Tobacco Stem Scrap for Pipe Blending from China
Coarse tobacco stem scraps and refuse collected from flue-cured processing, suitable for blending into pipe tobacco mixtures. Classified under HTS 2401.30.27.90 as tobacco refuse intended for use in products other than cigarettes, such as pipe tobacco or chewing tobacco. Excludes any refuse destined for 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
• Provide end-use certification proving the refuse is for non-cigarette products like pipe or chewing tobacco to avoid reclassification
• Verify origin against U.S
• Note quotas (e.g
• Brazil 80,200 MT); exceedances trigger higher duties
• Include processing documentation showing 'threshed or similarly processed' status without further manufacture