6404.11.81/Hemp Basketball Shoes Low-Top/Germany

Hemp Basketball Shoes Low-Top from Germany

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 — Germany → United States

10%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.3910%Section 301 (forced labor) — European Union member state (col1 rate < 10 percent): MFN < 10% → total duty capped at 10%

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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