Analysis
HTS 6402.19.70 covers valued over $6.50 but not over $12/pair under heading 6402 (other footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in pairs.
The general rate is 76¢/pr. + 17%, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.
Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, AGOA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 76¢/pr. + 17%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
For statistics it divides in two: 6402.19.70.31 for for men and 6402.19.70.61 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 316210 (Footwear Manufacturing), an industry of 201 US establishments employing 8,781 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6402.19.05 | Having uppers of which over 90 percent of the external surface area (including any accessories or reinforcements such as those mentioned in note 4(a) to this chapter) is rubber or plastics (except footwear having foxing or a foxing-like band applied or molded at the sole and overlapping the upper and except footwear designed to be worn over, or in lieu of, other footwear as a protection against water, oil, grease or chemicals or cold or inclement weather): golf shoes | 6% |
| 6402.19.15 | Having uppers of which over 90 percent of the external surface area (including any accessories or reinforcements such as those mentioned in note 4(a) to this chapter) is rubber or plastics (except footwear having foxing or a foxing-like band applied or molded at the sole and overlapping the upper and except footwear designed to be worn over, or in lieu of, other footwear as a protection against water, oil, grease or chemicals or cold or inclement weather): other | 5.1% |
| 6402.19.30 | Valued not over $3/pair | Free |
| 6402.19.50 | Valued over $3 but not over $6.50/pair | 76¢/pr. + 32% |
| 6402.19.90 | Valued over $12/pair | 9% |