Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared. - In the dry state (crust): - Full grains, unsplit; grain splits

1. 1. This Chapter does not cover: • (a) Parings or similar waste, of raw hides or skins (heading 05.11); • (b) Birdskins or parts of birdskins, with their feathers or down, of heading 05.05 or 67.01; or • (c) Hides or skins, with the hair or wool on, raw, tanned or dressed (Chapter 43); the following are, however, to be classified in Chapter 41, namely, raw hides and skins with the hair or wool on, of bovine animals (including buffalo), of equine animals, of sheep or lambs (except...

2. 2. (A) Headings 41.04 to 41.06 do not cover hides and skins which have undergone a tanning (including pre-tanning) process which is reversible (headings 41.01 to 41.03, as the case may be). (B) For the purposes of headings 41.04 to 41.06, the term "crust" includes hides and skins that have been retanned, coloured or fat-liquored (stuffed) prior to drying.

3. 3. Throughout the Nomenclature the expression "composition leather" means only substances of the kind referred to in heading 41.15.