Unfinished Buffalo Crust Leather for Shoe Uppers from Japan
Dry crust full grain unsplit buffalo leather, tanned without hair, intended for cutting into shoe uppers but not further prepared. Classified in HTS 4104.41.30.60 as other buffalo crust, meeting the reversible tanning exclusion from wet headings. Ideal for premium footwear production.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
52.4%
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
• Label shipments clearly as 'crust leather, dry state' with origin certificates to comply with chapter notes excluding raw or woolly hides
• Test for split status—full grain unsplit vs grain splits affects subheading but both under 4104.41