UAE will ban hookahs and vapes without electronic labels

In order to facilitate taxation and regulate management, the UAE Federal Taxation Office announced that from March 1, 2020, the UAE will prohibit the import of any type of hookah and vape without electronic labels.

This is the second phase of the "Tobacco and Tobacco Products Marking Program" after last year's requirement that all cigarette products be printed with electronic signs.

Electronic identification marks can track products from the manufacturing plant to the final consumer, ensuring that producers and importers fulfill their consumption tax obligations.

The tax bureau will work with Delaru, which will provide an operating system and add electronic signs to imported and manufactured goods to prove that they have paid all consumption taxes.

The UAE levied a consumption tax on products harmful to health such as carbonated drinks, energy drinks and tobacco products in October 2017.

From November 1, 2019, vape, hookah and sugary drinks will also be included in the consumption tax. The consumption tax on tobacco products is implemented through the "Tobacco and Tobacco Product Marking Scheme".

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