Buffalo Vegetable-Tanned Upper Leather from Japan
Vegetable-tanned upper leather from buffalo, post-crusting preparation, hair-free splits for shoe uppers. HTS 4107.99.60.10 includes this as other upper leather of bovine (buffalo), not heading 4114. Eco-friendly tanning appeals to sustainable footwear brands.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
52.5%
Rate breakdown
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)
9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%
Import Tips
• Provide tannin source and process logs for vegetable tanning verification
• Separate from chrome-tanned for potential duty differences
• Avoid bulk packaging that suggests industrial rather than upper use