Chrome Tanned Wet Buffalo Grain Split from Japan
An unsplit grain split from buffalo hide, tanned in wet-blue chrome process without hair, in wet state and not further prepared. Classified under HTS 4104.11.30.60 for other buffalo full grains or grain splits in wet state. Used primarily for high-end leather splitting into thinner sheets for bags and accessories.
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
• Include splitting diagrams and tanning process certificates to confirm grain split status without further preparation
• Label shipments clearly as 'wet hides' to prevent drying during transit, which could reclassify the product