Buffalo Upper Leather for Dress Shoes from Japan
Water buffalo hide leather, tanned and further prepared from whole skins as premium upper leather for men's dress shoes. It's smooth-finished, hair-free, and unsplit for elegance. HTS 4107.19.60.10 applies as bovine (buffalo)-derived upper leather.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
52.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 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
• Provide hide origin docs specifying buffalo (bovine subclass) to align with chapter note inclusions
• Test for 'full-grain' status; if buffed excessively, may shift to other subheadings