Flue-Cured NC95 Tobacco Variety Leaf from Japan
NC95 is a flue-cured Virginia-type tobacco variety optimized for disease resistance, delivered partly stemmed/stripped, unthreshed, without wrappers. It fits HTS 2401.20.35.10 as flue-cured in the specified hierarchy.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
350%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.480%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 equal to or greater than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Declare variety and curing specifics in entry docs to match statistical reporting requirements
• Separate shipments by origin to monitor aggregate quotas; Canada/Mexico exempt per U.S
• Note 5
• Inspect for threshing during processing—unthreshed state critical for this subheading