Patent Leather Dress Shoe Upper from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
14.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.94, articles the product of Mexico, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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