Flue-Cured Bidi Smoking Tobacco from China
Shredded flue-cured tobacco prepared for hand-rolling bidis, traditional non-cigarette leaf-wrapped smokes. HTS 2403.19.30.50 applies to this manufactured tobacco explicitly for products other than cigarettes. Retail packaged in small pouches.
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
• Declare as 'bidi tobacco' with usage affidavits to differentiate from cigarette leaf
• Comply with TTB health warnings on labels for consumer-ready imports
• Track aggregate quotas under U.S
• Note (a) to avoid higher over-quota rates