Fancy Bovine Ostrich-Embossed Leather Hide from Japan
A whole bovine leather hide that has been further prepared after tanning with an ostrich-like embossed texture, finished for high-end fashion use. Classified under HTS 4107.19.80.00 as fancy leather of bovine animals, without hair, due to its decorative surface patterning and premium processing beyond standard crusting.
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
• Verify tanning process documentation to confirm 'further prepared after tanning or crusting' status, as reversible processes revert to 4101-4103
• Provide certificates of origin and chemical treatment records to prove no hair on and fancy finishing like embossing
• Avoid common pitfall of classifying as Chapter 43 if any wool or hair residue remains, even minimally