Burley Tobacco Leaf Scraps for Hookah Blends from China
Scrap leaf refuse from Burley tobacco, intended for non-combustible hookah shisha blends via heated inhalation. HTS 2401.30.27.20 covers this as Burley refuse for non-cigarette products; excludes flavored glycerol mixes per subheading note. Threshed for processing but remains unmanufactured.
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
• Document inhalation method as 'without combustion' if heated, but avoid 2404 if not homogenized
• Ensure no molasses/sugar addition pre-import to stay in unmanufactured refuse