Vegetable Pre-Tanned Bovine Upper Leather Wet from China
Bovine hides pre-tanned with vegetable agents in wet state, classified as upper leather without hair, not further prepared. HTS 4104.19.40.60 covers this as other wet-state upper leather. Alternative to chrome tanning for eco-friendly shoe uppers.
Duty Rate — China → United States
40%
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
9903.88.0325%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)
Import Tips
• Document tanning agents to prove non-chrome process if audited for environmental compliance
• Test for reversible tanning per chapter note (a) to stay in 4104
• Pair with dyeing declarations if fat-liquored but still crust-eligible