4107.12.10/Bovine Grain Split Upper Leather for Safety Shoes/Japan

Bovine Grain Split Upper Leather for Safety Shoes from Japan

This is full-grain upper leather made from bovine grain splits, with a unit surface area not exceeding 28 square feet, prepared after tanning for use in manufacturing safety footwear. It falls under HTS 4107.12.10 as upper leather from whole hides and skins of bovines, ideal for durable shoe uppers requiring high abrasion resistance. The leather is chrome-tanned and finished without hair, distinguishing it from parchment-dressed or heading 4114 types.

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)

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Import Tips

• Verify unit surface area documentation does not exceed 28 sq ft per hide to avoid reclassification to larger split categories

• Provide tanning process certificates confirming post-tanning preparation and absence of hair for chapter 41 compliance

• Label clearly as 'upper leather' with bovine origin to prevent misclassification as lining or other leather types