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
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
• Document dimensions and strap-specific cutting to justify 'strap' classification over general leather
• Use lab tests for tanning irreversibility per chapter note (b)