quantit' imported. Licensing is resorted to to ensure that Ceylonese importers only import the product. From other sources no licences are required to import. (l)imports pro not subject to tny licence proceedings or is, port restrictions; anlv barters require special per Ht from - inistry of Foreign Trade. (2)The planned import (-ml export) is managed independently by the Czechoslovak foreign trftie corporations viiich 0:. the basis of commercial consider ; vtio.is cuoose the market on which they purchase («r sell) their goods. No payment permit is required for import (and export). (See COM.Ill/ll) (1) There are r.o legal provisions o r regulations inposinç quantitative restrictions 0:.. iaiports of products originating from nomber countries of the (1-TT. (2)'.. : ith reg.u-c. to Japan, tne reservation provided as per ^o't.so will continue to apply as lcrp; as no bilateral arrangemert has been concluded. (3).."ith one of fcho MQm~ur countries, our trade relations «re governed by a bilateral a-proft.ft.t based on qu^t.s. Lnport duties are levied for fiscal purposes. State Trading and Monopolies The Coffee Institute of Brazil establishes minimum export prices, export and «onsumption quotas, as well as buys and retains part of the crop. Hone See COM.IIl/11 and L/784/^dd.l. Lone Others Hone