Buffalo Hide Full Grain Upper Leather from Japan
Premium full grain, unsplit upper leather from buffalo hides, tanned and finished for luxury shoe manufacturing. It qualifies for HTS 4107.91.60.10 as bovine (including buffalo) full grains, unsplit, other upper leather without hair. Known for its rugged texture and water resistance.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
53.3%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 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 certificates specifying buffalo (bovine) to distinguish from excluded species like Tibetan lambs
• Ensure no composition leather elements, as those are restricted to heading 4115 per tariff definitions
• Conduct splitting tests to confirm unsplit status, preventing shift to split leather subheadings