EU tariff chapter 24

TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES; PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING NICOTINE, INTENDED FOR INHALATION WITHOUT COMBUSTION; OTHER NICOTINE CONTAINING PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR THE INTAKE OF NICOTINE INTO THE HUMAN BODY. 4 headings and 29 eight-digit codes, with conventional duty rates from free to 74.9 per cent.

Notes

1. This chapter does not cover medicinal cigarettes (Chapter 30).

2. Any products classifiable in heading 2404 and any other heading of the chapter are to be classified in heading 2404.

3. For the purposes of heading 2404, the expression ‘inhalation without combustion’ means inhalation through heated delivery or other means, without combustion.

Subheading note

1. For the purposes of subheading 2403 11, the expression ‘water-pipe tobacco’ means tobacco intended for smoking in a water pipe and which consists of a mixture of tobacco and glycerol, whether or not containing aromatic oils and extracts, molasses or sugar, and whether or not flavoured with fruit. However, tobacco-free products intended for smoking in a water pipe are excluded from this subheading.

Headings and duty rates

Heading 2401

Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse:

CN codeDescriptionConventional dutySupplementary unit
2401 10Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped:
2401 10 35Light air-cured tobacco(175)11.2 %
2401 10 60Sun-cured Oriental type tobacco11.2 %
2401 10 70Dark air-cured tobacco11.2 %
2401 10 85Flue-cured tobacco(176)11.2 %
2401 10 95Other(177)10 %
2401 20Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped:
2401 20 35Light air-cured tobacco(175)11.2 %
2401 20 60Sun-cured Oriental type tobacco11.2 %
2401 20 70Dark air-cured tobacco11.2 %
2401 20 85Flue-cured tobacco(176)11.2 %
2401 20 95Other(177)11.2 %
2401 30 00Tobacco refuse11.2 %
  • (175) Favourable tariff treatment for ‘light air-cured Burley type (including Burley hybrids)’ and ‘light air-cured Maryland type’ tobaccos: 18,4 MIN 22 € MAX 24 €/100 kg/net. This favourable tariff treatment is subject to compliance with the formalities and conditions laid down in section II, paragraph F, of the preliminary provisions.
  • (176) Favourable tariff treatment for ‘flue-cured Virginia type’ tobacco: 18,4 MIN 22 € MAX 24 €/100 kg/net. This favourable tariff treatment is subject to compliance with the formalities and conditions laid down in section II, paragraph F, of the preliminary provisions.
  • (177) Favourable tariff treatment for ‘fire-cured tobacco’: 18,4 MIN 22 € MAX 24 €/100 kg/net. This favourable tariff treatment is subject to compliance with the formalities and conditions laid down in section II, paragraph F, of the preliminary provisions.

Heading 2402

Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes:

CN codeDescriptionConventional dutySupplementary unit
2402 10 00Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco26 %1 000 p/st
2402 20Cigarettes containing tobacco:
2402 20 10Containing cloves10 %1 000 p/st
2402 20 90Other57.6 %1 000 p/st
2402 90 00Other57.6 %

Heading 2403

Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; ‘homogenised’ or ‘reconstituted’ tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences:

CN codeDescriptionConventional dutySupplementary unit
Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion:
2403 11 00Water-pipe tobacco specified in subheading note 1 to this chapter74.9 %
2403 19Other:
2403 19 10In immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 500 g74.9 %
2403 19 90Other74.9 %
Other:
2403 91 00‘Homogenised’ or ‘reconstituted’ tobacco16.6 %
2403 99Other:
2403 99 10Chewing tobacco and snuff (nasal tobacco)41.6 %
2403 99 90Other16.6 %

Heading 2404

Products containing tobacco, reconstituted tobacco, nicotine, or tobacco or nicotine substitutes, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body:

CN codeDescriptionConventional dutySupplementary unit
Products intended for inhalation without combustion:
2404 11 00Containing tobacco or reconstituted tobacco16.6 %
2404 12 00Other, containing nicotine6.5 %
2404 19Other:
2404 19 10Containing tobacco substitutes16.6 %
2404 19 90Other6.5 %
Other:
2404 91For oral application:
2404 91 10Nicotine containing products intended to assist tobacco use cessation12.8 %
2404 91 90Other16.6 %
2404 92 00For transdermal applicationFree
2404 99 00Other6.5 %

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