Menthol Roll-Your-Own Tobacco from China
Fine-cut menthol-infused shag tobacco for rolling cigarettes, packaged in 1.75 oz retail zipper pouches. It qualifies for HTS 2403.99.21.90 as other manufactured tobacco substitutes prepared for marketing to consumers in identical imported form.
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 'roll-your-own' explicitly; mislabeling as cigarette tobacco triggers higher rates
• Comply with TPD (Tobacco Product Directive) equivalent labeling for warnings and ingredients
• Avoid common pitfall of insufficient humidity control documentation during transit