Wet-State Buffalo Hide Upper Leather for Dress Shoes from China
Wet-blue tanned buffalo skin designated as upper leather for formal dress shoes, in moist crust form without hair or further processing. Falls under HTS 4104.19.40.10 for other wet-state bovine (buffalo included) upper leather per hierarchy. Excludes chapter exclusions for hair-on or waste materials.
Duty Rate — China → United States
42.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Confirm buffalo as 'bovine (including buffalo)' per chapter notes; equine alternatives differ
• Test moisture content to ensure wet-state classification; evaporation during transit risks reclass
• Document end-use as shoe uppers to distinguish from sole leather subheading