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| | APPENDIX F - CONSUMABLE GOODS ALLOWANCE | 
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| | PART I:� LOCATIONS HAVING CONSUMABLE GOODS ALLOWANCES | 
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| | A member, assigned to a PDS in an area listed below, is entitled to ship up to 1,250 pounds of suitable consumable goods per year.* | 
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| | An employee, assigned to a PDS in an area listed below, is entitled to ship up to 1,250 pounds of suitable consumable goods per year.*� This allowance is in addition to the 4,500 pound weight allowance authorized in JTR, par. C8002-A2.� In no event shall the weight of HHG stored at Government expense plus the weight of HHG shipped at Government expense, including consumable goods shipments, exceed 18,000 pounds. | 
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| | *Requests for increased weight allowances for consumable goods shipments must be justified in writing and sent through the appropriate organizational channels to the PDTATAC for approval.� In no event shall the maximum weight allowance for consumable goods shipment exceed 2,000 pounds per year | 
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| | Afghanistan, KabulGabon, LibrevillePoland, Warsaw 
Albania, TiranaGeorgia, Tbilisi Romania, Bucharest 
Algeria, AlgiersGhana, AccraRussia, Moscow 
Angola, Luanda Guinea, ConakryRussia, St. Petersburg | 
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| | Armenia, Yerevan Guyana, GeorgetownRwanda, Kigali (Eff:22 Jul 98) | 
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| | Azerbaijan, Baku India, CalcuttaSerbia-Montenegro, Belgrade 
Bangladesh, DhakaIndonesiaSierra Leone, Freetown 
Belarus, Minsk Kazakstan, Alma-Ata Somalia, Mogadishu 
Bolivia, La PazKenyaSri Lanka, Colombo 
Bosnia-Herzegovina Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek Sudan, Khartoum 
BotswanaLaos Suriname, Paramaribo 
Bulgaria, SofiaLatvia, Riga Syria, Damascus 
Burkina, OuagadougouLiberia, MonroviaTajikistan, Dushnanbe� 
Burma, RangoonLithuania, Vilnius Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam
Burundi, Bujumbura Macedonia, Skopje Togo, Lome� 
Cambodia, Phnom PenhMadagascar, AntananarivoTurkmenistan, Ashkhabad 
Cameroon, YaoundeMalawi, LilongweUganda, Kampala 
Central African Republic, BanguiMali, BamakoUkraine, Kiev� 
Chad, N'DjamenaMauritania, NouakchottUzbekistan, Tashkent� 
China, BeijingMoldova (eff:4 Mar 98)Vietnam� Mongolia, Alaanbaatar (eff:8 July 99) | 
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| | China, ShanghaiMozambique, MaputoYemen, Sanna
Congo, BrazzavilleNepal, KatmanduYugoslavia� (See Serbia-Montenegro) 
Cote d'Ivoire, AbidjanNicaragua, Managua Zaire, Kinshasa� 
Cuba, HavanaNiger, NiameyZambia, Lusaka
Cyprus, NicosiaNigeria, LagosZimbabwe 
DjiboutiNorway, Bodo
Ecuador, QuitoOman, Muscat
Estonia, TallinnPakistan, Islamabad
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa Pakistan, QuettaPhilippines, Manila | 
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| | PART II: CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHING A CONSUMABLE GOODS ALLOWANCE. | 
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| | The senior officer, in the area concerned, may submit a justified request for the area to be designated as an OCONUS location to which consumable goods may be shipped.� The justified request is sent through the appropriate organizational channels to the PDTATAC for approval.� The request must address the following questions: | 
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| | 1.How many members and DoD employees serve in the area? | 
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| | 2.Are State Department employees authorized a consumable goods shipment to the area? | 
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| | 3.What types of consumable goods are unavailable locally?� Please include foodstuffs, household and personal items. | 
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| | 4.Is the quality of consumable goods available locally equivalent to the American counterpart?� If not, explain. | 
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| | 5.What factors contribute to the lack of a reliable local source of adequate, necessary consumable goods?� Are those factors likely to improve in the foreseeable future? | 
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| | 6.Do locally available fresh foods require preparation far different from the American counterpart of those foods?� If so, explain. | 
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| | 7.Why do members/employees prefer/need to eat canned/dried/processed vegetables and produce versus locally available items? | 
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| | 8.Do food shortages require members/employees to wait in line for items for long periods? | 
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| | 9.Does State Department have a commissary or food locker/co-op at the station?� If so: | 
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| | a.� What is the space and storage capacity of the facility? | 
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| | b.� What variety of items are available? | 
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| | c.� How often is it restocked? | 
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| | d.� Can members/employees place bulk orders for consumable goods through the facility? | 
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| | e.� How often are bulk orders placed? | 
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| | f.� Are the bulk orders received on time? | 
