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 · 16 six-digit codes · World Customs Organization Harmonized System
HS code 24 tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes covers raw leaf, cigars, cigarettes, smoking tobacco and nicotine products. Use this page to see how the chapter is organised and how to pick the right code.
Chapter 24 is a compact chapter: 16 six-digit codes across 4 headings, 2401 to 2404. 4 of those headings subdivide below four digits, so the whole chapter fits on one screen. The chapter sits in Section IV, Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits, Tobacco, alongside 8 other chapters.
Headings in this chapter
HS code 24 tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes: what it covers
HS chapter 24 is the part of the customs tariff that classifies tobacco and the goods made from it. You may also see it written as HSN code 24. It starts with raw leaf and ends with nicotine products that are not smoked.
Customs tariff classification in this chapter follows how far the product has been processed. Raw tobacco sits in one place. A finished cigarette sits in another. Each heading has its own page, and that page lists every code it holds. Drinks and spirits are in a nearby chapter, Chapter 22.
Here is what each heading is for:
- 2401: unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse
- 2402: cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, made of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes
- 2403: manufactured tobacco, smoking tobacco, homogenised or reconstituted tobacco, extracts and essences
- 2404: products with tobacco or nicotine made for inhalation without combustion, plus other nicotine products
How do I find the correct HS code for my tobacco product?
Start with one question. Is the tobacco still raw, or has it been made into a product? Raw leaf and waste belong in heading 2401. Leaf that has not been stemmed or stripped is 240110. Tobacco refuse is 240130.
Next, ask if the product is a cigar or a cigarette. These belong in heading 2402. A cigar that contains tobacco is 240210, and a cigarette that contains tobacco is 240220. If a cigar is made with tobacco substitutes instead, the code is 240290. So the split inside this heading is tobacco versus substitutes.
Manufactured tobacco that is not a cigar or cigarette goes to heading 2403. Homogenised or reconstituted tobacco is 240391. Tobacco extracts and essences also sit in this heading.
If the goods are made to deliver nicotine, go to heading 2404. Still unsure about a product? Try the HS code classifier. Then open the heading page and compare its codes before you file or search.
HS code for water pipe tobacco 240311 and nicotine products
Water pipe tobacco has its own code, 240311. The chapter's subheading note defines what counts as water pipe tobacco, so read it before you use this code. Tobacco that does not meet that note stays elsewhere in heading 2403.
Heading 2404 is the newest group in the chapter. Some of its goods hold tobacco or reconstituted tobacco. Some hold nicotine but no tobacco. Others hold substitutes. Each kind has a separate code, and the 2404 page shows them side by side.
Not every nicotine product is breathed in. Some are taken by mouth, and some work through the skin. One more code covers any other way of taking nicotine into the body.
Chapter 24 import export data: find tobacco buyers and suppliers
A code tells you what a product is called. Shipment records tell you who moves it. Start with the buyer data and supplier data pages, or read how the import data and export data pages work.
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Related
Other chapters in Section IV
Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits, Tobacco covers chapters 16–24.
- 16Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or insects; preparations thereof5 headings · 42 codes
- 17Sugars and sugar confectionery4 headings · 17 codes
- 18Cocoa and cocoa preparations6 headings · 11 codes
- 19Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products5 headings · 19 codes
- 20Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants9 headings · 52 codes
- 21Miscellaneous edible preparations6 headings · 16 codes
- 22Beverages, spirits and vinegar9 headings · 24 codes
- 23Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder9 headings · 23 codes
These codes carry real shipments.
EximDataX shows the live import–export records filed under Chapter 24: named buyers, suppliers, quantities and values from official customs feeds.
HS Chapter 24: common questions
What is HS code 24?
The goods are grouped under four headings, 2401 to 2404.
What is the HS code for unmanufactured tobacco leaf?
Look in heading 2401. Raw leaf, with or without the stem, and tobacco waste are all placed there.
What is the HS code for cigarettes and cigars?
Both are in heading 2402. The tobacco version and the tobacco substitute version have separate codes, so check the 2402 page.
What HS code covers nicotine products inhaled without burning?
They are in heading 2404. The first code there is 240411, for products with tobacco or reconstituted tobacco.
What HS code covers oral or transdermal nicotine products?
Oral products use 240491. Products applied through the skin use 240492.
Where can I find Chapter 24 import export data?
Use the data section above, or open the import data and export data pages. Each shows how to search records by HS code.
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