Chrome-Tanned Wet Buffalo Skin from Japan
Full-thickness wet buffalo skin chrome-tanned without hair, in wet-blue condition for further leather processing. Falls under 4104.19.30.00 as other bovine (buffalo) in wet state, not further prepared.
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
• Include lab analysis reports confirming chrome tanning and wet state (high moisture content)
• Label clearly as 'wet hides' to prevent drying during transit, which could reclassify
• Check for splits; unsplit full hides stay here, split may go to 4104.41+