Water Buffalo Grain Split Upper Leather for Motorcycle Boots from Japan
Tough upper leather from water buffalo grain splits, <28 sq ft, for protective motorcycle boots. HTS 4107.12.10 includes buffalo as bovine, prepared from whole hides without hair.
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
• Confirm no birdskin or waste admixtures per chapter exclusions
• Use ISO standards for leather quality grading in declarations
• Insure against size mismeasurement penalties