Buffalo Wet-Blue Upper Leather for Handbags from China
Chrome-tanned buffalo hide in wet-blue condition, prepared as upper leather for luxury handbags, unsplit and hair-free. It matches HTS 4104.19.40 as 'other' wet-state bovine (buffalo included) leather for uppers, without further processing. The wet form allows flexibility in downstream finishing.
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
• Label shipments clearly as 'wet-blue' with moisture content tests to comply with CBP wet-state verification
• Declare buffalo as bovine per HTS notes; mislabeling as 'other' can lead to reclassification
• Watch for contamination—wet leather is prone to mold; use antifungal preservatives without altering tanning status