Full Grain Bovine Wet-Blue Split for Shoe Leather from Japan
Bovine wet-blue grain split intended for upper shoe leather production, chrome-tanned and kept wet. HTS 4104.11.50.40 applies to such unsplit full grains or grain splits in wet-blue form, other categories, distinguishing from crust or finished leathers.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
53.3%
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
• Specify end-use in commercial invoice if known, but classify by state not use; test for chromium VI limits
• Pitfall: bundling with finished leather triggers mixed shipment rules