Chrome-Tanned Wet Buffalo Hide Grain Split from Japan
A grain split from buffalo hide tanned with chrome salts in wet-blue form, unsplit outer layer removed but not further prepared. Classified in HTS 4104.11.50.80 for wet-state bovine (buffalo) grain splits without hair.
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
• Document split thickness and tanning method; grain splits must not exceed full grain specs to avoid 4104.19
• Maintain cold chain for wet hides to preserve state; include humidity logs in customs paperwork