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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

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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
HS code	Product	MFN	COMESA-FTA	EAC
2401.10.00	Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped	0.349999994039536	0%	0%
2401.20.00	Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped	0.349999994039536	0%	0%
2401.30.00	Tobacco refuse	0.349999994039536	0%	0%
2402.10.00	Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco	0.349999994039536	0%	0%
2402.20.10	Cigarettes containing tobacco	0.349999994039536	0%	0%
2402.20.90	Cigarettes containing tobacco	0.349999994039536	0%	0%
2402.90.00	Other	0.349999994039536	0%	0%
2403.11.00	Water pipe tobacco specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter	0.349999994039536	0%	0%
2403.19.00	Other	0.349999994039536	0%	0%
2403.91.00	«Homogenised» or «reconstituted» tobacco	0.349999994039536	0%	0%
2403.99.00	Other	0.349999994039536	0%	0%
2404.11.00	Containing tobacco or reconstituted tobacco	0.349999994039536	0%	0%
2404.12.00	Other, containing nicotine	0.349999994039536	0%	0%
2404.19.00	Other	0.349999994039536	0%	0%
2404.91.00	For oral application	0.349999994039536	0%	0%
2404.92.00	For transdermal application	0.349999994039536	0%	0%
2404.99.00	Other	0.349999994039536	0%	0%

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HS 2403.11.00

Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion, water pipe tobacco specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter

Section IV · Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits & tobacco › Ch 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 › 24.03 Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; «homogenised» or «reconstituted» tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences

Applied duty rates

0.349999994039536 MFN applied rate
0% COMESA-FTA preferential rate
0% EAC preferential rate

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2025 2025 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

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2022 2022 $0 From the world – Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $1 From the world – Within the Commonwealth

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