Processed Flue-Cured Tobacco Midribs from China
Midribs extracted from flue-cured bright leaf tobacco during processing, used as refuse in manufacturing chewing tobacco or cigar fillers rather than cigarettes. HTS 2401.30.27.10 applies to this flue-cured refuse specified for non-cigarette applications. The material is threshed but remains unmanufactured tobacco refuse.
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
• Include certificates of origin specifying flue-curing region (e.g
• US Bright or Brazilian flue); avoid commingling with cigarette-destined lots; prepare for FDA tobacco product import alerts