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Vegetable Tanned Leather Dust from Japan

Powder from grinding vegetable-tanned leather waste unsuitable for articles, eco-friendly alternative to chrome. HTS 4115.20.00.00 covers this Chapter 41 leather flour.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

12.5%

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

Import Tips

• Highlight vegetable tanning certificate for preferential eco-duty treatments

• Test for tannins leaching that could affect 'crust' reclassification under note (b)

• Package in biodegradable bags matching sustainability claims