Quota-Entered Maryland Burley Leaf from China
Partly stemmed Maryland burley tobacco, flue-cured/light air-cured hybrid, no threshing, specifically for U.S. Note 5 quota from Malawi (12,000 MT). This 2401.20.33.30 product is wrapper-free and used in export cigarette blends. Imported in bales for processor redistribution.
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
• Use pre-1995 export docs for special duty treatment if direct from origin
• Ensure no Chapter 98 claims overlap with quota quantities
• Document <35% wrapper via sampling to stay in 'other' category