Baby Plastic Snow Boots from Japan
Ankle-high plastic snow boots for infants, featuring fully molded rubber/plastic uppers exceeding 90% external surface area. Designed for light winter play without cleats or foxing elements. Falls under 6402.91.40.63 as infant footwear with predominant rubber/plastic uppers covering the ankle.
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
• Include lab tests confirming outer sole material durability per US Note on textile soles; weak soles risk reclassification
• Label clearly as infant product with age/foot size per statistical note 2 to prevent mixing with youth sizes in 6402.91.9045
• Watch for accessory reinforcements not counting toward surface area per Chapter Note 4(a); document base upper material