Chapter 41 — Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 4-digit heading

41.07 Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41.14

One level above the number you declare. Pick one of the six-digit codes below.

Section VIII, Hides, Skins & Leather — raw hides, leather, furskins, saddlery, handbags and travel goods.

  1. 41 Chapter Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
  2. 07 Heading Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41.14
  3. —— Subheading Pick one of the 6 six-digit codes below

Chapter 41 covers raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather: the unprocessed and tanned material before it's cut and sewn into finished goods, which then fall under chapter 42 (leather articles) or chapter 64 (footwear). Classification tip: Raw, tanned and 'crust' (partially tanned) leather each have distinct subheadings, and several countries restrict or tax raw hide exports differently from finished leather to encourage local tanning.

All of chapter 41

The 6 six-digit codes under 41.07

One of these is the number you declare.

Other headings in chapter 41

41.01 Raw hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals (fresh, salted, dried, limed, pickled, otherwise preserved but not tanned, parchment dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split 41.02 Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not further prepared), whether or not with wool on or split 41.03 Raw hides and skins n.e.c in headings no. 4101, 4102; fresh, salted, dried, pickled or otherwise preserved, not further prepared, whether or not dehaired or split 41.04 Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared 41.05 Tanned or crust skins of sheep and lambs, without wool on, whether or not split, but not further prepared 41.06 Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared 41.12 Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment dressed leather, of sheep or lamb, without wool on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41.14 41.13 Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of animals (other than ovine), without wool or hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41.14 41.14 Chamois (including combination chamois) leather; patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather 41.15 Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, in rolls or not; parings and other waste of leather or of composition leather, not suitable for the manufacture of leather articles; leather dust, powder and flour

The wording above is the Harmonized System nomenclature as published by the World Customs Organization, HS 2022 edition. It is a classification reference, not a tariff: it carries no duty rates, and it stops at six digits — the importing country adds its own beyond that.

Classification is decided by the General Rules of Interpretation and the section and chapter notes, and it is the importing country’s customs authority that makes it binding.

Shipping goods under 41.07? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.

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41.07 FAQ

Heading 41.07 covers leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41.14. It is part of chapter 41 (raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather), and it is subdivided into 6 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.

Pick one of the 6 subheadings below. Those six digits are what customs recognises internationally; the importing country may extend them to eight or ten in its own tariff schedule.

The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section VIII and to chapter 41. A description that reads right is not enough on its own — the notes routinely pull goods out of the chapter they obviously belong to and put them somewhere else. Where duty or licensing turns on the answer, ask the importing country’s customs authority for a binding ruling.

A wrong or missing code is one of the common reasons customs holds a container, and a hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving. Watch for it in the container tracking app, on the air waybill in the air cargo tracker, or through the tracking API.

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