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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Customs Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2003 Chapter XXIV

Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes

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Customs Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2003 Chapter XXIV is part of Customs Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2003 - Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

CHAPTER 24

TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES

NOTE

This Chapter does not cover medicinal cigarettes (Chapter 30).

SUPPLEMENTRY NOTES

For the purposes of this Chapter:

(1) "tobacco" means any form of tobacco, whether cured or uncured and whether manufactured or not, and includes the leaf, stalks and stems of the tobacco plant, but does not include any part of a tobacco plant while still attached to the earth.

(2) "cut-tobacco" means the prepared or processed cut-to-size tobacco which is generally blended or moisturised to a desired extent for use in the manufacture of machine -rolled cigarettes.

(3) "smoking mixtures for pipes and cigarettes" of sub-heading 240310 does not cover "Gudaku".

Tariff Item

Description of goods

Unit

Rate of duty

Standard

Preferential Areas

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

2401

UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO; TOBACCO REFUSE

2401 10

- Tobacco, not stemmed or stripped :

2401 10 10

-- Flue cured Virginia tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2401 1020

-- Sun cured country (natu) tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2401 1030

-- Sun cured Virginia tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2401 1040

-- Burley tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2401 10 50

-- Tobacco for manufacture of biris, not stemmed

kg.

30%

-

2401 10 60

-- Tobacco for manufacture of chewing tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2401 10 70

-- Tobacco for manufacture of cigar and cheroot

kg.

30%

-

2401 1080

-- Tobacco for manufacture of hookah tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2401 1090

-- Other

kg.

30%

-

2401 20

- Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed or stripped :

2401 20 10

-- Flue cured Virginia tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2401 20 20

-- Sun cured country (natu) tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2401 2030

-- Sun cured Virginia tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2401 20 40

-- Burley tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2401 20 50

-- Tobacco for manufacture of birls

kg.

30%

-

2401 2060

-- Tobacco for manufacture of chewing tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2401 20 70

-- Tobacco for manufacture of cigar and cheroot

kg.

30%

-

2401 20 80

-- Tobacco for manufacture of hookah tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2401 2090

-- Other

kg.

30%

-

2401 3000

- Tobacco refuse

kg.

30%

-

2402

CIGARS, CHEROOTS, CIGARILLOS AND CIGARETTES, OF TOBACCO OR OF TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES

2402 10

- Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containingtobacco :

2402 10 10

-- Cigar and cheroots

Tu

30%

-

2402 10 20

-- Cigarillos

Tu

30%

-

2402 20

- Cigarettes, containing tobacco :

2402 20 10

-- Other than filter cigarettes, of length not exceeding 60 millimetres

Tu

. 30%

-

2402 20 20

-- Other than filter cigarettes, of length exceeding 60 millimetres but not exceeding 70 millimetres

Tu

30%

24022030

-- Filter cigarettes of length (including the length of the filter, the length of filter being 11 millimetres or its actual length, whichever is more) not exceeding 70 millimetres

Tu

30%

2402 2040

-- Filter cigarettes of length (including the length of the filter, the length of filter being 11 millimetres or its actual length, whichever is more) exceeding 70 millimetres but not exceeding 75 millimetres

Tu

30%

2402 20 50

-- Filter cigarettes of length (including the length of the filter, the length of filter being 11 millimetres or its actual length, whichever is more) exceeding 75 millimetres but not exceeding 85 millimetres

Tu

30%

2402 20 90

-- Other

Tu

30%

-

2402 90

- Other:

2402 90 10

-- Cigarettes of tobacco substitutes

Tu

30%

-

2402 90 20

-- Cigarillos of tobacco substitutes

Tu

30%

-

2402 90 90

-- Other

Tu

30%

-

2403

OTHER MANUFACTURED TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO subSTITUTE; "HOMOGENISED" OR "RECONSTITUTED" TOBACCO; TOBACCO EXTRACTS AND I-SSENCES

2403 10

- Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion :

2403 10 10

-- Hookah or gudaku tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2403 1020

-- Smoking mixtures for pipes and cigarettes

kg.

30%

-

-- Biris:

2403 10 31

---- Other than paper rolled biris,

Tu

30%

-

manufactured without the aid of machine

2403 10 39

-- - Other

Tu

30%

-

2403 10 90

--- Other

kg.

30%

-

- Other

2403 91 00

-- "Homogenised" or "reconstituted" tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2403 99

-- Other :

2403 99 10

--- Chewing tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2403 99 20

-- Preparations containing chewing tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2403 99 30

-- Jarda scented tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2403 99 40

-- Snuff

kg.

30%

-

2403 99 50

-- Preparations containing snuff

kg.

30%

-

2403 99 60

-- Tobacco extracts and essence

kg.

30%

-

2403 99 70

--- Cut-tobacco

kg.

30%

-

2403 99 90

-- Other

kg.

30%

-

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What does Customs Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2003 Chapter XXIV provide?

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