Women's Wool Felt Espadrille-Style Flats from Japan
Lightweight women's flats mimicking espadrilles but with wool felt soles and uppers for all-season comfort. Classified in 6405.20.60.60 for women's wool felt construction, where felt provides the key ground-contact 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
• Test sole durability to confirm it meets US note standards for outer sole materials
• Use HTS advisory rulings for felt vs. fabric distinctions if importers question classification
• Package as individual pairs, not sets, to prevent parts classification under 6406