Buffalo Wet-Blue Flesh Split from Japan
Flesh layer split from buffalo hide, chrome-tanned wet-blue, still wet. HTS 4104.19.50 for other wet-state buffalo splits. Common for industrial linings.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
53.3%
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
9903.41.0540%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
• Label as 'flesh split' explicitly; grain splits classify differently
• Check for fat-liquoring; if done before drying, it becomes crust