Flue-Cured Virginia Tobacco Leaf (Bright Leaf) from China
Flue-cured Virginia tobacco, known as bright leaf, is a light-colored, high-nicotine leaf cured using artificial heat in flue-curing barns without direct fire contact. This unmanufactured tobacco is partly stemmed/stripped, not threshed, contains no wrapper tobacco, and falls under HTS 2401.20.35.10 due to its specific flue-curing method and processing state.
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
• Verify flue-curing certification and origin documentation to meet U.S. quota restrictions under Additional U.S
• Note 5
• Provide detailed stemming/stripping records and ensure no wrapper tobacco exceeds permitted levels to avoid reclassification
• Monitor annual import quotas by country (e.g
• Brazil 80,200 MT) and use chapter 98 for duty-free samples