Wet-Blue Buffalo Hide from Japan
Tanned hide from water buffalo in wet-blue chrome-tanned condition, wet and unsplit, without hair on. Classified under HTS 4104.19.50 for other wet-state bovine (including buffalo) hides not further prepared. Used in upholstery and heavy leather production.
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
• Provide origin certificates distinguishing buffalo from bovine to avoid reclassification disputes
• Test for reversible tanning processes; if pre-tanning is reversible, it may fall back to raw hides in 4101