Printed Fancy Buffalo Leather for Upholstery from Japan
Prepared buffalo leather with fancy printed patterns and metallic foil accents, used for high-end furniture upholstery. It qualifies for HTS 4107.99.80.00 as fancy, further-prepared bovine (buffalo) leather without hair, post-tanning.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
52.4%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 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
• Document fat-liquoring or retanning in crust stage per chapter note (b) to support 'further prepared' status
• Test for composition leather traits to avoid 4115 if mixed with reconstituted materials