2403 11 00 Water-pipe tobacco specified in subheading note 1 to this chapter

Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; ‘homogenised’ or ‘reconstituted’ tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences: › Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion: › Water-pipe tobacco specified in subheading note 1 to this chapter

Duty rate for goods from outside the EU

74.9% of the customs value

Valid since 1 January 2012

Other measures can apply depending on the country of origin, for example preferences, quotas or anti-dumping duties. Check the TARIC for your case.

Import VAT, standard rate

  • Netherlands: 21%
  • Germany: 19%
  • France: 20%
  • Belgium: 21%

Standard rate. A reduced rate can apply to some goods.

Notes of the nomenclature

Section IV: Note

1. In this section, the term ‘pellets’ means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 % by weight.

Chapter 24: Notes

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.

Chapter 24: 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.

Indicative only. The binding ruling comes from customs.

Data as of 6 October 2026. Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Regulation (EU) 2025/1926).

European Commission data, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.

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