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      "question": "What is the HS code for leather belts?",
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        "Use 4203.30 when it is a belt of leather or composition leather."
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      "title": "Codes for leather belts",
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        "Products in the same category as leather belts, or classified under the same headings."
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        "National tariff lines for leather belts are live for the United States. Each page lists the lines under the codes above, with their duty rates where they are live."
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        "The right code depends on what the product is made of, how it is made and what it is for, so two products sold as leather belts can fall under different codes.",
        "Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling."
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        "The legal texts are from the HS2022 Harmonized System release, live on border.bot since 11 October 2026.",
        "The conditions and questions on this page were written for leather belts by border.bot and checked against those legal texts; the page changes when a new release goes live or the topic is reviewed again."
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