The trader’s production methods, and his duty
calculation and accounting systems, must ensure that there is the
closest possible correspondence between the weight advertised on
the retail pack, the quantity of tobacco in the packs and the
weight declared for duty purposes.
Hand Rolling Tobacco (HRT) is defined in the ‘Tobacco
Products (Descriptions of Products) Order 2003’ section 6.
There is always the possibility that a brand of hand-rolling
tobacco may be misdescribed as pipe tobacco. You should ensure that
the cut width of any brand of pipe tobaccos falls within the
prescribed limit, as stated in section 6 of the ‘Tobacco
Products (Descriptions of Products) Order 2003’. This test
can only be performed by the Laboratory of the Government Chemist
as part of the audit or other checks.
You should also check price lists and advertising material
for signs that a brand of pipe tobacco is being advertised as
suitable for hand-rolling purposes.
If you consider that a brand of pipe tobacco, which meets the
physical criteria for pipe tobacco and is advertised as pipe
tobacco, is actually being used for hand-rolling purposes, you
should seek advice from the Tobacco Team, Ralli Quays. Do not take
any other action before you sought and received advice from the
Tobacco Team.
