Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse › Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/ stripped

240120308-digit code

2401.20.30 — Oriental type

Loại Oriental

Unit: kg (kg)

HS code 24012030 covers oriental type under heading 2401 (unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse), Chapter 24. The MFN import duty is 30%; the lowest FTA rate is 0% under ASEAN - Australia/New Zealand (AANZFTA) (C/O form AANZ required). VAT: */5/8/10. Unit of quantity: kg.

MFN import duty

30%

NHN 90%

Lowest FTA

0%

ASEAN - Australia/New Zealand (AANZFTA)

VAT

*/5/8/10

Excise / Env. tax

Not subject

Import duty comparison across FTA schedules

Full table with legal documents & effective dates
Tax / ScheduleRateDocumentEffective
Preferential import duty (MFN)30%NHN 90%26/2023/NĐ-CP15/07/2023
Ordinary import duty45%NHN 135%15/2023/QĐ-TTg15/07/2023
ASEAN (ATIGA)(2026)*126/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
ASEAN - China (ACFTA)50%118/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
ASEAN - Japan (AJCEP)(01/04/2026 - 31/3/2027)*120/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
Vietnam - Japan (VJEPA)(1/4/2026 - 31/3/2027)*124/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
ASEAN - Korea (AKFTA)*119/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
ASEAN - Australia/New Zealand (AANZFTA)0%121/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
ASEAN - India (AIFTA)(01/01/2026 - 31/12/2026)*122/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
Vietnam - Korea (VKFTA)(2026)30%125/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
Vietnam - Chile (VCFTA)(2026)30%112/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
Vietnam - Eurasian Economic Union (VN-EAEU)(2026)Q113/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
CPTPP Agreement(2026)16,3; M: 24,5%115/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
ASEAN - Hong Kong (AHKFTA)(2026)*123/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
Vietnam - EU (EVFTA)(2026)10,9%116/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
Vietnam - UK (UKVFTA)(2026)10,9%117/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
Vietnam - Laos0%NHN 90%206/2025/NĐ-CP15/07/2025
Vietnam - Israel (VIFTA)(2026)*131/2024/NĐ-CP15/10/2024
RCEP - Group A (ASEAN)(2026)*129/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
RCEP - Group B (China)(2026)*129/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
RCEP - Group C (Korea)(2026)*129/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
RCEP - Group D (Japan)(2026)*129/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
RCEP - Group E (Australia)(2026)*129/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022
RCEP - Group F (New Zealand)(2026)*129/2022/NĐ-CP30/12/2022

FTA schedules are cut annually: the rate shown applies to the period in brackets, per the decree's appendix.

VAT · Excise tax · Environmental protection tax

Tax / ScheduleRateDocumentEffective
Value added tax (VAT)*/5/8/10181/2025/NĐ-CP01/07/2025

Rules of origin by FTA

To claim an FTA rate the goods must meet the origin criterion below AND carry a valid C/O — the right HS code alone is not enough.

AANZFTAC/O AANZRule set at subheading level 2401.20

- Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/ stripped:

RVC(40) or CC

RVC(40) hoặc CC

CCRVC40

Source: 44/2025/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2022 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions

AJCEPC/O AJRule set at subheading level 2401.20

- Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/ stripped:

CC

CC

Source: 37/2022/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2017 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions

AKFTAC/O AKRule set at heading level 24.01

Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse

WO

WO

Source: 49/2025/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2022 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions

ATIGAC/O DRule set at subheading level 2401.20

- Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/ stripped:

RVC40 or CC

RVC40 hoặc CC

CCRVC40

Source: 03/2023/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2022 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions

CPTPPC/O CPTPPRule set at heading level 24.01

Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse

CC

CC

Source: 03/2019/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2012 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions

EVFTAC/O EUR.1Rule set at heading level 2401

Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse

Nguyên liệu lá thuốc lá chưa chế biến và phế liệu thuốc lá thuộc Chương 24 có xuất xứ thuần túy.

WO

Source: 14/2026/TT-BCT

RCEPC/O RCEPRule set at heading level 24.01

Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse

CC

CC

Source: 32/2022/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2022 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions

UKVFTAC/O EUR.1 (UK)Rule set at heading level 2401

Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse

Nguyên liệu lá thuốc lá chưa chế biến và phế liệu thuốc lá thuộc Chương 24 có xuất xứ thuần túy.

WO

Source: 02/2021/TT-BCT

VIFTAC/O VN-ILRule set at heading level ex 2401 · only part of the heading — read the description

Lá thuốc lá chưa chế biến, phế liệu lá thuốc lá.

WO

WO

Source: 11/2024/TT-BCT

VJEPAC/O VJRule set at subheading level 2401.20

- Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/ stripped:

CC

CC

Source: 10/2009/TT-BCT

VKFTAC/O KVRule set at subheading level 2401.20

- Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/ stripped:

WO

WO

Source: 09/2022/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2017 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions

VN_EAEUC/O EAVRule set at subheading level 2401.20

- Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/ stripped:

CC

CC

Source: 01/2024/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2022 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions

Agreements with no rule specific to this code

This code carries a preferential rate under the agreements below but has no line of its own in the product-specific rules annex. The goods must still meet an origin requirement.

ACFTAC/O EGeneral rule applies

The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:

1. The goods referred to in Clause 3, Article 5 of this Circular, other than the goods provided in Clause 2 of this Article, are considered originating if:

a) The goods have a regional value content (RVC) of not less than 40% of the FOB value calculated in accordance with Article 8 of this Circular and the last production process is carried out in a Member State; or

b) Goods of Chapters 25, 26, 28, 29, 31 and 39; Chapters 42 to 49; Chapters 57 to 59; Chapters 61, 62 and 64; Chapters 66 to 71; Chapters 73 to 83; Chapters 86 and 88; and Chapters 91 to 97 of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System using non-originating materials undergo a change in tariff classification at the 4-digit level (CTH), except for headings 29.01, 29.02, 31.05, 39.01, 39.02, 39.03, 39.07 and 39.08, to which the RVC 40% origin criterion applies.

CTHRVC40

Source: 12/2019/TT-BCT · Article 7(1)

AHKFTAC/O AHKGeneral rule applies

The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:

1. The goods referred to in Clause 3, Article 5 of this Circular, other than the goods provided in Clause 2 of this Article, are considered originating if they have an RVC of not less than 40% calculated in accordance with Article 8 of this Circular.

Source: 21/2019/TT-BCT · Article 7(1)

AIFTAC/O AIGeneral rule applies

The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:

1. Products referred to in Clause 2, Article 2 are considered originating if:

a) The AIFTA content is not less than thirty-five per cent (35%) of the FOB value; and

b) The non-originating materials used in the production of that product have undergone a change in tariff classification at the six (6)-digit level (CTSH) of the Harmonized System.

provided that the last production process is carried out in the territory of the exporting Member State.

CTSH

Source: 15/2010/TT-BCT · Article 4(1) of Appendix 1

VCFTAC/O VCGeneral rule applies

The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:

1. For the purposes of Clause 2, Article 2, goods are considered originating in the Member State where the production or processing took place if:

a) The goods have a regional value content (RVC) of not less than forty per cent (40%), calculated in accordance with Article 5; or

b) All the non-originating materials used in the production of those goods undergo a change in tariff classification (hereinafter referred to as “CTC”) at the four (4)-digit level (that is, a change of heading) of the Harmonized System.

2. Each Member State shall allow the exporter to use either of the criteria provided at Point a, Clause 1 or Point b, Clause 1 of this Article to determine the origin of the goods.

CTC

Source: 31/2013/TT-BCT · Article 4(1)

VN_LAOC/O SGeneral rule applies

The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:

1. General origin criterion

a) Goods specified in Clause 2 of Article 2 shall be considered as originating in the Member State where the working or processing of those goods has taken place if:

- The goods have a regional value content (hereinafter referred to as the “Viet Nam - Laos value content” or the “regional value content (LVC)”) of not less than forty percent (40%), calculated in accordance with the formula provided in Article 5; or

- All non-originating materials used in the production of those goods have undergone a change in tariff classification (hereinafter referred to as “CTC”) at the four (4)-digit level (meaning a change of heading) of the Harmonized System.

b) Each Member State shall allow the exporter of the goods to decide to use either of the two criteria “LVC of not less than forty percent (40%)” or “change in tariff classification at the four (04)-digit level” referred to at point a of Clause 1 in order to determine the origin of the goods.

CTCLVC

Source: 04/2010/TT-BCT · Article 4(1) of Appendix 1

Criteria are quoted verbatim from the Vietnamese circular, not paraphrased.

Commodity policy for this HS code

Unofficial English rendering of the Vietnamese source; the document numbers link to the full text.

  • Imported goods required to undergo customs procedures at the port of import (23/2019/QĐ-TTg)
  • HS codes for tobacco raw materials and cigarette rolling paper (08/2023/TT-BCT - PL4)
  • Hạn ngạch thuế quan (12/2018/TT-BCT)
  • Plant quarantine (01/2024/TT-BNNPTNT M9)

Notes for Section IV PREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR; 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

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.

Notes for Chapter 24 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

Notes

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

2. Any products classifiable in heading 24.04 and any other heading of the Chapter are to be classified in heading 24.04.

3. For the purposes of heading 24.04, the expression “inhalation without combustion” means inhalation through heated delivery or other means, without combustion.

Subheading Note

1. For the purposes of subheading 2403.11, 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.

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