Cut Flue-Cured Bright Leaf Tobacco Stems from Japan
Cut stems from bright flue-cured tobacco, processed for use in chewing tobacco or cigar fillers, falling under 2401.30.25.10 as cut tobacco refuse not for cigarettes. The bright leaf variety is distinguished by its light color from flue-curing.
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
• Include end-user affidavits specifying non-cigarette applications; monitor annual quotas (e.g
• 80,200 MT Brazil); label as 'stems' to distinguish from leaf