Flue-Cured Oriental Threshed Tobacco Leaves from China
Flue-cured Oriental-style tobacco, stemmed, threshed, and processed similarly, entered under HTS 2401.20.85.10 per U.S. Note 5. Aromatic leaves for pipe or blend tobaccos. Qualifies as partly stemmed unmanufactured tobacco.
Duty Rate — China → United States
37.5%
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
• Document threshing process to distinguish from manufactured products; avoid 2404 catch-all for any further treatment
• Confirm country-specific quotas (e.g
• 12,000 MT Malawi); common error is aggregate miscalculation across EU origins
• Prepared for hand-rolled cigarettes? Still classifiable here unless marketed as final consumer product