Classification of cold weather pac-boots

The tariff classification of a woman's leather boot fromGuatemala.

The tariff classification of footwear from Taiwan or China.

The tariff classification of footwear from Asia.Dear Ms. Brokaw:In your letter dated March 19, 1990, you requested a tariff classification ruling.The sample, Style 477, is a women's high top aerobic shoe with a leather upper and a unit molded rubber/plastic sole having a toe bumper and lateral stabilizers. In addition to laces, the upper is closed with a hook and loop strap at the top. The sample has two laces, one white and one a mottled gray, laced into alternate pairs of eyelets. You state that the shoes will be imported with instructions on lacing both pairs of laces simultaneously.The applicable subheading for the sample will be 6403.91.90, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for other footwear with outer soles of rubber/plastics and uppers of leather, covering the ankle, other, for other persons. The rate of duty will be 10 percent ad valorem.Regardless of the way the shoe is laced at importation, or even if it is not laced, and regardless of

Athletic footwear

Basketball shoe; external surface area of upper