Water Buffalo Full Grain Leather Hide from Germany
A full-grain leather hide sourced from water buffalo, further prepared after tanning or crusting without hair on, used for premium upholstery and accessories. Classified under HTS 4107.99.40.00 as buffalo leather, other than heading 4114, due to its bovine buffalo origin and preparation process. It is unsplit and meets the chapter's exclusion for raw or hair-on hides.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Section 301 (forced labor) — European Union member state (col1 rate < 10 percent): MFN < 10% → total duty capped at 10%
Import Tips
• Verify CITES documentation if from wild buffalo populations; provide tannery certificates proving post-tanning preparation; inspect for hair removal to avoid chapter 43 reclassification