Virginia Flue-Cured Tobacco Stalks from Japan
Stalk refuse from flue-cured Virginia tobacco, threshed but unmanufactured, under HTS 2401.30.37.10 quota. Commonly imported for extract production or low-end fillers.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Supplier affidavits on curing and processing required; no warehouse withdrawals count toward direct import for pre-1995; monitor USTR updates