4113.20 Leather; further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, without hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41.14, of swine
A full HS code. These six digits are what goes on a customs declaration, and they mean the same thing in every country that uses the Harmonized System.
Section VIII, Hides, Skins & Leather — raw hides, leather, furskins, saddlery, handbags and travel goods.
- 41 Chapter Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
- 13 Heading 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
- 20 Subheading Leather; further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, without hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41.14, of swine
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 41Other codes under 41.13
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 4113.20? 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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4113.20 covers leather; further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, without hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41.14, of swine. It sits under heading 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) in chapter 41, Section VIII of the Harmonized System.
It is the international part of it. Six digits are the same in every country that applies the Harmonized System; the importing country then extends them to eight or ten for its own tariff and statistics. Declare 4113.20 plus whatever national digits the destination’s tariff schedule adds to it.
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.