Burley Tobacco Leaf for Roll-Your-Own Non-Cigarette from Japan
Partly stripped burley tobacco, flue-cured style, not threshed, for hand-rolled pipe or RYO non-cigarette products. This fits HTS 2401.20.31.40 as light air-cured leaf without wrapper, explicitly for products other than cigarettes per U.S. notes. Ships in large hogsheads for blenders.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%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 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Include end-user affidavits confirming non-cigarette use to comply with subheading specifics
• Check pre-1995 export documentation for potential quota exemptions from origin countries
• Ensure no threshing has occurred; test samples if processing unclear