Subheading · Chapter 41 · Heading 4103
4103.90: Other raw hides and skins: other
Official description Other
4103.90 is a six-digit subheading of heading 4103, other raw hides and skins, chapter 41.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 4103 90 00 00 Other Free
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 1
- Duty suspensionSuspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1431
- Documents
- C990 End use authorisation ships and platforms (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)
Import requirements 6
- Import controlVeterinary control
- Applies to goods from
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica and 232 more
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/782
- Documents
- C084 Exemption by virtue of Articles 3 and 4 of regulation 2019/2122 (animals intended for scientific purposes, research and diagnostic samples, and samples for product analysis and quality testing).
- N853 Common Health Entry Document for Products (CHED-P) (as set out in Part 2, Section B of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
- Y058 Exemption by virtue of Article 7 of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122 (Goods which form part of passengers' personal luggage and are intended for personal consumption or use) or Article 10 (small consignments of goods sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market) of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122
- Y930 The declared goods are not concerned by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/16
- Import controlImport control - CITES
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2021 No. 54
- Import controlImport control on cat and dog fur
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2009/1056
- Documents
- Y922 Other than cats and dogs fur as mentioned by Regulation (EC) No 1523/2007 (OJ L 343)
- Import controlImport control on seal products
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2018 No. 1034
- Documents
- C679 Attesting Document (seal product), issued by a recognised body in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 737/2010 prior to 18 October 2015
- C680 Written notification of import and document giving evidence where the products were acquired (seal product)
- C683 European Union - Attesting document for seal products resulting from hunt by Inuit or other indigenous communities for placing on the Union's market in accordance with Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 on trade in seal products
- Y032 Other goods than those seal products mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2015/1850 (OJ L 271)
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code "EU") | Free | |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £75k | 77.6% | -15% | |
| £8k | 8.3% | — | |
| £7k | 7.3% | — | |
| £4k | 3.8% | — | |
| £1k | 1.5% | +51.5% | |
| £1k | 1.4% | -47.8% | |
| £0 | 0% | -100% | |
| £0 | 0% | -100% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$105kUS$105k+US$431k+US$3m+> US$7m
Exports: 111
- Vietnam: US$16m
- China: US$14m
- United States: US$13m
- Nigeria: US$7m
- New Zealand: US$6m
- Tanzania: US$6m
- Spain: US$5m
- Australia: US$5m
- Poland: US$4m
- Kenya: US$3m
- Canada: US$3m
- Italy: US$2m
- France: US$1m
- South Africa: US$1m
- Somalia: US$1m
- Greece: US$1m
- Ghana: US$1m
- Sweden: US$827k
- Saudi Arabia: US$782k
- Malawi: US$718k
- Bangladesh: US$708k
- Belgium: US$657k
- Malaysia: US$588k
- Germany: US$541k
- Egypt: US$533k
- Netherlands: US$455k
- United Kingdom: US$431k
- Rwanda: US$431k
- Estonia: US$418k
- Pakistan: US$413k
- Norway: US$378k
- Bolivia: US$350k
- India: US$335k
- Turkmenistan: US$332k
- Mongolia: US$299k
- Indonesia: US$297k
- Benin: US$284k
- Czechia: US$271k
- Taiwan: US$264k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$254k
- Oman: US$227k
- Iraq: US$225k
- Djibouti: US$208k
- Iran: US$207k
- Romania: US$198k
- Brazil: US$196k
- Zambia: US$184k
- Mozambique: US$165k
- United Arab Emirates: US$161k
- Panama: US$148k
- Jordan: US$142k
- Venezuela: US$131k
- Yemen: US$121k
- Costa Rica: US$110k
- Sudan: US$105k
- Argentina: US$92k
- Uganda: US$90k
- Cyprus: US$90k
- Zimbabwe: US$84k
- Albania: US$74k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$30kUS$30k+US$380k+US$2m+> US$10m
Imports: 107
- Japan: US$31m
- China: US$11m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$10m
- Nigeria: US$10m
- Italy: US$7m
- Pakistan: US$5m
- Thailand: US$5m
- Türkiye: US$4m
- Finland: US$3m
- Cambodia: US$2m
- Germany: US$2m
- United States: US$1m
- Mexico: US$1m
- Portugal: US$1m
- India: US$1m
- Romania: US$1m
- Czechia: US$902k
