Flue-Cured Rolling Tobacco Loose Cut from China
Loose-cut flue-cured tobacco marketed for hand-rolling cigarettes or cigars, with a bright, tangy flavor from the flue-curing process. Classified under HTS 2403.99.31.50 as manufactured tobacco substitutes for non-cigarette products like roll-your-own. It is processed, flavored mildly, and packaged for retail sale to consumers making their own smokes.
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
• Provide documentation proving 'to be used in products other than cigarettes' such as marketing materials or end-use statements
• Ensure packaging is 'prepared for marketing to ultimate consumer' per U.S
• Note to qualify under statistical subheading
• Avoid bulk shipments over quota; use chapter 98 for duty-free samples but exclude from quota subheadings