Parchment-Dressed Buffalo Leather from Japan
Parchment-dressed buffalo leather, further prepared post-crusting, without hair, used for bookbinding and specialty crafts. HTS 4107.99.40.00 covers this as other buffalo leather, explicitly including parchment-dressed per heading terms. Excludes chapter 43 hair-on or raw waste.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
52.5%
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 lab tests confirming parchment dressing vs. standard tanning; label species accurately to prevent bovine mix-up; store in cool conditions to prevent crust reversion