Oriental Light Air-Cured Tobacco from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
360%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.94, articles the product of Mexico, 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