Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "importer'' means any of the following:
(1) A person in the United States to whom nontaxpaid tobacco products, cigarette papers, or cigarette tubes manufactured in a foreign country, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or a possession of the United States are shipped or consigned.
(2) A person who removes cigars or cigarettes for sale or consumption in the United States from a customs bonded manufacturing warehouse.
(3) A person who smuggles or unlawfully brings tobacco products, cigarette papers, or cigarette tubes into the United States.
As added by P.L.21-2000, SEC.10.