Sun-Cured Virginia Tobacco Midrib Scraps from China
Midrib scraps and fragments from Virginia sun-cured tobacco leaves, threshed and separated as refuse under HTS 2401.30.27.60. Primarily used in blending for snuff or hookah mixtures, explicitly for products other than cigarettes.
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 'Virginia sun-cured' variety via lab testing; misidentification leads to reclassification
• Exclude from cigarette end-use declarations to maintain lower duty rate under this subheading
• Monitor aggregate annual quotas by country; use Chapter 98 for duty-free samples