Buffalo Hide Dry Crust for Handbag Manufacturing from Japan
Full grain unsplit crust leather from buffalo skins in dry state, tanned and fat-liquored but not finished, without hair. HTS 4104.41.30.60 covers this as other buffalo in the crust category per heading definitions. Commonly used in luxury handbag 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
• Include lab analysis confirming crust processing (e.g
• post-tanning fat-liquoring) to distinguish from reversible pre-tanned 4101-4103
• Declare thickness and weight accurately; over 1mm typical for this subheading