Bovine Split Leather for Dress Gloves from Japan
Soft, supple grain split bovine leather prepared for elegant dress gloves, post-tanning with parchment dressing. It qualifies for HTS 4107.12.70.40 as non-fancy glove leather from whole hide grain splits. Ideal for formal wear due to its fine texture and lack of 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
• Label precisely as 'grain split' to distinguish from full substance; test for reversible tanning processes; prepare for CITES if exotic equine strains