Natural Cigar Leaf Midrib Stems from China
Intact midrib stems extracted from cigar leaf tobacco, threshed similarly but remaining whole, uncut, unground, and unpulpverized. Precisely matches HTS 2401.30.03.00 for unmanufactured tobacco refuse from cigar leaf. Used in reconstituted sheet tobacco production.
Duty Rate — China → United States
37.5%
Rate breakdown
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)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Obtain phytosanitary certificates confirming no treatment altering form; track cumulative imports against country-specific quotas
• Pitfall: confusing with leaf strips which may go to 2401.20