Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
Chapter 41 of the Harmonised System covers Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather. It groups 11 four-digit headings used worldwide to classify these goods for customs and duty.
Sourcing this category from India
Products classified under HS 41 can be sourced from India across a range of clusters and price points. Use this page to understand where Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather sits in the tariff schedule, then explore the Indian sectors and products that supply it.
How to read this code
41 is the two-digit HS chapter. Your destination country extends it to 8–10 digits and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty for many goods — check our import guides for your market.
Headings under HS 41
The Harmonised System breaks Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather into these 11 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
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
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
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
Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared
Tanned or crust skins of sheep and lambs, without wool on, whether or not split, but not further prepared
Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared
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
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
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
Chamois (including combination chamois) leather; patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather
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
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