Wet-Blue Swine Hides from Japan
Pig or swine skins chrome-tanned in wet-blue form, hairless, used for industrial belting and bookbinding leather. Not further prepared, fits wet-state criterion of 4106.91.00.00.
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
• Sanitary certificates required due to swine origin to meet agricultural import rules
• Document thickness and grain structure to confirm not further prepared
• Avoid bulk packaging that could dry skins, risking reclassification