Buffalo Hide Belting Leather from Japan
Durable full grain unsplit leather from buffalo hides, tanned and prepared exclusively for industrial belting in conveyors and drives. Classified under HTS 4107.91.70.30 as bovine (including buffalo) leather, further prepared after tanning, not fancy, for belting. Its thickness and oil-tanning enhance abrasion resistance.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
55%
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
• Obtain tannery certificates confirming full grain, unsplit status and belting preparation to support classification
• Avoid common pitfalls by ensuring no hair remnants; chapter notes exclude any with hair on
• Label shipments clearly as 'belting leather' with specs to facilitate CBP review