Flue-Cured Oriental Tobacco for Hookah Blends from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
10%
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
• 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