Hand-Rolling Tobacco Shredded from China
Finely shredded dark-fired Kentucky tobacco blended for hand-rolled cigars or non-cigarette smoking. This product undergoes processing including casing with sugars but is marketed explicitly for non-cigarette applications like RYO cigars. Classified under 2403.99.31.70 as manufactured tobacco for products other than cigarettes.
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 intended end-use as 'for hand-rolled cigars' in entry docs to avoid misclassification into cigarette tobacco subheadings
• Check U.S
• Note 5 aggregate quotas (e.g
• 80,200 MT for Brazil) before shipping large volumes
• Ensure no cigarette-making papers or filters are included to prevent set classification issues