Analysis
HTS 6403.19.20 covers welt footwear: other under heading 6403 (footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 10%. Compared with 6403.19.50 (for other persons: golf shoes), which pays 10%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 10 percentage points.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 15% of the 131 tariff lines in chapter 64, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 20% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 20% duty.
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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6403.19.10 | Welt footwear: golf shoes | 5% |
| 6403.19.30 | Other: golf shoes | 8.5% |
| 6403.19.40 | Other: other | 4.3% |
| 6403.19.50 | For other persons: golf shoes | 10% |
| 6403.19.70 | For other persons: other | Free |