Buffalo Wet-State Lining Leather
Water buffalo hide tanned to wet-blue stage for lining applications in boots and apparel, unit surface ≤2.6 m². Fits HTS 4104.19.10.40 as 'bovine (including buffalo)' per hierarchy, excluding further preparation or hair-on per chapter note (c). Reversible tanning keeps it in wet-state category.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If split, not whole
Split wet-state bovine leather moves to 'other' subheadings beyond whole hide limits.
If crust vegetable-tanned
Vegetable-tanned crust hides of bovine animals classify under 4106, not chrome wet-blue in 4104.
If manufactured into finished luggage linings
Assembled into articles shifts from leather materials (ch41) to dressed leather apparel (ch42).
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Document buffalo origin within bovine category; ensure no splitting occurred to stay in unsplit whole leather; pitfall: inadvertent drying during shipping reclassifies to 4104.41 crust
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Wet-Blue Bovine Lining Leather
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Chrome-Tanned Calf Lining Leather
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Industrial Wet-Blue Lining Hide
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