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
9903.05.4912.5%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
• 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