Kentucky One-Sucker Fire-Cured Tobacco from China
Specialty unstemmed fire-cured Kentucky 'one-sucker' variety, grown with single sucker for fuller leaves used in premium chewing tobacco. Meets HTS 2401.10.95.10 criteria for not stemmed, low-wrapper fire-cured Kentucky tobacco. Minimally processed post-harvest.
Duty Rate — China → United States
20%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 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 varietal and regional affidavits to support specific subheading claim
• Avoid commingling with stemmed lots to prevent reclassification
• Confirm no threshing, as chapter notes prioritize unprocessed forms