2401.20.35.10/Flue-Cured Virginia Tobacco Leaf (Bright Leaf)/Japan

Flue-Cured Virginia Tobacco Leaf (Bright Leaf) from Japan

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 — Japan → United States

360%

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
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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

Flue-Cured Virginia Tobacco Leaf (Bright Leaf) from Japan — Import Duty Rate | HTS 2401.20.35.10