Flue-Cured Burley Tobacco Leaf for Pipe Blending from China
Partially stemmed flue-cured and burley light air-cured tobacco leaves, not threshed, intended for blending into pipe tobacco mixtures. This unmanufactured tobacco falls under HTS 2401.20.31 as it is designated for use in products other than cigarettes, such as pipe tobaccos, per chapter notes excluding cigarette production.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
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
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)
Import Tips
• Provide end-use certification proving tobacco is for non-cigarette products like pipe or cigar tobacco to qualify under 2401.20.31
• Verify origin country quotas under U.S
• Note 5; exceeds may trigger higher duties or reclassification
• Include documentation showing not threshed and wrapper content under 35% to avoid misclassification