Tennessee Fire-Cured Dark Tobacco Strips from Mexico
Partly stemmed, threshed fire-cured dark tobacco from Tennessee regions, used primarily in chewing tobacco and snuff blends. Falls under HTS 2401.20.85.35 for fire-cured Kentucky-Tennessee types within U.S. note 5 quantitative limits. Excludes fully manufactured or combustion-inhalation products per chapter notes.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.94, articles the product of Mexico, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Include lab certification of fire-curing process (no flue or sun curing); aggregate entries with other note 5 tobaccos cannot exceed country-specific limits like 80,200 MT for Brazil
• Avoid classification as 'prepared for retail' to prevent shift to 2403