SKINS; HIDES; PELTS; LEATHER

Description

C14 covers the processing, treatment, and manufacture of animal skins, hides, pelts, and leather products, including tanning, dyeing, finishing, and mechanical working operations. This classification encompasses chemical and physical methods for converting raw animal materials into finished leather suitable for footwear, garments, upholstery, and industrial applications. Related mechanical preparation steps such as beaming, fleshing, and splitting are included, along with treatments for preservation and quality improvement. Adjacent classes address raw animal materials (A22), textile finishing (D06), and footwear/leather goods manufacture (A43).

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: SKINS; HIDES; PELTS OR LEATHER

CPC: SKINS; HIDES; PELTS; LEATHER

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

SKINS; HIDES; PELTS OR LEATHER

CPC:

SKINS; HIDES; PELTS; LEATHER

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 2 subcodes exist in both systems.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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C14B MECHANICAL TREATMENT OR PROCESSING OF SKINS, HIDES OR LEATHER IN GENERAL; PELT-SHEARING MACHINES; INTESTINE-SPLITTING MACHINES (making leather substitutes B29, D06N; making articles from leather B68F; mechanical cleaning of hides or the like D06G; artificial leather D06N) heading +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
C14C CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF HIDES, SKINS OR LEATHER, e.g. TANNING, IMPREGNATING, FINISHING; APPARATUS THEREFOR; COMPOSITIONS FOR TANNING (bleaching of leather or furs D06L; dyeing of leather or furs D06P) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC