Threshed Connecticut Shade Cigar Leaf Tobacco from China
This is premium Connecticut Shade cigar wrapper leaf that has been threshed and stripped, processed for use in premium hand-rolled cigars. It falls under HTS 2401.20.60.40 as unmanufactured tobacco from cigar leaf, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped, threshed, and classified as 'other' from cigar leaf sources.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
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 origin country against U.S. tobacco import quotas (e.g
• limited tons from Brazil, Zimbabwe) to avoid over-quota duties
• Provide Customs with processing certificates confirming 'threshed or similarly processed' status and cigar leaf origin
• Label shipments clearly as 'unmanufactured tobacco for cigar production' to prevent misclassification as cigarette tobacco