Flue-Cured Oriental Tobacco for Hookah Blends from Japan
Partly stemmed flue-cured Oriental-style light tobacco leaf, unthreshed, for non-cigarette hookah mixtures (excluding water pipe tobacco per note). HTS 2401.20.31.40 applies as it's other light air-cured leaf for products other than cigarettes, without wrapper tobacco. Used by blenders for flavored shisha bases.
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
• Confirm mixture does not qualify as 'water pipe tobacco' with glycerol to avoid 2403.11 exclusion
• Aggregate quota tracking essential for origins like Turkey or Greece via EU limit
• Document as 'not for water pipe' if borderline to stay in unmanufactured category