Heavy-Duty Buffalo Full Grain Leather for Belts from Japan
Robust full grain unsplit whole buffalo hide, tanned and prepared for belt manufacturing. HTS 4107.11.40.00 covers this hairless, further prepared buffalo leather in full grain whole form. Renowned for tensile strength.
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
• Request thickness measurements to affirm unsplit status
• Avoid generic 'bovine' labeling; specify 'buffalo'
• Document retanning or fat-liquoring as per crust definition