Flue-Cured Tobacco Dust from Mexico
Fine particulate dust generated from threshing flue-cured tobacco leaves, categorized as tobacco refuse in HTS 2401.30.70.10. This waste material is unsuitable for direct smoking and used in fertilizers or extraction.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
360%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.94, articles the product of Mexico, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Include lab analysis confirming dust composition to distinguish from higher-value leaf products
• Monitor origin country quotas (e.g
• Brazil 80,200 MT aggregate); use chapter 98 for duty-free samples
• Avoid bulk packaging that could imply manufacturing, risking reclassification