Nubuck-Grade Wet Blue Goat Skins from Japan
High-quality wet blue goat skins selected for nubuck leather production, chrome-tanned wet without further preparation or hair. Classified HTS 4106.21.10.00 as wet-state tanned kid/goat skins. These are shipped wet to maintain suppleness for buffing processes.
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
• Retain tanning process records for customs audits; wet-blue certification is key
• Bundle securely to prevent damage in transit – affects condition declaration