Fire-Cured Kentucky Threshed Tobacco from Japan
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 — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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