Import Fees and Tariff Taxes Cigars and Tobacco
Does anyone have a good working knowledge on import fees and or tariff taxes on imported cigars or pipe tobacco? If I’m understanding correctly…I know that is a long shot for me…100 cigars doesn’t incur charges…also tobacco is charged at 32.8 cents per KG. If anyone can provide solid information I would greatly appreciate it. 
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Import rates are different for business and personal use. The lines have been blurred because so many businesses have imported large quantities under their personal name to try to avoid taxes.
Yes, under 100 cigars you are not required to pay import fees. For pipe tobacco anything under 1 kilogram you are not required to pay them either. The problem you can run into is that the shipper may not realize this and mark them as “duties due” which signals that they didn’t pay any taxes in their country so you’ll have to here before they can be sent through customs.
Almost every country we buy cigars from ship from free trade zones. So the tariff bùllshit all the manufacturers have used as an excuse to raise prices is just that…bùllshit. The tariff on tobacco products from every Central American country and the Dominican before it all started was 10%. It is still 10%. Tobacco was exempt from all the ruckus, never mind all of the free trade zones.
If it don’t bother me, it don’t bother me. Just leave me alone.
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Put that in your pipe and smoke it...
"I could've had a Mi Querida!" Nick Bardis5 -
I thought I heard a while back this $800 value was suspended and you paid on any value. It was slowing down all imports. Dont know if this is still the case.
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I inquired with Estervals and this was the short to the point response I received. Seems like they treat every export order the same??
Estervals….
Each shipment includes a customs declaration and invoice. Some also include a customs export accompanying document.
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