Kentucky Fire-Cured Dark-Fired Tobacco Midribs from Mexico
Midrib waste from Kentucky dark-fired tobacco, threshed and processed as refuse for use in plug or twist chewing tobaccos. Falls under HTS 2401.30.37.35 as fire-cured Kentucky/Tennessee refuse entered pursuant to quota for other-than-cigarette applications.
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
• Provide lab analysis confirming fire-curing (no flue or air-curing contaminants)
• Track warehouse withdrawals as they count toward quota
• Common issue: mislabeling as 'unthreshed' leading to wrong subheading