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PeruProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes

Draft Regulation of Law No. 32159, Law on the Control of the Consumption of Tobacco, Nicotine or Substitutes of both for the protection of life and health.

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Proyecto de reglamento de la Ley N° 32159, Ley de Control del Consumo de Productos de Tabaco, Nicotina o Sucedáneos de ambos para la protección de la vida y la salud.

Peru notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 4 May 2026. The comment period closed on 3 July 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Customs tariff headings of the 2022 Customs Tariff CODE Merchandise designation Observations 24.01 Tobacco, raw or not manufactured; tobacco refuse. Only tobacco, nicotine or substitute products of both 2401.10 - Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped: 2401.10.10.00 - - Dark tobacco 2401.10.20

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Partidas arancelarias del Arancel de Aduanas 2022 CODIGO Designación de la mercancía Observaciones 24.01 Tabaco en rama o sin elaborar; desperdicios de tabaco. Solo productos de tabaco, nicotina o sucedáneo de ambos 2401.10 - Tabaco sin desvenar o desnervar: 2401.10.10.00 - - Tabaco negro 2401.10.20

HS codes
  • 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
    • 2401 Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse
    • 240110 Tobacco, unstemmed or unstripped
    • 240120 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed or stripped, otherwise unmanufactured
    • 240130 Tobacco refuse
    • 2402 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes
    • 240210 Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos containing tobacco
    • 240220 Cigarettes, containing tobacco
    • 240290 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes consisting wholly of tobacco substitutes
    • 2403 Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes, 'homogenised' or 'reconstituted' tobacco, tobacco extracts and tobacco essences (excl. products of…
    • 240311 Water-pipe tobacco (excl. tobacco-free. See subheading note 1.)
    • 240319 Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion (excl. water-pipe tobacco containing tobacco)
    • 240391 Tobacco, 'homogenised' or 'reconstituted' from finely-chopped tobacco leaves, tobacco refuse or tobacco dust (excl. products of 2404)
    • 240399 Chewing tobacco, snuff and other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes, and tobacco powder, tobacco extracts and essences (excl. cigars…
    • 2404 Products containing tobacco, reconstituted tobacco, nicotine, or tobacco or nicotine substitutes, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine…
    • 240411 Products containing tobacco or reconstituted tobacco, intended for inhalation without combustion
    • 240412 Products containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion (excl. containing tobacco or reconstituted tobacco)
    • 240419 Products containing tobacco or nicotine substitutes, intended for inhalation without combustion (excl. containing nicotine)
    • 240491 Nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body, for oral application (excl. for inhalation)
    • 240492 Nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body, for transdermal application
    • 240499 Nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body (excl. for oral or transdermal application)
All 23 codes
  • 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles
    • 8543 Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, n.e.s. in chapter 85 and parts thereof
    • 854340 Electronic cigarettes and similar personal electric vaporizing devices
    • 854370 Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, n.e.s. in chapter 85
Notifying member
Peru
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 4 May 2026. Check WTO ePing or Peru for its current status.
Objectives
  • Consumer information, labelling
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/PER/177
Keywords
Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 3 July 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
Seis (06) meses después de su publicación en el Diario Oficial El Peruano.

How to comment

The comment period closed on 3 July 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/PER/177; it can take them up with Peru.

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What the notification says

The aim of the notified Regulation is to elaborate on the provisions set out in Law No. 32159, 'Law to control the consumption of products containing tobacco, nicotine, or tobacco or nicotine substitutes, for the protection of life and health'. The Regulation seeks to protect life and guarantee the right to health for individuals, families and communities, through the implementation of provisions relating to restrictions and prohibitions on the advertising, marketing and consumption of products containing tobacco, nicotine, and tobacco and nicotine substitutes; monitoring and oversight; and educational measures and information that raise awareness of the health, social, environmental and economic impacts of consuming these products.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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