The Kenaf and National Tobacco Board (LKTN) has taken over the portfolio of administering authority for Tobacco Import Permit in accordance with the Customs (Prohibition on Import / Export) (Amendment) 2016. The LKTN agency under the Ministry of Main Industry (MPI) is responsible for processing permit applications import (AP) Raw tobacco.
Importance of four (4) types (HS Code: 2401.00 0000) as listed below requires written permission from LKTN.
The product code (HS Code) involved is as follows:
[24.01] Unmanufactured Tobacco; Tobacco Refuse
No.
Product Description
Classification Code
Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped
1.
Virginia type, Flue cured
2401.10.1000
2.
Virginia type, other than Flue cured
2401.10.2000
3.
Burley type
2401.10.4000
4.
Flue cured
2401.10.5000
5.
Other
2401.10.9000
Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped
6.
Virginia type, Flue cured
2401.20.1000
7.
Virginia type other than Flue cured
2401.20.2000
8.
Oriental type
2401.20.3000
9.
Burley type
2401.20.4000
10.
Other, flue cured
2401.20.5000
11.
other
2401.20.9000
Tobacco Refuse.
12.
Tobacco stems
2401.30.1000
13.
other
2401.30.9000
[24.02] Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes
No.
Product Description
Classification Code
1.
Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco
2402.10.0000
Cigarettes containing tobacco
2.
Beedies
2402.20.1000
3.
Clove cigarettes
2402.20.2000
4.
Other
2402.20.9000
Other
5.
Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos of tobacco substitutes
2402.90.1000
6.
Cigarettes of tobacco substitutes
2402.90.2000
[24.03] Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes;"homogenised" or "reconstituted" tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences
No.
Product Description
Classification Code
Water pipe tobacco
1.
Packed for retail sale
2403.11.1000
2.
Other
2403.11.9000
Other (Packed for retail sale)
3.
Ang Hoon
2403.19.1100
4.
Other
2403.19.1900
Other (Manufactured tobacco for the manufacture of cigarettes)
5.
Ang Hoon
2403.19.9100
6.
Other
2403.19.9900
Other ("Homogenised" or "reconstituted" tobacco)
7.
Packed for retail sale
2403.91.1000
8.
Other
2403.91.9000
Other
9.
Tobacco extracts and essences
2403.99.1000
10.
Manufactured tobacco substitutes
2403.99.3000
11.
Snuff, whether or not dry
2403.99.4000
12.
Chewing and sucking tobacco
2403.99.5000
13.
Other
2403.99.9000
[24.04] 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
No.
Product Description
Classification Code
Products intended for inhalation without combustion
1.
Containing tobacco or reconstituted tobacco
2404.11.0000
Other,containing nicotine
2.
E-cigarette liquid or gel
2404.12.1000
3.
Other
2404.12.9000
Other
4.
Containing tobacco substitutes
2404.19.1000 OR 2404.19.2000
For oral application
5.
Nicotine chewing gum
2404.91.1000
6.
Other
2404.91.9000
For transdermal application
7.
Nicotine patch
2404.92.1000
8.
Other
2404.92.9000
Other
9.
Other
2404.99.0000