Fire-Cured Dark Tobacco Seeds from China
Seeds of dark fire-cured tobacco varieties like Dark Fired Kentucky, bred for robust flavor in chewing tobacco and snuff production via sowing. Accurately classified in HTS 1209.99.4170 for tobacco seeds used for sowing, adhering to Chapter 12 definitions excluding defatted flours.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Use ISPM 15 compliant packaging for wooden seed crates to pass fumigation checks
• Include lab tests for erucic acid or glucosinolates if blended, though irrelevant for tobacco
• Monitor quota restrictions; tobacco seeds may trigger quantitative limits beyond standard duties