UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 2403.99
2403 99 90 00: Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco: other, other, other
Other manufactured tobacco (chewing, snuff)
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 2403 Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; 'homogenised' or 'reconstituted' tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences
- Other
- 2403 99 00 00 Other
- 2403 99 90 00 Other
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.
Additional duties and charges 2
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 598
- Documents
- 9014
- Excise dutyExcises
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
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) | — | 16% |
| 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 |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam | 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–Chile agreement | Chile | 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–Norway agreement | Norway | 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–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | 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 | 11.6% |
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 2403.99
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Germany | £151k | 30.4% | -54.8% |
 Dominican Republic | £107k | 21.5% | — |
 Indonesia | £85k | 17% | +4,354.3% |
 Sweden | £59k | 11.8% | -59.9% |
 Pakistan | £37k | 7.5% | -60% |
 India | £19k | 3.9% | -56.6% |
 Ireland | £17k | 3.4% | +295.3% |
 South Africa | £12k | 2.4% | +141.7% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
2403.99 Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco: other, other
EU 16.6% – 41.6% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 29.1% 
Türkiye 16.6% – 41.6% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 29.1% 
USA 350% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · 3× specific or compound duty 
Canada 5% – 9.5% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · average 7.7% 
Mexico 20% – 45% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 32.5% 
Brazil 12.6% – 16.2% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 14.4% 
Argentina 12.6% – 18% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 15.3% 
Peru 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free Third-country duty 6 tariff lines · 4× specific or compound duty 
Japan Free – 3.4% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 1.7% 
Taiwan 15% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
GCC 100% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · 3× specific or compound duty 
Norway Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
North Macedonia 60% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Nigeria 10% – 20% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 15% UK lines: 2403.99
Binding rulings for similar goods
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- 600011176 HMRC
Tobacco leaves. These are used to wrap tobacco together, into a form which can be smoked. They work in the same way as cigarette papers. The product is presented or packaged in a single wrap, in a foil sealed package
- 600010210 HMRC
Palm leaves rolled into the shape of a cone intended to be filled with smokable substances, chosen by the user. These are made from Palm leaf from tobacco, and corn husk filter. The product does not contain tobacco. These are presented in display boxes, there are two cones to a pack
Legal notes
Subheading note
1. For the purposes of subheading 240311, 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.
In the UK Global Tariff, 2403 99 90 00 is one of 2 lines under subheading 2403.99, other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco: other, other.
The third-country duty is 16%.
Goods from 170 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 16%; 169 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported other manufactured tobacco (chewing, snuff) (HS 2403.99) worth £498.4k (down 27% on the year before), at an average of £8.89 per kg; Germany supplied 30%, followed by Dominican Republic.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is 16.6%–41.6%, the Türkiye duty is 16.6%–41.6%, the US duty is 350%, the Canada duty is 5%–9.5%, the Mexico duty is 20%–45%, the Brazil duty is 12.6%–16.2%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%–18%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 0%–3.4%, the Taiwan duty is 15%, the GCC duty is 100%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 60% and the Nigeria duty is 10%–20%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 2403.99 worth US$1m in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 2403 99 90 00?
The third-country duty in the UK Global Tariff is 16%. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 2403 99 90 00?
170 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 169 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.
Do anti-dumping or other extra duties apply to 2403 99 90 00?
Additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. These are charged on top of the customs duty.