Wet-Blue Cashmere Goat Skins from Japan
Chrome-tanned wet skins from cashmere goats, hair removed, for luxury bag leather. Classified 4106.21.90.00 for other wet-state goat skins.
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
• Traceability key for cashmere; include farm-to-tannery chain of custody
• Avoid drying agents that could reclassify as crust