4203.30
Belts and bandoliers with or without buckles
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather
Where this code sits
- Section VIII · Chapter42 — ARTICLES OF LEATHER; SADDLERY AND HARNESS; TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS; ARTICLES OF ANIMAL GUT (OTHER THAN SILKWORM GUT)RAW HIDES AND SKINS, LEATHER, FURSKINS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; SADDLERY AND HARNESS; TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS; ARTICLES OF ANIMAL GUT (OTHER THAN SILKWORM GUT)
- Heading4203 — Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather
- Subheading4203.30 — Belts and bandoliers with or without buckles
Six digits is as far as the international nomenclature goes, and it is the same six digits in every country that applies the Harmonized System. Your destination adds further digits of its own, and the rate lives on that national line — which is why the US lines below run to eight and ten digits, and why the lookups go to each authority's own tariff.
Duty rate
USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Revision 18 (2026) · retrieved 13/09/2026
Measures in force on top of this rate
- Antidumping/countervailing duties not checked — they are administered separately, keyed to the exporter, and can exceed the tariff rate. Check for an order in force before relying on this total.
Paste 4203.30 into the lookup and follow it down to your national line.
US national lines under 4203.30
The United States subdivides this subheading into 1 line. They share a duty rate, so the classification below the subheading affects reporting rather than the amount.
| Line | Description | General | Preferential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4203.30.00.00 | Belts and bandoliers with or without buckles | 2.7% | Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) |
A blank General cell means the line states no rate of its own and takes the one above it — the line it is stated on is named, so the figure can be checked where it actually appears. Preferential rates are listed with the programme codes that grant them; the schedule offering a rate is not the same as your goods qualifying for it.
Preferential rates for 4203.30
The US lines under this subheading offer a reduced or free rate under 17 programmes. Each is named from General Note 3(c)(i) — the schedule prints only the letter.
Generalized System of Preferences
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Origin is determined by the agreement’s product-specific rules applied to your bill of materials. We hold the tariff schedule and the programme legend, not your inputs — nothing here determines that goods qualify.
What chapter 42 excludes
A subheading's wording does not decide a classification — the legal notes do. These are the notes that push goods out of this chapter even when the description seems to fit.
2. This chapter does not cover:
- (a) Sterile surgical catgut or similar sterile suture materials (heading 3006);
- (b) Articles of apparel or clothing accessories (except gloves, mittens and mitts), lined with furskin or artificial fur or to which furskin or artificial fur is attached on the outside, except as mere trimming (heading 4303 or 4304);
- (c) Made up articles of netting (heading 5608);
- (d) Articles of chapter 64;
- (e) Headgear or parts thereof of chapter 65;
- (f) Whips, riding-crops or other articles of heading 6602;
- (g) Cuff-links, bracelets or other imitation jewelry (heading 7117);
- (h) Fittings or trimmings for harness, such as stirrups, bits, horse brasses and buckles, separately entered (generally section XV);
- (ij) Strings, skins for drums or the like, or other parts of musical instruments (heading 9209);
- (k) Articles of chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings);
- (l) Articles of chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports equipment); or
- (m) Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners, press-studs, button molds or other parts of these articles, button blanks, of heading 9606.
3. (A) In addition to the provisions of note 2, above, heading 4202 does not cover:
- (a) Bags made of sheeting of plastics, whether or not printed, with handles, not designed for prolonged use (heading 3923);
- (b) Articles of plaiting materials (heading 4602).
- (B) Articles of headings 4202 and 4203 which have parts of precious metal or metal clad with precious metal, of natural or cultured pearls, of precious or semiprecious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) remain classified in those headings even if such parts constitute more than minor fittings or minor ornamentation, provided that these parts do not give the articles their essential character. If, on the other hand, the parts give the articles their essential character, the articles are to be classified in chapter 71.
1. For the purposes of heading 4202, the expression "travel, sports and similar bags" means goods, other than those falling in subheadings 4202.11 through 4202.39, of a kind designed for carrying clothing and other personal effects during travel, including backpacks and shopping bags of this heading, but does not include binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, bottle cases and similar containers. Notes (con.)
Legal notes that govern this code
Reproduced from the published tariff schedule. Section and chapter notes are binding and are part of the nomenclature itself; statistical notes are US reporting rules and are not classification law.
Chapter 42 — Notes
Legal Notes of the Harmonized System. Binding, and part of the international nomenclature.
1. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "leather" includes chamois (including combination chamois) leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metalized leather.
2. This chapter does not cover:
(a) Sterile surgical catgut or similar sterile suture materials (heading 3006);
(b) Articles of apparel or clothing accessories (except gloves, mittens and mitts), lined with furskin or artificial fur or to which furskin or artificial fur is attached on the outside, except as mere trimming (heading 4303 or 4304);
(c) Made up articles of netting (heading 5608);
(d) Articles of chapter 64;
(e) Headgear or parts thereof of chapter 65;
(f) Whips, riding-crops or other articles of heading 6602;
(g) Cuff-links, bracelets or other imitation jewelry (heading 7117);
(h) Fittings or trimmings for harness, such as stirrups, bits, horse brasses and buckles, separately entered (generally section XV);
(ij) Strings, skins for drums or the like, or other parts of musical instruments (heading 9209);
(k) Articles of chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings);
(l) Articles of chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports equipment); or
(m) Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners, press-studs, button molds or other parts of these articles, button blanks, of heading 9606.
3. (A) In addition to the provisions of note 2, above, heading 4202 does not cover:
(a) Bags made of sheeting of plastics, whether or not printed, with handles, not designed for prolonged use (heading 3923);
(b) Articles of plaiting materials (heading 4602).
(B) Articles of headings 4202 and 4203 which have parts of precious metal or metal clad with precious metal, of natural or cultured pearls, of precious or semiprecious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) remain classified in those headings even if such parts constitute more than minor fittings or minor ornamentation, provided that these parts do not give the articles their essential character. If, on the other hand, the parts give the articles their essential character, the articles are to be classified in chapter 71.
4. For the purposes of heading 4203, the expression "articles of apparel and clothing accessories" applies, inter alia, to gloves, mittens and mitts (including those for sport or for protection), aprons and other protective clothing, braces, belts, bandoliers and wrist straps, but excluding watch straps (heading 9113).
Chapter 42 — Additional U.S. Notes
Additional U.S. Notes. Binding in the United States; not part of the international HS.
1. For the purposes of heading 4202, the expression "travel, sports and similar bags" means goods, other than those falling in subheadings 4202.11 through 4202.39, of a kind designed for carrying clothing and other personal effects during travel, including backpacks and shopping bags of this heading, but does not include binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, bottle cases and similar containers. Notes (con.)
2. For purposes of classifying articles under subheadings 4202.12, 4202.22, 4202.32, and 4202.92, articles of textile fabric impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics (whether compact or cellular) shall be regarded as having an outer surface of textile material or of sheeting of plastics, depending upon whether and the extent to which the textile constituent or the plastic constituent makes up the exterior surface of the article.
Notes are reproduced from the published tariff schedule. They govern classification, but reading them is not the same as applying them to your goods — that is what a broker or a binding ruling is for.
Other chapters that mention heading 4203
An exclusion pointing into this heading from another chapter is as decisive as one in your own, and it is the one nobody finds by reading their own chapter.
(B) Articles of headings 4202 and 4203 which have parts of precious metal or metal clad with precious metal, of natural or cultured pearls, of precious or semiprecious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) remain classified in those headings even if such parts constitute more than minor fittings or minor ornamentation, provided that these parts do not give the articles their essential character. If, on the other hand, the parts give the articles their essential character, the articles are to be classified in chapter 71.
4. For the purposes of heading 4203, the expression "articles of apparel and clothing accessories" applies, inter alia, to gloves, mittens and mitts (including those for sport or for protection), aprons and other protective clothing, braces, belts, bandoliers and wrist straps, but excluding watch straps (heading 9113).
(c) Gloves, mittens and mitts consisting of leather and furskin or of leather and artificial fur (heading 4203);
(e) Articles of heading 4202 or 4203 referred to in note 3(B) to chapter 42;
Other subheadings under 4203
Elsewhere in chapter 42
Importing 4203.30 into
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Common questions
What is HS code 4203.30?
4203.30 covers Belts and bandoliers with or without buckles. It sits under heading 4203 (Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather) in chapter 42, articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut).
What is the US duty rate for 4203.30?
The Column 1 General rate is 2.7%, from US national line 4203.30.00.00. That is the rate before any preference you can claim, and it does not include antidumping or countervailing duties, which are administered separately and can exceed it.
What is excluded from chapter 42?
2. This chapter does not cover: (a) Sterile surgical catgut or similar sterile suture materials (heading 3006); (b) Articles of apparel or clothing accessories (except gloves, mittens and mitts), lined with furskin or artificial fur or to which furskin or artificial fur is attached on the outside, except as mere trimming (heading 4303 or 4304); (c) Made up articles of netting (heading 5608); (d) Articles of chapter 64;