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
9903.41.0540%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)
9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%
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