Wet-Blue Bovine Full Grain Upper Leather from China
Full grain, unsplit upper leather from bovine hides processed in the wet state (wet-blue) through chrome tanning, not further prepared beyond crusting. Classified under HTS 4104.11.40.10 as tanned bovine leather without hair, in wet state, specifically for upper shoe applications due to its flexibility and durability. Meets chapter 41 definitions excluding raw or hair-on hides.
Duty Rate — China → United States
42.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Verify chrome tanning process documentation to confirm 'wet-blue' status and avoid reclassification as raw hides (4101)
• Ensure no further finishing like dyeing to stay in wet state category
• Obtain supplier certificates specifying full grain unsplit and upper leather end-use