Bovine Wet-Blue Grain Split Hide from Japan
A tanned bovine hide in wet-blue state, processed through chrome tanning, featuring a grain split layer without hair, in wet condition and not further prepared. Classified under HTS 4104.11.50.70 as full grains unsplit or grain splits, other wet blues that are split and other. This semi-finished leather is used in upholstery and garment manufacturing.
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
• Verify chrome tanning process documentation to confirm wet-blue status and avoid reclassification as crust leather
• Ensure hides are declared as 'wet state' with moisture content records; dry hides shift to different subheadings
• Obtain CITES permits if from endangered bovine species; common pitfall is misdeclaring hair-on hides