6404.11.81/Hemp Basketball Shoes Low-Top/China

Hemp Basketball Shoes Low-Top from China

Basketball-style gym shoes with breathable hemp fiber uppers providing the greatest external surface area, and outer soles featuring textile materials (e.g., reinforced fabric) with the largest ground-contact area. Classified in HTS 6404.11.81 for sports footwear valued $6.50-$12/pair, where textile soles are countable per U.S. note 5 exclusion terms. Meets criteria for vegetable fiber uppers under chapter leather/plastics notes.

Duty Rate — China → United States

27.5%

Rate breakdown

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)

9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China

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Import Tips

• Obtain certificates of origin proving vegetable fibers (hemp) dominate upper; mislabeling as synthetic risks reclassification

• Conduct sole surface area analysis post-manufacture to affirm textile dominance, noting U.S. note 5 disregards weak textiles

• Package as individual pairs with valuation under $12 to avoid higher brackets; watch for set sales triggering different headings