Pickled Calf Skins
Young bovine (calf) skins pickled in salt-acid solution for preservation, whole with hair on, not dehaired or pretanned. HTS 4103.90.11 covers raw bovine hides preserved but not tanned per chapter note 1(c).
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More Specific Codes
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If full substance bovine hides
Bovine hides of full substance have dedicated subheadings in 4101; lighter calf skins may fall here or 4103 based on weight/thickness criteria.
If crust after retanning
Note 2(b) defines crust as retanned prior to drying, moving from raw 4103 to finished crust in 4104-4106.
If reptile skins
Other raw skins like reptiles have separate 4103.30 subheading, distinguishing from mammalian hides.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Include lab analysis proving no tanning agents; comply with USDA import permits for animal products; avoid bulk packaging that suggests industrial tanning stage
Related Products under HTS 4103.90.11
Salted Goat Hides
Fresh goat hides preserved by salting to prevent decomposition, not dehaired or split. Classified under HTS 4103.90.11 as raw hides of goats (excluding Yemen, Mongolian or Tibetan types) that are preserved but not pretanned, tanned, or further prepared per chapter note 1(c).
Limed Sheep Pelts
Raw sheep pelts (excluding Astrakhan, Broadtail etc. per note 1(c)) processed in lime solution for unhairing preparation but not dehaired, not pretanned. Falls under 4103.90.11 as 'otherwise preserved' raw hides not further prepared.
Dried Deer Hides
Raw deer hides air-dried for preservation, with hair on, not split or pretanned. Classified in 4103.90.11 as 'dried' raw hides of deer (elk, roe etc.) per chapter note 1(c) inclusion.
Salted Camel Hides
Raw camel (including dromedary) hides preserved by dry salting, intact with hair, not pretanned. HTS 4103.90.11 applies to these 'other' raw preserved hides explicitly included by chapter note 1(c).
Pickled Reindeer Pelts
Raw reindeer skins pickled for preservation, with hair on, not dehaired or pretanned. Falls under 4103.90.11 as preserved raw hides of reindeer per chapter note 1(c).
Limed Swine Hides
Raw pig hides limed for preservation and swelling, whole, not pretanned. HTS 4103.90.11 for other raw preserved swine hides (peccary included) per note 1(c).