Sun-Cured Virginia Tobacco Midrib Scraps from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Mexico
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