Threshed Virginia Fire-Cured Leaf Strips for Hookah Blends from Germany
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 — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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