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The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has published in the Federal Register, the availability of GSP to India on 42 eight-digit tariff lines with effect from Aug 22, 2001. The commodities on which GSP has been restored include raw material for leather. Accordingly, zero-duty benefit would now be available on import into the USA from India of the following items:
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HS Code
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Description
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Import duty Before 22.8.2001
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Import duty
After
22.8.2001
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41043920
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Upholstery
leather, of bovine and equine leather, nesi, without hair on,
parchment-dressed or prepared after tanning
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2.50%
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Free
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41043950
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Upper
& sole leather of bovine (ex.buffalo) or equine animals, parchment
dressed or prepared after tanning, ex.full grains and grain splits.
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5.00%
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Free
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41061200
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Goat
or kidskin leather, without hair on, not including chamois, patent, patent
laminated leather, pre-tanned, not vegetable pretanned
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3.70%
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Free
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41061920
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Wet
blue of goat or kidskin leather, without hair on, not including chamois,
patent, patent laminated or metallised leather, tanned or re-tanned
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2.40%
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Free
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41061930
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Goat
or kid skin leather, without hair on, not including chamois, patent, patent
laminated or metallized leather, tanned or retanned, nesi
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2.40%
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Free
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41062030
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Goat
or kid skin leather, without hair on, excluding leather of heading No.4108 or
4109, parchment-dressed / prepared after tanning, not fancy
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2.40%
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Free
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41062060
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Goat
or kid skin leather, without hair on, excluding leather of heading No.4108 or
4109, parchment-dressed / prepared after tanning, fancy
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2.80%
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Free
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Members
interested in downloading the above mentioned Federal Register notice may visit
the website www.ustr.gov. For tariffs
relating to GSP ineligible countries, the material may be downloaded from the
website www.usitc.gov.
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