Tanned Sheepskin Bookbinding Leather from Japan
Durable, vegetable-tanned sheep leather sheets for book covers and journals. It qualifies for HTS 4112.00.30.60 as further prepared after tanning, sheep-origin without wool, non-fancy and not 4114 parchment type.
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 dyeing and finishing process details in commercial invoice to demonstrate 'further prepared' status
• Check for fancy finishes like embossing; plain surfaces keep it in 'other' non-fancy
• Use HTS advisory rulings for bookbinding-specific uses to preempt customs queries