Tennessee Dark Air-Cured Tobacco Scraps from China
Scrap material from dark air-cured tobacco leaves harvested in Tennessee, used primarily in plug chewing tobacco production. Falls under HTS 2401.30.27.40 as 'other' tobacco refuse of dark air-cured Kentucky-Tennessee type, explicitly for non-cigarette 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
• Include lab analysis confirming dark air-curing characteristics and absence of cigarette-grade processing
• Declare exact intended end-use (e.g
• chewing tobacco) on entry documents to comply with subheading requirements
• Check against US Note 1 quotas for Tennessee-sourced dark tobacco; early-season imports face stricter scrutiny