Industrial Wet Blue Lamb Hides Bulk from Japan
Bulk wet blue lamb hides in wet-chrome state for industrial leather tanning, from young lambs, unsplit and unprepared. Commonly imported for high-volume leather goods manufacturing. Precisely matches HTS 4105.10.10.00 wet blues description.
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
• Apply for tariff rate quota licenses early; 4105 subject to annual limits by country
• Document tanning process irreversibility with affidavits from processors