Dyed Fancy Bovine Grain Split for Shoe Uppers from Japan
Vibrantly dyed fancy grain split bovine leather designed for premium shoe uppers, featuring metallic foil accents post-tanning. It matches HTS 4107.12.80.00 as fancy, other grain splits of bovine/equine, without hair. Preparation includes fat-liquoring and coloring beyond crust stage.
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
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