Light Air-Cured Tobacco for Snuff Production from China
Unprocessed partly stemmed light air-cured tobacco leaf, flue/burley type, for ground snuff rather than cigarettes. Falls under HTS 2401.20.31.40 as non-wrapper, non-threshed leaf for other products per U.S. definitions. Imported for fine grinding into nasal or oral snuff.
Duty Rate — China → United States
37.5%
Rate breakdown
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)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Declare snuff end-use explicitly; misdeclaration risks reclassification to cigarette quotas
• Use chapter 98 for duty-free samples but exclude from main quota calculations
• Inspect for over 35% wrapper content during customs exam to prevent shifts