Chrome-Tanned Bovine Sole Leather Sheets from Japan
Sheets of chrome-tanned bovine grain split leather, finished to 4-5 oz thickness for shoe sole bending and stitching properties. Under HTS 4107.12.60.60 for its preparation as sole leather from whole hides' grain splits, post-tanning and crusting. Differentiated by use and non-reversible processing.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
53.3%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 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
• Use ISO-certified thickness measurements in declarations to support sole vs. upper leather distinction
• Prepare for chemical content declarations under REACH if EU-bound, focusing on chrome VI limits