Flue-Cured K326 Tobacco Leaf for Blending from China
K326 flue-cured tobacco is a high-yielding variety used in cigarette blends, supplied partly stemmed, not threshed, no wrapper content. HTS 2401.20.35.10 applies to this flue-cured light leaf type.
Duty Rate — China → United States
385%
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 USTR regulations for quota apportionment; apply early in quota year (Sept 13-Sept 12)
• Document non-retail packaging to confirm unmanufactured status per U.S
• Note 4
• Test for glycerol/molasses additives—presence could shift to 2403 per subheading note