Light Air-Cured Tobacco for Snuff Production from Japan
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 — Japan → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 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