Wet-Blue Bovine Hide (Full Grain) from Japan
A full-thickness bovine hide processed through chrome tanning in a wet state, known as wet-blue, without hair on and not further prepared beyond the tanning process. It remains in its blue, wet condition ready for further leather processing. Classified under HTS 4104.19.50.80 as tanned bovine hide in wet state (wet-blue), other.
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
• Verify the hide is in wet-blue state with chrome tanning documentation; dried hides shift to 4104.41+
• Obtain CITES permits if from endangered bovine species; ensure no further finishing like oiling
• Check moisture content certificates to confirm 'wet state' compliance and avoid misclassification