HS code 4101: Raw hides and skins of bovine
Heading 4101 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 41, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
4101Raw hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split
Place in the nomenclature: 41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather > 4101
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
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)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 3
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 9
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 4101
- 4101 20Whole hides and skins, unsplit, of a weight per skin not exceeding 8 kg when simply dried, 10 kg when dry-salted, or 16 kg when fresh, wet-salted or otherwise preserved
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Whole raw hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, whether or not dehaired, unsplit, of a weight per skin <= 8 kg when simply dried, <= 10 kg when dry-salted, or <= 16 kg when fresh, wet-salted or otherwise preserved (excl. tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared)
- 4101 20 10 Fresh
- 4101 20 30 Wet-salted
- 4101 20 50 Dried or dry-salted
- 4101 20 80 Other
- 4101 50Whole hides and skins, of a weight exceeding 16 kg
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Whole raw hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, whether or not dehaired or split, of a weight per skin > 16 kg, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved (excl. tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared)
- 4101 50 10 Fresh
- 4101 50 30 Wet-salted
- 4101 50 50 Dried or dry-salted
- 4101 50 90 Other
- 4101 90Other, including butts, bends and bellies
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Butts, bends, bellies and split raw hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, whether or not dehaired, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, and whole raw hides and skins of a weight per skin > 8 kg but < 16 kg when simply dried and > 10 kg but < 16 kg when dry-salted (excl. tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared)
- 4101 90 00 Other, including butts, bends and bellies
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.