- South Africa: US$743k
- Indonesia: US$727k
- Spain: US$610k
- Belgium: US$602k
- Taiwan: US$530k
- Austria: US$522k
- Switzerland: US$517k
- Kenya: US$500k
- Brazil: US$380k
- Poland: US$335k
- Vietnam: US$331k
- Bulgaria: US$288k
- Netherlands: US$268k
- Sweden: US$229k
- France: US$221k
- Russia: US$183k
- Hungary: US$141k
- Singapore: US$139k
- Greece: US$124k
- United Kingdom: US$121k
- Canada: US$112k
- Colombia: US$108k
- Ireland: US$105k
- Norway: US$105k
- Peru: US$89k
- Croatia: US$88k
- Denmark: US$85k
- Lithuania: US$73k
- Tanzania: US$73k
- Dominican Republic: US$64k
- South Korea: US$56k
- Kyrgyzstan: US$41k
- Mali: US$38k
- Uganda: US$33k
- Benin: US$30k
- Kazakhstan: US$29k
- Mauritius: US$29k
- Serbia: US$26k
- Chile: US$25k
- Israel: US$25k
- Bolivia: US$25k
- Sri Lanka: US$18k
- Estonia: US$15k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$16m | 15% | |
| 2 | US$14m | 13.3% | |
| 3 | US$13m | 12.4% | |
| 4 | US$7m | 6.2% | |
| 5 | US$6m | 5.9% | |
| 6 | US$6m | 5.3% | |
| 7 | US$5m | 4.5% | |
| 8 | US$5m | 4.4% | |
| 9 | US$4m | 4.2% | |
| 10 | US$3m | 3.3% |
Import duty on this product around the world 165
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.
- 5%median duty
- 59number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 45%highest: Bahamas, Sudan, Bermuda
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 1.3% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 11% | 9% – 14% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5.4% | 0% – 14% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6.7% | 0% – 15% | 2022 | |
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6.7% | 0% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6.7% | 0% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6.7% | 0% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0.6% | 0% – 3% | 2023 | |
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 1% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | |
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 1.8% | 0% – 3.7% | 2023 | |
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0.1% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)
Classifications and correspondences
Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.
- SITC Rev. 4
- 21199 Hides & skins, n.e.s., raw (fresh,/salted, dried, limed, pickled/othw. preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed/further prepared), whether/not dehaired/split
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 1111
- CPC 2.1 product
- 02954 Raw hides and skins of goats or kids02959 Raw skins of other animals
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 1010 Processing and preserving of meat
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4103.90 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 4103.90 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 4103.90 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 4103.10, 4103.90, 4301.80, 4301.90 | changed |
| 1996 | 4103.10, 4103.90, 4106.11, 4106.12, 4107.90, 4301.20, 4301.40, 4301.50, 4301.80, 4301.90 | changed |
| 1992 | 4103.10, 4103.90, 4106.11, 4106.12, 4107.90, 4301.20, 4301.40, 4301.50, 4301.80, 4301.90 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Subheading 4103.90 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 4103.90; the duty is duty-free.
Goods from 156 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 156 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported these goods worth £96.2k (down 1% on the year before), at an average of £51.22 per kg; United States supplied 78%, followed by South Africa.
World trade in these goods reached US$105m in 2024, up 0.8% on 2023.
Vietnam was the largest exporter with 15% of the total, ahead of China.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for other raw hides and skins: other?
Other raw hides and skins: other fall under HS subheading 4103.90, part of heading 4103, in section VIII of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on other raw hides and skins: other in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 4103.90 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on other raw hides and skins: other in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 4103.90 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most other raw hides and skins: other?
Vietnam, with US$16m in 2024 (15% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
156 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, CARIFORUM. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were United States (78%), South Africa (8%) and Italy (7%), out of total imports of £96.2k.