Work Shoe Textile Upper from China
Reinforced formed upper of synthetic textile for safety work shoes, valued not over $3/pair. HTS 6406.10.25.00 covers this as a footwear part where textile provides greatest external area, excluding toe caps or stiffeners. Intended for industrial shoe manufacturing.
Duty Rate — China → United States
51.1%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Certify absence of leather per Chapter Note 2(b) to stay in textile subheading
• Use HTS advisory rulings for borderline industrial vs retail end-use determinations
• Prevent valuation inflation by excluding assembly labor in import price declarations