Flue-Cured Tobacco Scraps for Pipe Blends from Japan
Irregular scraps and fragments from flue-cured tobacco leaf processing, destined for pipe tobacco mixtures rather than cigarettes. Classified in HTS 2401.30.27.10 as 'other' flue-cured refuse for non-cigarette products. These are threshed byproducts not suitable for whole leaf use.
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
• Document intended pipe tobacco formulation to justify non-cigarette status; check country-specific quotas (e.g
• 80,200 MT for Brazil); ensure no glycerol addition that could imply water pipe use