Industrial Wet Blue Pork Hides from Japan
Full pork (swine) hides in wet blue form from chrome tanning, supplied wet to industrial tanneries. HTS 4106.31.10.00 applies to these unprepared tanned swine skins without wool/hair. Used as base for high-volume leather goods production.
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
• Use refrigerated containers to maintain wet state during transit; prepare advance ruling requests for large volumes; track updates to chapter exclusions for hair-on hides