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
Chapter 24 of the Harmonised System covers 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 four-digit headings spanning tobacco, unmanufactured to cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $1.84B
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 24 covers tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes, including modern nicotine products. India is a major exporter of flue-cured Virginia and other leaf tobacco grown in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, alongside manufactured tobacco. Subheadings separate unmanufactured leaf and refuse from cigars, cigarettes and other processed and nicotine-delivery products.
How to read this code
24 is the two-digit HS chapter for tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes. To clear customs your destination country extends it to a full 8–10 digit code and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty on many prepared foodstuffs, beverages & tobacco lines — check our import guides for your market.
Headings under HS 24
The Harmonised System breaks 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 into these 4 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Tobacco, unmanufactured; tobacco refuse
Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes; of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes
Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes n.e.c; homogenised or reconstituted tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences
Products containing tobacco, reconstituted tobacco, nicotine, or tobacco or nicotine substitutes, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body
Top destinations for Chapter 24 exports
India's largest buyers of goods in this HS chapter in 2024, ranked by export value.
Chapter-level destination mix — your specific HS line may skew differently. Source: UN Comtrade, 2024.
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Indian exporters in this category
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