Women's Leather Safety Shoes for Factory Work from China
Leather safety shoes with composite toe and slip-resistant rubber soles, intended for factory floor workers handling machinery. Upper material is leather with greatest external surface area, outer sole rubber, fitting HTS 6403.99.90.15 for work footwear over $2.50/pair. Excludes sports or waterproof active designs per subheading notes.
Duty Rate — China → United States
27.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Label as 'work footwear' on invoices with end-use description to support classification
• Avoid common pitfall of misdeclaring as 'casual' shoes, which go to 6403.99.90.90
• Provide material composition certificates confirming leather dominance