Flue-Cured Tobacco Scraps for Pipe Blends from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.94, articles the product of Mexico, 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