Limed Buffalo Hide from China
Whole unsplit hide from buffalo, limed for preservation without tanning, under 16 kg fresh weight equivalent. HTS 4101.20.35.00 applies as it's a raw buffalo hide 'otherwise preserved' per chapter notes. Used in traditional tanning for drum skins or fine leather.
Duty Rate — China → United States
19.9%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Document liming process details to differentiate from pre-tanning, which would reclassify to crust leather
• Ensure no fat-liquoring or coloring, as chapter notes define crust to exclude reversible processes