UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 2401.20
2401 20 85 10: Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped: flue-cured tobacco, flue-cured virginia type
Stemmed/stripped tobacco leaf
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 2401 Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse
- 2401 20 00 00 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped
- 2401 20 85 00 Flue-cured tobacco
- 2401 20 85 10 Flue-cured virginia type
What you pay
Importing into UK
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Import requirements 1
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 18 GBP / 100 kg |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code " EU") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, Vietnam | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | 12.6 GBP / 100 kg |
Footnotes
TN701 According to the Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 (OJ L183, p. 9), as retained in UK La…
The prohibition shall not apply in respect of:
(a) the execution until 26 September 2014, of trade contracts concluded before 25 June 2014, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that the natural or legal persons, entity or body seeking to perform the contract have notified, at least 10 working days in advance, the activity or transaction to the competent authority of the Member State in which they are established.
(b) goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol which have been made available to the Ukrainian authorities for examination, for which compliance with the conditions conferring entitlement to preferential origin has been verified and for which a certificate of origin has been issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 374/2014, as retained in UK Law, or in accordance with the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
UK: imports by month · HS 2401.20
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil | £132k | 41.5% | +880.8% |
 Zimbabwe | £84k | 26.6% | +551.6% |
 Malawi | £55k | 17.2% | — |
 Poland | £24k | 7.5% | — |
 Mozambique | £12k | 3.9% | +510.3% |
 Zambia | £6k | 2% | -38.8% |
 India | £2k | 0.7% | — |
 Germany | £2k | 0.5% | -67.2% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
2401.20 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped
EU specific or compound duty Third-country duty 5 tariff lines 
Türkiye 25% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines 
USA Free – 350% General (MFN) 15 tariff lines · average 77.8% · 6× specific or compound duty 
Canada 8% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
Mexico 45% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Brazil 12.6% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines 
Argentina 12.6% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines 
Peru Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free Third-country duty 6 tariff lines 
Japan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Taiwan 13% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
GCC 100% Third-country duty 6 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · 1× specific or compound duty 
Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia 10% – 20% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines · average 15% 
Nigeria 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line UK lines: 2401.20
- 2401 20 35 10Light air-cured burley type (including burley hybrids)
- 2401 20 35 20Light air-cured maryland type
- 2401 20 35 91Whether or not cut in regular size, having a custom value of not less than euro 450 per 100 kg net weight, for use as binder or wrapper for the manufacture of goods falling within subheading 2402 10 00
- 2401 20 35 99Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped: light air-cured tobacco, other, other
- 2401 20 60 00Sun-cured oriental type tobacco
- 2401 20 70 10Whether or not cut in regular size, having a custom value of not less than euro 450 per 100 kg net weight, for use as binder or wrapper for the manufacture of goods falling within subheading 2402 10 00
- 2401 20 70 90Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped: dark air-cured tobacco, other
- 2401 20 85 10Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped: flue-cured tobacco, flue-cured virginia type
- 2401 20 85 90Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped: flue-cured tobacco, other
- 2401 20 95 11Whether or not cut in regular size, having a custom value of not less than euro 450 per 100 kg net weight, for use as binder or wrapper for the manufacture of goods falling within subheading 2402 10 00
- 2401 20 95 19Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped: other, fire-cured tobacco, kentucky type, other
- 2401 20 95 21Whether or not cut in regular size, having a custom value of not less than euro 450 per 100 kg net weight, for use as binder or wrapper for the manufacture of goods falling within subheading 2402 10 00
- 2401 20 95 29Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped: other, fire-cured tobacco, other, other
- 2401 20 95 91Whether or not cut in regular size, having a custom value of not less than euro 450 per 100 kg net weight, for use as binder or wrapper for the manufacture of goods falling within subheading 2402 10 00
- 2401 20 95 99Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped: other, other tobacco, other
Legal notes
Commodity code 2401 20 85 10 is a line of the UK Global Tariff under HS subheading 2401.20 (tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped).
The third-country duty is a specific or compound duty: 18.00 GBP / 100 kg.
167 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of 18 GBP / 100 kg.
Imports of stemmed/stripped tobacco leaf (HS 2401.20) into the UK came to £317k between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 223% on the year before); Brazil supplied 42%, followed by Zimbabwe.
For the same subheading, the Türkiye duty is 25%, the US duty is 0%–350%, the Canada duty is 8%, the Mexico duty is 45%, the Brazil duty is 12.6%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 13%, the GCC duty is 100%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 10%–20% and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 2401.20 worth US$813k in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 2401 20 85 10?
The third-country duty in the UK Global Tariff is 18.00 GBP / 100 kg. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 2401 20 85 10?
168 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 167 of them at 0%, under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union and DCTS Enhanced and other arrangements. The rate applies only to goods that meet the rules of origin of the agreement, with proof of origin. Choose the country of origin on this page to see its rate.