4101.20.40.00/Vegetable Pretanned Buffalo Kid Hides/Japan

Vegetable Pretanned Buffalo Kid Hides from Japan

Lightweight whole hides from young buffalo (water buffalo kids), vegetable pretanned for preservation without tanning. Weighing under 10 kg dry-salted, these fit HTS 4101.20.40.00 as unsplit bovine (buffalo) raw hides. Ideal for specialty leathers in fashion.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%

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Import Tips

• Confirm buffalo origin via veterinary certificates; distinguish from equine to stay in bovine category

• Document exact preservation weights to meet 'other' light hide criteria under 16kg fresh

• Avoid mixing with hair-on hides, excluded to Chapter 43 unless specified bovine types