Virginia Fire-Cured Threshed Flue-Cured Tobacco from China
This is threshed Virginia fire-cured tobacco, partly stemmed and processed through threshing to separate lamina from stems, used primarily in pipe tobacco blends and some cigarette formulations. It falls under HTS 2401.20.87.50 as unmanufactured tobacco that is partly or wholly stemmed/stripped, threshed or similarly processed, specifically Virginia fire-cured type, not prepared for retail sale.
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
• Verify origin against U.S
• Note quotas (e.g
• 80,200 MT for Brazil); exceedance shifts to higher duties
• Provide lab certification confirming Virginia fire-cured type and threshed processing to avoid reclassification
• Document as not 'prepared for marketing to ultimate consumer' to prevent movement to 2401.20.35