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ARTICLE · 08 APRIL 2013

U.S. Customs And Border Protection Proposes Testing Method To Classify Footwear

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A discussion on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently publishing in The Customs Bulletin, a proposed testing method to determine the proper classification of certain footwear under the Harmonize Tariff Schedules of the United States.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published in The Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 14, March 27, 2013), a proposed testing method to determine the proper classification of certain footwear under the Harmonize Tariff Schedules of the United States (HTSUS).

Note 4(b) to Chapter 64 of the HTSUS provides with respect to that Chapter that constituent material of outer soles shall be taken to be material having the greatest surface area in contact with the ground, excluding accessories or reinforcements such as spikes, bars, nails, protectors or similar attachments.

Previously, footwear with outer soles of rubber or plastics to which textile material has been added were classified under Heading 6405 of HTSUS as "other footwear."

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