Dark Virginia Fire-Cured Threshed Tobacco Lamina from China
Dark Virginia fire-cured tobacco lamina, threshed to remove stems, offering a robust flavor profile ideal for chewing tobacco and snuff production. Classified in HTS 2401.20.87.50 due to its threshed processing, Virginia fire-cured variety, and status as unmanufactured tobacco refuse excluded.
Duty Rate — China → United States
385%
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
• Include threshing process affidavits; CBP scrutinizes to distinguish from unprocessed under 2401.30
• Monitor aggregate quotas under U.S
• Note (a); Canadian/Mexican origins exempt
• Label clearly as industrial use only to prevent retail classification errors