HS code 4203: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
Heading 4203 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 42, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
4203Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather
Place in the nomenclature: 42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) > 4203
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or composition leather (excl. footware and headgear and parts thereof, and goods of chapter 95, e.g. shin guards, fencing masks)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 5
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 6
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 4203
- 4203 10Articles of apparel
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Articles of apparel, of leather or composition leather (excl. clothing accessories, footware and headgear and parts thereof, and goods of chapter 95, e.g. shin guards, fencing masks)
- 4203 10 00 Articles of apparel
- 4203 21Gloves, mittens and mitts | Specially designed for use in sports
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Specially designed gloves for use in sport, of leather or composition leather
- 4203 21 00 Specially designed for use in sports
- 4203 29Gloves, mittens and mitts | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Gloves, mittens and mitts, of leather or composition leather (excl. special sports gloves)
- 4203 29 10 Protective for all trades
- 4203 29 90 Other
- 4203 30Belts and bandoliers
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Belts and bandoliers, of leather or composition leather
- 4203 30 00 Belts and bandoliers
- 4203 40Other clothing accessories
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Clothing accessories of leather or composition leather (excl. gloves, mittens and mitts, belts, bandoliers, footware and headgear and parts thereof, and goods of chapter 95 [e.g. shin guards, fencing masks])
- 4203 40 00 Other clothing accessories
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.