Light Air-Cured Tobacco for Snuff Production from Germany
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 — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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