Threshed Kentucky Fire-Cured Twist Tobacco Base from Germany
Fire-cured Kentucky tobacco, threshed and stripped, serving as base material for twist chewing tobacco products excluding cigarette filler. It aligns with HTS 2401.20.83.35 criteria for processing, cure, origin, and end use.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%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 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Bundle with end-user letters specifying 'for chewing tobacco manufacture' to support classification
• Track country-specific quotas (e.g
• Brazil 80,200 MT) to avoid over-limit surcharges
• Inspect for threshing uniformity; incomplete processing risks shift to less processed headings