Canvas Slip-On Sneakers from Japan
These casual slip-on sneakers feature a textile canvas upper and a rubber outer sole with a textured textile material providing the greatest surface area in contact with the ground. They have an open heel design and no laces or buckles, fitting the criteria for subheading 6404.19.37. Classified here due to the textile upper (not vegetable fibers) and qualifying textile sole per U.S. note 5 exclusion.
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
9903.05.480%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
• Verify outer sole's greatest ground-contact material is textile (non-durable per U.S. note 5) via lab testing to confirm classification
• Provide detailed upper material composition certificates; must exceed vegetable fibers like cotton
• Avoid foxing bands overlapping upper to prevent reclassification to 6404.19.20