Flue-Cured Bright Leaf Tobacco Bale from China
Bales of partly stemmed flue-cured bright leaf tobacco, unthreshed, with wrapper content under 35%. Primarily grown in the US Southeast, used in American blend cigarettes. HTS 2401.20.35.40 covers this as other light air-cured unmanufactured tobacco.
Duty Rate — China → United States
387.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 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
• Confirm exclusion from Canada/Israel/Mexico quotas per US note (b)(i)
• Provide humidity and moisture content certificates for customs valuation
• Separate from cigarette tobacco preparations to avoid 2401.20.85 if for hand-rolled use