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%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%
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