Threshed Virginia Fire-Cured Leaf Strips for Hookah Blends from China
Partially stripped and threshed refuse from Virginia fire-cured tobacco, intended for hookah (water pipe) blends excluding combustion products. Fits 2401.30.27.50 as unmanufactured refuse, Virginia type, for non-cigarette use; note excludes flavored glycerol mixes from 2403.11.
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
• Confirm absence of glycerol/molasses to stay in 2401; subheading note defines water pipe tobacco separately
• Use chapter 98 for duty-free samples, but track against main quotas
• Document threshing process photos/certificates to prove 'similarly processed' status