43.01 Raw furskins (including heads, tails, paws, other pieces or cuttings, suitable for furriers' use), excluding raw hides and skins of heading no. 4101, 4102 or 4103
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.
- 43 Chapter Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof
- 01 Heading Raw furskins (including heads, tails, paws, other pieces or cuttings, suitable for furriers' use), excluding raw hides and skins of heading no. 4101, 4102 or 4103
- —— Subheading Pick one of the 5 six-digit codes below
Chapter 43 covers furskins and artificial fur and manufactured articles made from them: a small, specialized chapter for fur garments and trim, distinct from ordinary leather (chapters 41-42). Classification tip: Genuine fur products can require CITES documentation for protected species, and many countries additionally require country-of-origin labeling on fur garments beyond the base HS classification.
All of chapter 43The 5 six-digit codes under 43.01
One of these is the number you declare.
- 4301.10 Furskins; raw, of mink, whole, with or without head, tail or paws
- 4301.30 Furskins; raw, of Astrakhan, Broadtail, Caracul, Persian and similar lamb, Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lamb, whole, with or without head, tail or paws
- 4301.60 Furskins; raw, of fox, whole, with or without head, tail or paws
- 4301.80 Furskins; raw, of animals n.e.c. in heading no. 4301, whole, with or without head, tail or paws (excluding goods of heading no. 4101, 4102 and 4103)
- 4301.90 Furskins; raw, heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, suitable for furrier's use, excluding goods of heading no. 4101, 4102 and 4103
Other headings in chapter 43
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 43.01? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment43.01 FAQ
Heading 43.01 covers raw furskins (including heads, tails, paws, other pieces or cuttings, suitable for furriers' use), excluding raw hides and skins of heading no. 4101, 4102 or 4103. It is part of chapter 43 (furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof), and it is subdivided into 5 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.
Pick one of the 5 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 43. 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.