Finance Act 2017

22Tobacco products duty: ratesU.K.

(1)TPDA 1979 is amended as follows.

(2)For the table in Schedule 1 substitute—

TABLE
1. CigarettesAn amount equal to 16.5% of the retail price plus £207.99 per thousand cigarettes.
2. Cigars£259.44 per kilogram
3. Hand-rolling tobacco£209.77 per kilogram
4. Other smoking tobacco and chewing tobacco£114.06 per kilogram.

(3)The amendment made by this section is treated as having come into force at 6pm on 8 March 2017.