Bovine Grain Split Leather Guitar Strap Blank from Japan
Cut-to-shape grain split leather from bovine animals, finished for guitar or instrument straps. Falls under HTS 4107.92.70.50 as strap leather, grain splits, other, not fancy, without hair. This tariff targets pre-embellished blanks for musical accessories.
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
• Document dimensions and strap-specific cutting to justify 'strap' classification over general leather
• Use lab tests for tanning irreversibility per chapter note (b)