Buffalo Wet-Blue Leather for Handbags from Japan
Full grain unsplit buffalo hide in wet-blue, surface area not over 28 sq ft, sourced for luxury handbag production. Fits HTS 4104.11.20.00 as 'other' whole bovine leathers in wet state, without hair or additional processing. Commonly traded in this form for downstream tanning.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
52.4%
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
9903.41.0540%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
• Use calibrated scales for surface area verification; provide chrome content analysis if questioned; segregate from dry hides in containers to preserve wet state