CHAPTER 41

Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
Notes :

1. This chapter does not cover :

(a) Parkings or similar waste, or raw hides or skins (heading 0511);

(b) Birdskins or parts of birdskins, with their feathers or down, of heading 0505 or 6701; or

(c) Hides or skins, with the hair or wool on, raw, tanned or dressed (Chapter 43); the following are however, to be classified in Chapter 41, namely, raw hides and skins, with the hair or wool on, of bovine animals (including buffalo) of equine animals, of sheep of lambs (except Astrakhan, Broadtail, Caracul, Persian, or similar lambs, Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lambs), of goats or kids (except Yemen, Mongolian or Tibetan goats and Kids), of swine (including peccary), of chamois, of gazelle, of reindeer, of elk, of deer, of roebucks or of do gs.

2(A) Headings 4104 to 4106 do not cover hides and skins which have undergone a tanning (including pre-tanning) process which is reversible (headings 4101 to 4103, as the case may be)

(B)For the purpose of headings 4104 to 4106, the term “crust” includes hides and skins that have been retanned, coloured or fat-liquored (stuffed) prior to drying

3. Throughout this Schedule, the expression “composition leather” means only substances of the kind referred to in heading 4115.

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