TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES ANNOTATED (1970) 



SCHEDULE I.-ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTS 

 Part 13.-Tobacco and Tobacco Products 



Item 



Stat. 

 Suffix 



Articles 



Units 

 of 

 Quantity 



Rates of Duty 



1 



PART 13. - TOBACCO AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS 

 Part 13 headnotes: 



1. The term " wrapper tobacco" , as used in this 

 part, means that quality of leaf tobacco which has 

 the requisite color, texture, and burn, and is of suf- 

 ficient size for cigar wrappers, and the term "filler 

 tobacco " means all other leaf tobacco. 



2. The percentage of wrapper tobacco in a bale, 

 box, package, or other shipping unit is the ratio of 

 the number of leaves of wrapper tobacco in such 

 unit to the total number of leaves therein. In deter- 

 mining such percentage for classification purposes, 

 the appraiser shall examine at least ten hands, and 

 shall count the leaves in at least two hands, from 

 each shipping unit designated for examination. 



3. Filler tobacco and scrap tobacco, which are 

 Philippine articles, are entitled to admission free 



of duty under items 170.22, 170.26, 170.29, 170.33, 

 170.36, 170.42, 170.47, and 170.62 of this part if 

 entered on or before December 31, 1973, but the 

 total aggregate quantity of such tobaccos entered 

 under these items during each calendar year shall 

 not exceed— 



(a) 5,200,000 pounds during calendar years 

 1963 through 1964, 



(b) 3,900,000 pounds during calendar years 

 1965 through 1967, 



(c) 2,600,000 pounds during calendar years 

 1968 through 1970, and 



(d) 1,300,000 pounds during calendar years 

 1971 through 1973. 



4. Cigars, which are Philippine articles, are en- 

 titled to admission free of duty under items 170.68 

 and 170.74 of this part if entered on or before De- 

 cember 31, 1973, but the total quantity of such 

 cigars entered under these items during each calendar 

 year shall not exceed -- 



(a) 160,000,000 cigars during calendar years 

 1963 through 1964, 



(b) 120,000,000 cigars during calendar years 

 1965 through 1967, 



(c) 80,000,000 cigars during calendar years 

 1968 through 1970, and 



(d) 40,000,000 cigars during calendar years 

 1971 through 1973, 



5. The dutiable weight of cigars and cigarettes 

 includes the weight of all materials which are integral 

 parts thereof, 



6. Provisions for the free entry of certain 

 samples of tobacco products are covered by part 5 

 of schedule 8, 



