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
9903.03.0110%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
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