Buffalo Wet-State Lining Leather from Mexico
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.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Mexico
Import Tips
• 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