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
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
• 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