Flue-Cured Burley Tobacco Leaf for Pipe Blends from China
Partially stemmed flue-cured burley tobacco leaf, not threshed, intended for blending into pipe tobacco mixtures rather than cigarettes. This unmanufactured tobacco falls under HTS 2401.20.31.40 as it is light air-cured, contains no wrapper tobacco, and is specified for non-cigarette products like pipe tobaccos. It arrives in bales for further processing by blenders.
Duty Rate — China → United States
37.5%
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
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 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(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Verify origin country quotas under U.S
• Note 2 to avoid over-quota duties; Brazil and Argentina have high limits
• Provide documentation proving end-use for non-cigarette products like pipe tobacco to qualify under this subheading
• Ensure tobacco is partly stemmed but not threshed; improper processing may shift to threshed categories