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
9903.05.4912.5%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
• 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