Bovine Wet-Blue Side Split Hide from Japan
Wet-blue chrome-tanned side portion of bovine hide, split to grain layer, wet state without hair or further preparation. Classified in HTS 4104.11.50.70 as other split wet blues, full grains or grain splits category. Used in automotive seating leather production.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
52.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 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
• Label packages 'wet hides - keep refrigerated' to maintain wet state through transit
• Customs may require splitting diagrams; prepare cut-pattern documentation
• Watch for rehydration during storage; dried hides reclassify upon entry