Flue-Cured Burley Tobacco Leaf for Pipe Blending from Mexico
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 — Mexico → 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
• 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