2401.20.87 - Other

This classification, HTS 2401.20.87, encompasses unmanufactured tobacco that has been partly or wholly stemmed and stripped, and then further processed by threshing or a similar method. Threshing involves separating the leaf lamina from the midrib, often through mechanical means that break down the leaf into smaller pieces. This category serves as a residual classification for threshed or similarly processed unmanufactured tobacco that does not meet the specific criteria of its sibling category.

It is crucial to distinguish this classification from HTS 2401.20.85, which specifically covers threshed or similarly processed unmanufactured tobacco that is described in additional U.S. note 5 to chapter 24 and entered pursuant to its provisions. Therefore, 2401.20.87 applies to threshed or similarly processed unmanufactured tobacco not subject to the specific provisions of that note.

Within this category, further sub-classifications exist to provide greater specificity for different types of threshed or similarly processed unmanufactured tobacco. These subcategories are based on common curing methods and regional varieties, such as flue-cured, burley, Maryland, fire-cured Kentucky and Tennessee, dark-air cured Kentucky and Tennessee, Virginia fire-cured, Virginia sun-cured, and blackfat. The presence of these subcategories allows for more precise identification and statistical tracking of distinct tobacco types after they have undergone the threshing or similar processing.