Women's Sisal Basketball Sneakers from Japan
Affordable women's basketball sneakers with uppers of sisal vegetable fibers, low-profile design, and outer soles featuring textile-dominant ground contact. Adhesive-only attachment of soles/mid-soles, no foxing or upper overlap beyond toe/heel, priced below $3/pair. Fits HTS 6404.11.41.60 for women's sports footwear with specified vegetable fiber uppers and sole characteristics.
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
• Submit fiber analysis certificates proving sisal/vegetable fiber dominance in upper's external surface per Chapter Note 4(a)
• Photograph sole ground-contact area to demonstrate textile material prevalence; avoid misdeclaration as rubber soles
• Label clearly as women's footwear and maintain production records showing adhesive-exclusive assembly