CONSULTATIONS HS AGRICULTURAL POLICIES ITALY

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1 GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE RESTRICTED ' Till'ZTi Limited Distribution Committee II - Expansion of Trade Original: French CONSULTATIONS HS AGRICULTURAL POLICIES ITALY Commodity Information Addendum Attached for the information of the Committee are notes prepared by the Government of Italy on tobacco, dried fruits and canned fruits which have been requested as additional items for the consultations with Italy.

2 CCM.il/4-3/Add.1 Page 2 TOBACCO Tariff measures Italy imposes no import duty on unmanufactured tobacco. entry has been bound under GATT. Duty-free Non-tariff measures Tobacco is.mder State monopoly operated by the State Monopoly Administration. The State Monopoly Administration deals with imports and exports of unmanufactured and manufactured tobacco. Private trade is therefore not authorized to carry out import or export operations. The. volume of imports or exports is determined on the basis of demand in the market so as to secure adequate availabilities of different types of cigarettes and cigars to meet the demand. The Monopoly is of an essentially fiscal nature but involves a certain amount of protection to domestic production which to a large extent is located in under-developed areas and has not expanded considerably over the last seven years, In any case, as is shown in the statistical tables annexed hereto, Italy imports nearly 20 per cent of its total consumption requirements in unmanufactured tobacco. Exports of unmanufactured tobacco are very sporadic and represent an amount equal to the import figure in view of the fact that practically all domestic production is consumed internally. Export prices aro determined by prices in the world market. It would be difficult to give a full itemization of sales prices for imported products as compared with domestic products in view of the fact that imported products are usually intended for mixing with products of domestic origin for the production of manufactured tobacco. To date, no long-term contracts have been entered into by the State Monopoly Administration.

3 Données st-tistiqucs/statistical information TABACS/TOBACCO Aanée Year Production Importation Imp rts Exportation Exporte (Millieiade quintaux) ('000 quintals) Consommation Consumption Production en pourcentage de la consommation Production as percentage of consumption , , , , ,4 & O <» S CD

4 COM.11/43/Add.1 Page 4 Tariff Measures 0801 Dates, pineapples, mangoes, mangosteens, avocados, guavas, coconuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts, shelled or not: (a) in airtight containers (b) other: DRIED FRUITS (1) Dates (Dates intended for distillation are free) 25 (3) Coconuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts Coconuts, dried, cashew nuts (GATT) (the reduction is applied to cashew nuts) (4) Pineapples 25 (5) Mangoes, mangosteens, avocados, guavas 25 General same rate of duty as heading No.2006 according to kind Ad valorem duty Conventional % Temporary Contracting States % ± Free 10(*) (a) (b) in i airtight other : 1,2 (4) (5) (6) 0803 Figs (a) in i airtight (b) m containers,3) Oranges,tangerines or mandarines,lemons 5 Grapefruit and pomelos 10 Citrons 20 Other 10 dried containers same rate of duty as heading No.2006 according to kind same rate of duty as heading No.2006 according to kind 30 Note: Rates of duty not designated by an asterisk are applicable under deduction of the 10 per cent reduction.

5 ' Figs (GATT) (l) put up in packages of not more than 1 kg. * * - (II)other 0804-Grapes (a) in airtight containers (b) (2) ^ried currants and sultanas (GATT) General same rate of duty as heading N->.20C according to kind 30 Ad valorem duty CCK.Il/43/Add.l Page 5 Conven- Temporary Contracting tibial States % $ % 20 18(*) ' _ Nuts (other than those falling within heading No.0801) (b) in airtight containers other: (1) Almonds (2) Hazel nuts (3) Walnuts (4) Chestnuts (5) Pistacios (6) Other same rate of duty as heading No.2006 according to kind» GATT 0812 Fruit, dried (other than that falling within heading No.0801 to 0805) (a) in airtight containers same rate of duty as heading No.2006 according to kind (b) other: (1) Apples and pears (2) Apricots (3) Peaches (4) Prunes (5) Other 30 - GATT GATT GATT GATT Note : Rates of duty not designated by an asterisk are applicable under deduction of the 10 per cent reduction.

