Cut Stems for Roll-Your-Own Tobacco Mixtures from China
Cut tobacco stems blended into roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco for hand-rolled non-cigarette products like bidis or shisha bases. HTS 2401.30.25 applies to cut stems for other products. Cutting prepares them for even burning in RYO applications.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
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
• Differentiate RYO from cigarette intent via buyer contracts and end-use statements
• Imports from Canada, Israel, Mexico exempt from quotas per U.S
• Note 2(b)(i)
• Avoid bulk packaging that suggests industrial cigarette processing