Patent Leather Dress Shoe Upper from Japan
Elegant upper for formal dress shoes made from shiny patent leather with plastic edging reinforcements, maintaining <50% textile external coverage. Leather from headings 4107/4113 per Chapter Note 3(b). Prepped for sole attachment in luxury footwear.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
14.5%
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
Import Tips
• Source tannery certificates proving leather origin (4107/4112-14) to validate classification
• Measure external surface excluding ornaments/buckles per Note 4(a)
• Avoid declaring as 'imitation leather' which risks plastics shift