Blackfat Threshed Tobacco Leaf from China
Blackfat tobacco is a dark air-cured variety primarily grown in regions like Argentina or Brazil, threshed and processed for use in pipe blends or chewing tobacco. It falls under HTS 2401.20.85.60 as partly stemmed/stripped, threshed tobacco described in Additional U.S. Note 5, entered pursuant to its quota provisions for blackfat type.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 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
• Verify origin country quota availability under Additional U.S
• Note 5 before shipment; exceedance shifts to higher duty subheadings
• Provide certification of 'blackfat' variety and threshed processing; include documentation for direct import from origin
• Exclude chapter 98 sample provisions unless qualifying; monitor aggregate annual limits from Sept 13 to Sept 12