Women's Adidas Ultraboost Light Gym Shoes from Japan
Lightweight gym shoes for women with a Primeknit textile upper providing flexibility and a Continental rubber outer sole for gym floor grip. Classified under HTS 6404.11.89.60 as sports training shoes valued $6.50-$12/pair, where the textile mesh covers the greatest external surface area of the upper per Chapter Note 4(a).
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
60%
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
9903.05.480%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 equal to or greater than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Document the exact construction materials with supplier specs to confirm textile upper exceeds other materials in external surface area
• Avoid common pitfalls by excluding sole reinforcements from material calculations as per US Note on textile durability
• Include size charts proving women's fit to comply with gender-specific subheadings