6 CCH.il/43/Add.1 Page 6 Non-tariff measures Import system: Italian imports f dried fruit frem countries t».which Impprt Schedule A la applicable are subject to ministerial licensing with the exception of prunes, dates (put up in packages of not more than 50C grammes), bananas, pineapple, mangoes, mangosteens, avocados, guavas, coconuts, cashew nuts, shelled or not. Imports from countries to which Import Schedule B is applicable are free with the exception of dates (other than those put up in packages of not more than 500 grammes), figs (other than figs put up in packages of not more than 500 grammes), grapes. Imports from countries to which Import Schedule C is applicable are subject to ministerial licensing with the exception of prunes from Yugoslavia, The following annual quotas have been fixed: 4,000 tons of dried grapes from Greece; $100,000 of dried grapes from Spain; 400 million lire of dried fruit from Iran; and 5,000 tons of dates from Iraq, As far as dried fruit is concerned there is no State trading and no subsidies are granted for production or export.

7 Données statisciguos/statistical information ERUTTS SBO T i S (Figues, fruits à cogues, pruneaux, autres) DRIED FRUIT (Figs, nuts, prunes^ othor) (on inillicrs do quintaux) / ('000 quintals) Année Year Production Importation Imports Exportation Exports Consommation Consumption Production en pourcontago de la consommation Production as percentage of consumption , ,446 5, C ,633 6,176 4, , ,6 108,9 1,6 1,3 112,2 114,3 TJ O I» Q oc. S (D M

8 CCM.Il/*3/Adcl.l Page 8 CANNED FRUIT TARIFF MEASURES Ad Valorem duty General Conventional Temporary Contracting States % % t % 2005 Fruit purée and fruit pastes, fruit jellies, marmalades, being cooked preparations, whether or not containing added sugar 35 " 23 A frontier surtax on f.irs + -grade sugar to the extent of 60 kgs. per quintal (5,220 lire per quintal of the product) is levied in respect of fruit purée, fruit pastes, fruit jellies and marmalades being cooked preparations, whether or not containing added taxable sugar 2006 Fruit otherwise prepared or preserved; whether or not containing added sugar or spirit; (a) tamarisk pulp, with added sugar: 1) not refined 2) refined (b) cassia pulp, with added sugar : (c) ther; (l) "without added spirit (alpha) without added sugar (beta) with added sugar (il) other Free l6(*) 16(*) GATT {2) in spirit, with or without added sugar A frontier surtax on first-grade sugar to the extent of Co kgs. per quintal (5,220 lire per quintal of the product) is levied in respect of fruit otherwise prepared or preserved, other, with added taxable sugar. Note: Rates of duty not designated by an asterisk are applicable under d-auction of the 10 per cent reduction.

9 C CM. 11/43/Add. 1 Page 9 Non-tariff measures The import system is as follows: Italian imports of canned fruit fr^m countries to which Import Schedule A and Import Schedule C are applicable are subject to ministerial licensing. Imports from countries to which Import Schedule B is applicable are free with the exception of imports of date paste, dried figs and dried grapes, whether or not mixed with other fruit pastes. There is no imp-rt quota in respect of canned fruit. granted for production or expert. No subsidy is

10 Données statistiques/statistical information CONFITURSS, GELEES (2005)/ JAM, FRUIT JELLIES (2005) (quintaux) / (quintals) *ti " po o > I Année Year Production Importation Imports Exportation Exports Consommation Consumption Production en pourcentage de la consorar.iation Production as percentage of consumption , , , , , , ,6 100,1 99,9 100,2 99,5 NB. - La production de l'année 1936 concerne les confitures, moutardes et jus de fruits» Les importations et les ex lortations des années 1936, 1937, 1933 concernent les confitures, gelées et autres préparations de fruits. NB. - Production figures for 1936 refer to jam, mustard and fruit juices. Imports and exports for 1956, 1957 and 1958 refer to jam, fruit jellies and other fruit preparations.

11 Données statistiques/statistical information FRUITS CONSERVES (2006)/PRESERVED FRUIT (2006) (quintaux) / (quintals) Année Year Production Importation Imports Exportation Exports Consommation Consumption Production en pourcentage de la consommation Production as percentage of consumption , ,1 9,8 117,6 125,4 121,9 9 TO!