Natural Cigar Leaf Midrib Stems from Japan
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 — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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