Equine Wet-Blue Full Grain Unsplit Hide from Japan
Full grain unsplit horse hide chrome-tanned to wet-blue, maintained wet without hair or additional preparation. Falls under HTS 4104.11.50.70 other wet blues full grains unsplit, other. Used for premium boot leather.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
52.5%
Rate breakdown
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)
9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%
Import Tips
• Provide chrome tanning certification from processor to prove wet-blue status
• Refrigerated container mandatory; ambient shipping risks crust conversion
• Declare surface area measurements for duty calculation accuracy