Women's Bamboo Textile Canvas Sneakers from Japan
Low-profile women's sneakers with uppers of woven bamboo vegetable fibers and outer soles featuring textile as the primary ground-contact material. Priced $4-$6/pair, classified under HTS 6404.19.72.60 for textile-upper footwear excluding sports designs, with sole textiles meeting durability criteria. Bamboo provides dominant external upper surface.
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
• Certify bamboo as vegetable fiber via fiber content analysis; mislabeling as synthetic risks reclassification
• Photographically prove sole composition showing textile dominance in ground contact, ignoring reinforcements
• Specify women's fit in invoices; mixed shipments may require separate entries by gender