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| | 10.Who is the POC for this request?� Please include commercial phone and fax numbers, and email address, if available. | 
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| | NOTE:The high price of consumable goods in an area is nota factor in deciding whether or not to establish a consumable goods allowance. COLA is designed to offset a high cost of living at an OCONUS PDS.� | 
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| | APPENDIX G - SUMMARY OF MAXIMUM RELOCATION ALLOWANCES | 
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| | TABLE 1.� Relocation Allowances for Certain New Appointees to their First Official Station within CONUS /1,2 | 
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| | Maximum Allowances in Effect if Reporting Date is:--------------------------------------------------Oct 1, 1982 On or before�� throughOn or after 
Type of allowanceSept 30, 1982Nov 13,1983Nov 14,1983 1 
EN ROUTE TRAVEL EXPENSES 
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Transportation ExpensesTransportation expenses for 
(pars. C4050. C4051,appointee and dependents from 
C4250, C4553)appointee's residence to� the first official station by common carrier; or A mileage allowance when a privately owned automobile (POA) is used for allowable in route travel as follows: 
Number of Occupants in POA: 
� Employee (or one dependent) 8 cents15 cents15 cents 
� Employee + 1 (or 2 dependents)10 cents17 cents17 cents 
� Employee + 2 (or 3 dependents)12 cents19 cents19 cents
� Employee + 3 (or 4 of more15 cents20 cents20 centsdependents) 
En Route Per Diem:
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(pars. C4300, C4552)A per diem allowance for allowable en route travel time not to exceed (NTE) the following maximum rates: 
�� Employees only$50.00$50.00$50.00 
Dependents (par. C7006-2�� NoneNoneNone | 
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| | HOUSEHOLD GOODS (HHG) 
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(par. C8000-1) 
Transportation Expense:Expenses of shipping HHG from 
-----------------------appointee's residence to the first official station NTE thefollowing net weight allowances: 
Maximum Net Weight Allowances:� 
Employee with dependents11,000 lbs11,000 lbs13,500 lbs 
Employee without dependents  7,500 lbs11,000 lbs13,500 lbs
�� Maximum allowance in effect��� 
�� if reporting date is on or 
�� a after 12 October 1984 is 
�� 18,000 lbs. | 
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| | Temporary storage incident� 
to transportation:60 days.90 days90 days 
(par. C8001-2)An additionalAn additional90-day period90-day periodmay be authorizedmay be authorizedunder certainunder certain conditions. conditions.
Nontemporary storage(NTS):
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(par. C8001-2)storage for up to three years when assigned to an isolated duty station within the CONUS.� Weight of HHG stored combined with weight shipped may not exceed maximum weight allowances shown above. | 
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MOBILE HOMEIf used as a residence, mobile 
(Chapter 10)home may be moved in lieu of HHG shipment. See Chapter 10 for eligibility requirements and cost limitations. | 
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| | (Effective: November 14. 1983) | 
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| | Table 2.� Relocation Allowances for Employees Transferred within CONUS /1,2 | 
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| | Maximum Allowances in Effect if Reporting Date is: | 
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| | On or before�� throughOn or after 
Type of allowanceSept 30, 1982Nov 13,1983Nov 14, 1983
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| | EN ROUTE TRAVEL EXPENSES
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| | Transportation Expenses:Transportation expenses for employee and 
(pars. C7000, C4250family from the old carrier to the newofficial station by common carrier; | 
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| | A mileage allowance when a privately owned automobile (POA) is used for en route travel as follows: | 
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| | Number of Occupants in POA: | 
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| | Employee (or one dependent)8 cents15 cents15 cents
Employee + 1 (or 2 dependents)10 cents17 cents17 cents
Employee + 2 (or 3 dependents)12 cents19 cents19 cents
Employee + 3 (or 4 of more15 cents20 cents20 cents���� dependents) | 
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| | En Route Per Diem:A per diem allowance for allowable en 
(pars. C4300-1, C7006)route travel between the employee's old and new official stations not to exceed(NTE) the following maximum rates: | 
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| | Employees or spouse
� unaccompanied by employee:$50.00$50.00$50.00 | 
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| | Spouse accompanied by
� employee: 37.50 37.50 37.50 | 
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| | Each other family member
� 12 years or older 37.50 37.50 37.50 | 
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� under 12 25.00 25.00 25.00 | 
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| | MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE ALLOWANCE
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(Chapter 9) | 
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| | Employee with dependentsA flat allowance (without documentation) of - | 
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| | $200.00$700.00$700.00�� or� or� or | 
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| | Two weeks basic pay, whichever is the lesseramount; | 
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