Virginia Fire-Cured Tobacco Refuse for Pipe Blending from China
This is threshed refuse from Virginia fire-cured tobacco leaves, primarily stems and scraps, processed for blending into pipe tobacco mixtures rather than cigarettes. It falls under HTS 2401.30.27.50 as 'tobacco refuse' specified as 'Virginia fire-cured' intended for products other than cigarettes, excluding cigarette production per chapter notes.
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
• Verify origin country against US Note quotas (e.g
• 80,200 MT for Brazil); exceeding limits triggers higher duties
• Provide documentation proving end-use for non-cigarette products like pipe tobacco to avoid reclassification
• Label as 'Virginia fire-cured refuse' and include lab analysis confirming fire-curing method and non-cigarette intent