Analysis
HTS 6402.19.90 covers valued 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.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 6%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6402.19.30 (valued not over $3/pair), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 9 percentage points.
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 9%. 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: 6402.19.90.31 for for men and 6402.19.90.61 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 3.9 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 9% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 64 (51st percentile of 131 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $900 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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% |
| 6402.19.70 | Valued over $6.50 but not over $12/pair | 76¢/pr. + 17% |