Patent Leather Dress Shoe Upper from China

Elegant upper for formal dress shoes made from shiny patent leather with plastic edging reinforcements, maintaining <50% textile external coverage. Leather from headings 4107/4113 per Chapter Note 3(b). Prepped for sole attachment in luxury footwear.

Duty Rate — China → United States

22%

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

Source tannery certificates proving leather origin (4107/4112-14) to validate classification

Measure external surface excluding ornaments/buckles per Note 4(a)

Avoid declaring as 'imitation leather' which risks plastics shift