Chrome-Tanned Wet Blue Buffalo Shoulder Splits from Japan
Split shoulder portions of buffalo hides chrome-tanned to wet blue stage, remaining wet and unprepared further. Fits HTS 4104.19.50.70 for other split wet blues of bovine (buffalo) animals without hair.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
52.5%
Rate breakdown
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)
9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%
Import Tips
• Label splits clearly (e.g
• shoulder) with measurements to comply with commercial invoice requirements
• Ensure humidity levels documented as 'wet state' to distinguish from crust leather
• Avoid common pitfall of drying during transit which could reclassify to dry crust category