Cut Oriental Tobacco Stems from China
Stems from Oriental (Turkish) tobacco varieties, cut into strips for blending in hookah or cigarette fillers. HTS 2401.30.35.90 applies to these quota-entered, processed stems as 'other' tobacco refuse, not qualifying as water pipe tobacco.
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 not 'tobacco-free' or mixed with glycerol/molasses, as those exclude from related subheadings
• Provide evidence of thresher/processor origin to validate as refuse rather than primary leaf
• Track warehouse withdrawals against annual quota to prevent duty upgrades on overages