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Winston Red Soft Pack Cigarettes

Soft pack cigarettes with full-flavor red tobacco blend, produced in Korea incorporating minimum 30% US-grown burley tobacco per U.S. note 31 requirements. Falls under HTS 9822.07.25 quantitative limitation program for Korean cigarettes in subheading 2402.20.90. Designed for duty treatment within annual import quotas.

Import Duty Rates by Country of Origin

Origin CountryMFN RateCh.99 SurchargesTotal Effective Rate
🇨🇳ChinaFree+12.5%12.5%
🇲🇽MexicoFree+10.0%10%
🇨🇦CanadaFree+10.0%10%
🇩🇪GermanyFree+10.0%10%
🇯🇵JapanFree+12.5%12.5%

Alternative Classifications

This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.

2402.20.10.00Higher: 38.4% vs 12.5%

If small cigarettes under 3,300 cigarettes/kg

Physical size/weight specifications determine classification within 2402.20 rather than origin-based Chapter 98 provisions

2402.20Higher: 38.4% vs 12.5%

If containing over 35% oriental tobacco

Specific oriental tobacco content threshold moves to different subheading outside the Korean quota program

2403.91Higher: 362.5% vs 12.5%

If 'homogenized' or reconstituted tobacco used

Reconstituted sheet tobacco products classified in 2403 rather than whole leaf cigarettes of 2402.20

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Import Tips & Compliance

• Maintain tobacco origin documentation proving 30%+ US content; track quota utilization through CBP; ensure proper marking as Korean-origin goods eligible under note 31