Oriental Light Air-Cured Tobacco from Japan
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 — Japan → United States
350%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.480%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 equal to or greater than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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