Men's Wool Felt Slip-On Loafers from Japan
Comfortable slip-on loafers featuring uppers made from wool felt and matching wool felt soles, designed for casual everyday wear. The textile wool felt constitutes the greatest external surface area of both the upper and sole per Chapter Note 4. Classified under 6405.20.60.90 as other footwear with uppers of textile materials and soles/uppers of wool felt, not specified elsewhere.
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
• Verify wool felt composition via lab tests; must dominate external surface area of upper and sole per Chapter Note 4(a)(b)
• Provide detailed material breakdown documentation to avoid reclassification to rubber/plastic sole subheadings