Oriental Light Air-Cured Tobacco from China
Unmanufactured Oriental tobacco, sun-cured or light air-cured, not stripped, with minimal wrapper content, prized for aromatic cigarettes like Turkish blends. This variety offers spicy, floral notes. HTS 2401.10.65.90 covers it as other flue/burley/light air-cured leaf.
Duty Rate — China → United States
367.5%
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
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 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(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Provide curing method certification; origins like Thailand have 7,000 MT quotas
• Label bales clearly as unstemmed; test for glycerol/moisture to avoid 2403 confusion