VPDS042000 - Vaping Products Duty and Vaping Duty Stamps: Implementation dates: From 01/10/2026

A person must be approved in order to manufacture vaping products.

From 01/10/2026, traders must do the following once they are approved:

  • account for duty on vaping products
  • affix a duty stamp to all liable vaping products released for consumption in the UK

It will be a requirement that all imported liable vaping product has a duty stamp affixed and activated (digital stamps only, transitional stamps cannot be activated), unless it is going to be sent to a customs or excise warehouse under duty suspension.