Unsplit Wet-State Water Buffalo Hide from Japan
Full grain unsplit hide from water buffalo, chrome tanned to wet-blue stage, without hair, in wet condition and not further prepared. Fits HTS 4104.11.30.60 as other buffalo hides in wet state. Commonly exported from Asia for global leather tanning industries.
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
• Obtain CITES documentation if from wild buffalo sources, though most are farmed
• Use brine or chemical preservatives in packaging to comply with USDA import regs for wet hides