Raw Leather’s HS CODE

What is HS code?

The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, also known as the Harmonized System (HS) is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers to classify traded products. This system is an accepted code by the majority of nations around the world and are administrated by the world customs organization. It came into effect in 1988 and has since been developed and maintained by the World Custom Organization (WCO).
Importance

Your product’s HS code is a powerful bit of information. With it, you can use trade data, conduct market research, and complete a successful transaction. Also HS code is crucial because it interprets the product’s information and allows both parties to avoid unwanted catalog based confusion during the exchange. Following are the other elements where HS Codes are significantly required: • Import and export tariff rates specific to the product category. • Internal taxes and liability to pay. • Your product’s HS code is a powerful bit of information. With it, you can use trade data, conduct market research, and complete a successful transaction.
HS Code of raw leather

Before Import or Export any products, we should know HS Code, among industry classification systems, Harmonized System (HS) Codes are commonly used throughout the export process for goods. The Harmonized System is a standardized numerical method of classifying traded products. It is used by customs authorities around the world to identify products when assessing duties and taxes and for gathering statistics.

Why are HS Codes important for the import and export of Goods?

The intention of this universal language is to bring clarity. As an importer if you don’t know your good’s HS code correctly , the How read it? For reading the number, you can get help from structure. The first two digits of the code indicate the product category. The next four to six digits indicate the subcategories the product fits into. These codes can be changed every five years by the WCO. In the following picture I showed the structure:

How to find it?

You can get one on your country’s government website. You can also use the HS code search tools online – just type in a detailed goods description and you’ll get your code. For example: sheep dye crust HS code.

We usually use trademap.org.

What is Hs code of raw leather?

Salted & Pickled

  • 4101    Raw hides and skins of bovine “incl. buffalo” or equine animals, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired or split (excl. tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared)
  • 4102    Raw skins of sheep or lambs, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired or split (excl. those with wool on, fleeces of Astrakhan, Caracul, Persian, Broadtail or similar lambs, or of Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lambs and tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared)
  • 4103     Other raw hides and skins, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired or split (excl. those of bovine animals, equine animals, sheep and lambs, those with wool on and those of goats or kids from Yemen, Mongolia or Tibet and tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared) 

Wet Blue & Crust

  • 4104    Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine “incl. buffalo” or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split (excl. further prepared)
  • 4105    Tanned or crust skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, whether or not split (excl. further prepared)
  • 4106    Tanned or crust hides and skins of goats or kids, pigs, reptiles and other animals, without wool on, and leather of hairless animals, whether or not split (excl. further prepared and leather of bovine and equine animals, sheep and lambs)

Dye Crust

  • 4107     Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting “incl. parchment-dressed leather”, of bovine “incl. buffalo” or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split (excl. chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) 
  • 4112     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 4114 
  •  4113  Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting “incl. parchment-dressed leather”, of goats or kids, pigs, reptiles and other animals, without wool or hair on, and leather of hairless animals, whether or not split (excl. leather of bovine and equine animals, sheep and lambs, and chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather)