Buffalo Hide Drum Dyed Leather from Japan
Drum-dyed leather from buffalo hides (bovine), further prepared after tanning or crusting, unsplit, without hair, in standard black color not qualifying as fancy. Ideal for shoe uppers and linings. HTS 4107.99.70 covers this as other non-fancy bovine leather.
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
• Include dye penetration certificates to prove further preparation beyond crusting
• Origin certificates critical for buffalo hides to confirm non-CITES species and avoid Chapter 43