Chemical Plant Steel Toe Plastic Boots from Japan
Ankle-enclosing plastic boots with steel toe-caps for industrial chemical environments, featuring >90% plastics on uppers without overlapping foxing or weather protection design. Not intended as overshoes. Classified in 6402.91.0500 for its material dominance and safety toe structure.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
52.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.41.1040%Footwear with outer soles of leather and uppers wholly or in part of leather, and footwear with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers having an exterior surface area predominantly of leather, the foregoing provided for in chapter 64, except (a) slip-on footwear of a type not suitable for outdoor use, without backs or backstraps, having outer soles with a thickness of less than 5 mm and with less than 20 mm difference between the thickness of the bottom at the ball of the foot and at the heel, and (b) footwear which is designed for a sporting activity and has, or has provision for, attached spikes, sprigs, stops, clips, bars or the like, and skating boots, ski-boots and cross-country ski footwear, wrestling boots, boxing boots and cycling shoes
9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%
Import Tips
• Use lab analysis reports to prove plastics/rubber exceed 90% external upper area
• Declare explicitly 'not for cold/inclement weather' to sidestep exclusion clauses
• Watch for sole textile reinforcements; US Note ignores non-durable textiles in sole determination