HTS tariff line · chapter 42
4205.00.10
Of a kind used in machinery or mechanical appliances or for other technical uses: other
Analysis
HTS 4205.00.10 covers of a kind used in machinery or mechanical appliances or for other technical uses: other under heading 4205 (other articles of leather or of composition leather).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 4.9%. The costliest confusion would be with 4205.00.60 (of reptile leather) at 4.9%, a difference of 4.9 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 10% of the 88 tariff lines in chapter 42 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 31699 (Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing), an industry of 633 US establishments employing 11,305 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4205.00.05 | Belting leather cut or wholly or partly manufactured into forms or shapes suitable for conversion into belting | 2.9% |
| 4205.00.20 | Other: shoelaces | Free |
| 4205.00.40 | Other: straps and strops | 1.8% |
| 4205.00.60 | Of reptile leather | 4.9% |
| 4205.00.80 | Other: other | Free |