Flue-Cured Virginia Tobacco Leaf (Bright Leaf) from Germany
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 — Germany → United States
350%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.380%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 equal to or greater than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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