Premium Buffalo Grain Split Crust Leather from Japan
High-quality grain split leather from buffalo, processed to dry crust through tanning and stuffing, hair-free and unsplit surface grain preserved. Fits HTS 4104.41.30.60 as other buffalo full grains or grain splits in dry state. Suited for automotive upholstery.
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
• Ensure CITES compliance if from wild buffalo species; provide species certificates
• Document tanning process to prove not further prepared (no surface coating)
• Watch for misclassification as composition leather (4115) if reconstituted