Analysis
HTS 2401.30.09 covers from cigar leaf: other under heading 2401 (unmanufactured tobacco (whether or not threshed or similarly processed); tobacco refuse).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 350%. Compared with 2401.30.70 (other: other), which pays 350%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 350 percentage points.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 57% of the 35 tariff lines in chapter 24, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 111910 (Tobacco Farming). That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2401.30.03 | Not cut, not ground and not pulverized | Free |
| 2401.30.06 | Cut, ground or pulverized | Free |
| 2401.30.13 | Not cut, not ground and not pulverized | Free |
| 2401.30.16 | Cut, ground or pulverized | Free |
| 2401.30.19 | From Oriental or Turkish type tobacco: other | Free |
| 2401.30.23 | Not cut, not ground and not pulverized | Free |
| 2401.30.25 | Cut, ground or pulverized | 97¢/kg |
| 2401.30.27 | To be used in products other than cigarettes: other | 28.4¢/kg |
| 2401.30.33 | Not cut, not ground and not pulverized | Free |
| 2401.30.35 | Cut, ground or pulverized | 97¢/kg |
| 2401.30.37 | Described in additional U.S. note 5 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions: other | 28.4¢/kg |
| 2401.30.70 | Other: other | 350% |