Buffalo Wet-Blue Lining Leather for Handbag Interiors from Japan
Full grain unsplit buffalo lining leather in wet-blue form, unit area ≤28 sq ft, tanned for use in handbag and luggage linings. HTS 4104.11.10.40 applies as it's bovine (buffalo included), wet-state, not further prepared, and specified as lining leather. The chrome process preserves it for easy further treatment.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
52.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
9903.41.0540%Bovine (including buffalo) and equine leather (provided for in heading 4104 or 4107); goat, kid, sheep and lamb leather, the foregoing dyed, colored, stamped or embossed (provided for in heading 4105, 4106, 4112 or 4113)
Import Tips
• Measure and certify surface area precisely; buffalo hides often vary, risking overage into other subheadings
• Use ventilated packaging to maintain wet state during ocean freight, avoiding premature drying
• Declare as 'lining leather' with end-use statements to differentiate from upper leather