Fire-Cured Kentucky Threshed Tobacco from China
Fire-cured tobacco from Kentucky region, threshed and stripped for pipe or plug chewing tobacco blends excluding cigarettes. Classified in HTS 2401.20.83.90 as threshed unmanufactured tobacco for specified non-cigarette uses.
Duty Rate — China → United States
37.5%
Rate breakdown
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)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Reference US Note 5(d) for pre-1995 export eligibility if origin quotas are exceeded
• Use ISF filings early due to agricultural sensitivities and quota tracking
• Avoid any reconstitution that could trigger heading 2404 classification