Pipe Tobacco Cavendish Blend from China

A sweetened and fermented black pipe tobacco blend made from flue-cured Virginia tobacco, processed for slow-burning in pipes. It falls under HTS 2403.19.30.90 as smoking tobacco prepared for use in pipes, not cigarettes, and not water pipe tobacco. This classification applies to manufactured tobacco substitutes or blends intended for non-cigarette smoking products.

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

Verify the tobacco is explicitly labeled for pipe or non-cigarette use to avoid reclassification into cigarette tobacco subheadings

Include detailed processing documentation (e.g

fermentation records) and ensure compliance with FDA tobacco product import regulations

Check quota limits under U.S

Note 2 for origin countries like Brazil or Philippines to prevent over-quota duties