Buffalo Parchment-Dressed Belting for Elevators from Japan
Parchment-dressed buffalo leather belting used in elevator drive systems for smooth operation. Classified in HTS 4107.99.70.30 as explicitly including parchment-dressed leather of bovine animals, non-fancy belting form, hairless.
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
• Specify 'parchment-dressed' process in entry docs; distinguish from Chapter 43 wool-on hides
• Industrial bulk import—use commercial invoices showing belting specs