Copenhagen Wintergreen Chewing Tobacco from Japan
Copenhagen Wintergreen is a popular loose leaf chewing tobacco flavored with wintergreen for a minty taste. Packaged in consumer-ready fiberboard cans with spit cups for immediate retail distribution. Fits HTS 2403.99.21.30 due to its preparation as chewing tobacco in final imported form.
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
• Check against US tobacco import quotas if from quota countries like Brazil or Zimbabwe; exceeding limits incurs higher duties
• Ensure packaging includes required Surgeon General warnings and nicotine content disclosures per FDA rules
• Document flavoring agents separately to prevent reclassification as flavored snuff under different subheadings