2401.20.31 - To be used in products other than cigarettes

This HTS category, 2401.20.31, specifically covers unmanufactured tobacco that has been partly or wholly stemmed or stripped, but has not undergone threshing or similar processing. It further refines this by excluding tobacco that contains wrapper tobacco, or that contains over 35 percent wrapper tobacco. The intended use of this tobacco is for products other than cigarettes, distinguishing it from tobacco meant for direct cigarette production.

Within the broader classification of "Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped: Not threshed or similarly processed: Other," this subcategory (2401.20.31) focuses on specific types of light air-cured leaf tobacco. It is distinguished from its sibling category, "Other," which would encompass any unmanufactured tobacco meeting the preceding criteria but not falling into the specified light air-cured types. The "Other" sibling would thus be a residual category for less common or specially processed varieties not otherwise classified.

The subcategories beneath 2401.20.31 provide for a more granular classification based on the specific type of light air-cured tobacco. These include Flue-cured (2401.20.31.10), Burley (2401.20.31.20), and Maryland (2401.20.31.30) tobaccos. An "Other" subcategory (2401.20.31.40) exists to capture any remaining light air-cured tobacco varieties that do not fit into the specifically enumerated types, ensuring comprehensive coverage within this segment of the tariff schedule.