Water Buffalo Crust Leather Hide from Japan
Full grain unsplit dry crust from water buffalo, tanned without hair, used for heavy-duty applications. Classified HTS 4104.41.50.00 as other bovine (buffalo) crust.
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
• Regional origin docs for Asian buffalo to comply with trade agreements
• Confirm no impregnation beyond fat-liquoring for crust status
• Separate from composition leather (4115) via material testing