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:
| Num. | 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 |
| Num. | 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 |
| Num. | 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 |
| Num. | 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 |
