Bovine Leather Camera Case Material from Japan
Full grain unsplit bovine leather tailored for protective camera cases, prepared after tanning or crusting sans hair. Under HTS 4107.91.70.50 for 'case' leather applications from bovine/equine hides.
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
• Detailed dyeing and fat-liquoring records to prove 'further prepared' status
• Avoid set sales with hardware to stay as leather material
• Customs may scrutinize for Chapter 43 exclusions; confirm no wool/hair