Flue-Cured Burley Blend for Plug Chewing Tobacco from Japan
Blended flue-cured and burley leaf, unthreshed/stripped, for pressed plug chewing tobacco. Classed in HTS 2401.20.31 for non-cigarette oral tobacco products.
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
• Specify 'plug chewing' end-use to differentiate from snuff or smoking tobacco
• Avoid any threshing that could shift processing classification
• Comply with USTR quota tracking for aggregate entries Sep 13-Sep 12