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2403 19 900 0 — Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion, in immediate packings of a net content of > 500 g (excl. water-pipe tobacco containing tobacco)

Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion, in immediate packings of a net content of > 500 g (excl. water-pipe tobacco containing tobacco)

Names come in English where the EU Combined Nomenclature publishes them — chapters, headings and subheadings, whose first six digits are the same Harmonized System; deeper EAEU detail is a machine translation, marked as such. Official texts — tariff notes, measures, lists and classification rulings — are the original: customs and your broker go by that wording. Where we show a machine translation of them, it is marked; where our quality check rejected one, the Russian stays.

Duty rate
15%

This is the base rate. A tariff quota, a preference for the country of origin and a tariff exemption lower it; anti-dumping and special duties are paid on top of it

EEC Council Decision No. 80 of 14.09.2021

Supplementary unit
Not applicable
Requirements and measures
2

None: russian bans and restrictions, dual use, EAEU non-tariff regulation, trade defence measures — duty on top of the tariff, tariff quota.

Whether a measure applies to your goods depends on their characteristics and the shipping documents

VAT
22%

The general import rate in Russia: Tax Code of Russia, Art. 164(3) (Federal Law No. 425-FZ of 28.11.2025). This code is not named on the 10% VAT list (Decree No. 908) or the exemption list (No. 1042). The list of medical goods No. 688 is not checked here.

Where it sits in the nomenclature

Section IV. Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes

  1. 24Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
  2. 2403Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes and "homogenised" or "reconstituted" tobacco, tobacco extracts and tobacco essences (excl. cigars, incl. cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes)
  3. 2403 19Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion (excl. water-pipe tobacco containing tobacco)
  4. 2403 19 90Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion, in immediate packings of a net content of > 500 g (excl. water-pipe tobacco containing tobacco)
  5. 2403 19 900 0you are here

Explanatory notes to heading 2403 3 paragraphs

Machine translation from Russian. The original is the EEC explanatory note, and that is what a classification dispute is argued from; the translation is for understanding and has no legal force.

2403 Other manufactured tobacco and industrial tobacco substitutes; tobacco "homogenized" or "reconstituted"; tobacco extracts and essences: - Smoking tobacco containing or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion:

2403 11 - Hookah tobacco referred to in Note 1 to subheading 2403 19 - Other: 2403 91 - "homogenized" or "reconstituted" tobacco 2403 99 - Other

This heading covers: (1) Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion, e.g., manufactured pipe tobacco or cigarette tobacco. (2) Chewing tobacco, usually highly fermented and moistened. (3) Snuff, more or less flavoured. (4) Tobacco compressed or moistened for making snuff. (5) Manufactured tobacco substitutes, e.g., smoking mixtures not containing tobacco. However, products such as cannabis are excluded (heading 1211). (6) "Homogenised" or "reconstituted" tobacco, made by agglomerating finely cut tobacco from tobacco leaves, tobacco refuse or tobacco dust, whether or not on a backing (e.g., a cellulose sheet from the midribs of tobacco leaves), generally put up in the form of rectangular sheets or strip. It can be used either in the sheet form (as a covering leaf, i.e., a wrapper) or in shredded, chopped form (as a filler). (7) Tobacco extracts and essences. These are liquids extracted from moist leaves by pressure or prepared by boiling tobacco waste in water. They are used mainly for the manufacture of insecticides and parasiticides. The heading excludes: (a) nicotine (the alkaloid extracted from tobacco) (heading 2939); (b) insecticides of heading 3808. Subheading Explanatory Note. Subheading 2403 11 This subheading covers, inter alia, products consisting of a mixture of tobacco, molasses or sugar, flavoured with fruit, glycerol, aromatic oils and extracts (e.g., "Meassel" or "Massel"). In addition, products not containing molasses or sugar (e.g., "Tumbak" or "Ajami") are also covered. However, tobacco-free water pipe products (e.g., "Jurak") are excluded from the subheading (subheading 2403 99). The water pipe is also known by such names as "narghile", "argileh", "bouri", "gouza", "hookah", "shisha" or "hubble-bubble".

Official text adopted by a Recommendation of the EEC Board

Notes to chapter 24 — Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 4 items

Notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

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

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. For the purposes of subheading 2403 11, the term hookah tobacco means tobacco intended for smoking by hookah and consisting of a mixture of tobacco and glycerin, containing or not containing aromatic oils and extracts, molasses or sugar, having or not having a fruity aroma. However, tobacco-free products intended for smoking by hookah are excluded from this subheading.

What import requires

Veterinary and sanitary control

Goods fall under supervision by their type and characteristics

  • Sanitary and epidemiological supervision (control)

    rule for the whole chapter 24
    Пищевые продукты (продукты в натуральном или переработанном виде, употребляемые человеком в пищу), в том числе полученные с использованием генно-инженерно-модифицированных (трансгенных) организмов; Табачные изделия и табачное сырье; Иная продукция (товары), в отношении которой одним из государств – членов Евразийского экономического союза введены временные санитарные меры

    Решение Коллегии Евразийской экономической комиссии от 17.09.2019 № 154

Conformity assessment

May apply

Whether the goods fall under a regulation depends on their name and characteristics. Check them against the list

  • ТР ТС 035/2014Technical regulations on tobacco products
    • Табак курительный тонкорезаный, табак для кальяна, табак трубочный (в упаковке, предназначенной для продажи или первичной упаковки продукции, реализуемой конечному потребителю) — declaration of conformity

Checked: the consolidated list of Government Decree No. 2425 and the lists of 42 technical regulations out of 52 adopted. The others have no list by HS code, so see the full list of regulations.

How it is done in practice

Valid documents in the EAEU unified register for subheading 2403 19: certificates 0, declarations 169.

By technical regulation
ТР ТС 035/2014169
Schemes
1д902д693д10The letter after the scheme number shows the form: certification or declaration of conformity.
Most active certification bodies
РУП «Белорусский государственный институт метрологии»ЗАО «Национальный орган по стандартизации и метрологии»ООО «Центр экспертизы и сертификации «Табак»
Manufacturers outside the EAEU
Germany9Denmark6United States5Belgium4United Kingdom3Türkiye3

Manufacturers of these goods →Check a supplier’s document by its number →

Payments on import

Duty for this code: 15%. On top of the duty, on import into Russia you pay VAT of 22% of the customs value including the duty (Article 160 of the Tax Code) and the customs processing fee — a fixed amount by value band. Customs value: the price of the goods, delivery to the border, local costs.

Import VAT in EAEU countries

  • Russia22%
  • Kazakhstan16%
  • Belarus20%
  • Armenia20%
  • Kyrgyzstan12%

Standard rate; each country has reduced rates and exemptions for some goods. The duty for the code above is the union one, the same for all

The right code is in the HS code search.