HS codes for leather goods from India: 4203.10, 4202.21 and 42031010.

Leather jackets and other leather apparel are classified under HS 4203.10, articles of apparel of leather or composition leather. The six-digit code is the same in every customs schedule. On the export side Hide Fashion declares India ITC(HS) 42031010, jackets and jerseys; the importer’s country extends 4203.10 to its own national line, which sets the rate.

42031010 is the eight-digit India ITC(HS) line for jackets and jerseys under HS 4203.10. It is the code Hide Fashion declares on shipping bills for leather outerwear leaving India. It is an Indian export classification; the destination applies its own eight- to twelve-digit line for the same subheading.

Leather handbags are HS 4202.21, handbags with an outer surface of leather or composition leather. Briefcases, executive cases and travel cases are HS 4202.11, other leather bags and cases HS 4202.91, and wallets and other articles carried in the pocket or handbag HS 4202.31. The outer surface material decides the line, so it is confirmed against the approved sample.

Leather belts are HS 4203.30, belts and bandoliers of leather or composition leather. Leather gloves other than for sport are HS 4203.29 and other leather clothing accessories HS 4203.40.

Leather jackets and leather handbags of Indian origin enter duty-free in Australia, Israel, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the UAE, the United Kingdom: through the UK–India CETA, the India–Australia ECTA, the India–UAE CEPA and the India–Korea CEPA on origin evidence, and because Japan’s WTO rate and Israel’s MFN rate are Free and Singapore levies no duty. In the European Union (Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain) the standard rates of 4% on leather jackets and 3% on leather handbags fall to 0.5% and 0% for Indian origin under the GSP standard arrangement; the EU–India agreement concluded in January 2026 would remove the remainder once in force.

The standard rate applies in New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, the United States: New Zealand 10% and 5% while the India–New Zealand FTA is negotiated, Saudi Arabia 5% under the GCC unified tariff, and the United States 6% and 9% plus the 10-point Section 301 surcharge on goods of India. On every line the applied rate is determined by the importer and the customs authority after classification and origin review.

The Harmonized System is agreed to six digits. Each customs territory adds digits of its own, such as the EU’s ten-digit TARIC, the US ten-digit HTSUS, Japan’s nine-digit statistical code or the GCC’s twelve-digit line, and the rate is set on that national line. The six-digit code tells you where to look; the national line tells you what is charged.

The commercial invoice, packing list and shipping bill carry the India ITC(HS) code: 42031010 for leather jackets and jerseys. The importer’s customs entry is filed on the destination’s national line for the same six-digit subheading, and the origin documents prepared with the order support any preferential route that line allows.

It is the first of three conditions. The line decides whether the agreement’s schedule covers the product; the product-specific rule of origin decides whether the shipment qualifies; and the origin evidence the importer files decides whether the preference is granted. Hide Fashion prepares classification support, origin evidence and export documents with each order. The applied rate is determined by the importer and the customs authority.

Yes. The line is confirmed against the approved sample before a landed-cost quotation is issued, because construction details such as the outer surface material or a fur trim can move a product between lines and change the rate.