Heavy Duty Flat Belting Cow Grain Split from Japan
Durable flat belting leather from cow grain splits, tanned for industrial power transmission. Under HTS 4107.12.70.30 as other non-fancy grain splits from whole bovine hides for belting.
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
• Request tannery affidavits confirming no reversible pre-tanning per chapter note (a)
• Measure thickness to ensure split status (typically thinner than full hides)
• Watch for composition leather mislabeling, which goes to 4115