Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split but not further prepared

1. This chapter does not cover:

a. parings or similar waste, of raw hides or skins (heading 0511);

b. bird skins or parts of bird skins, with their feathers or down, of heading 0505 or 6701; 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 Astrakhan, Broadtail, Caracul, Persian or similar lambs, Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lambs), of goats or kids (except Yemen, Mongolian or Tibetan goats and kids), of swine (including peccary), of chamois, of gazelle, of camels (including dromedaries), of reindeer, of elk, of deer, of roebucks or of dogs.

2. (A) Headings 4104 to 4106 do not cover hides and skins which have undergone a tanning (including pretanning) process which is reversible (heading 4101 to 4103, as the case may be).

(B) For the purposes of heading 4104 to 4106, the term 'crust' includes hides and skins that have been retanned, coloured or fat-liquored (stuffed) prior to drying.

3. Throughout the nomenclature, the expression 'composition leather' means only substances of the kind referred to in heading 4115.