Footwear with Textile Uppers and Leather or Composition Leather Outer Soles

Leather-soled footwear with textile uppers — including canvas-and-leather dress shoes, espadrille-style footwear, and similar articles — occupies a niche between the all-leather and rubber-soled categories, and Italy leads US supply under this heading, consistent with its premium leather sole manufacturing tradition. Spain and Vietnam also contribute meaningfully, reflecting both European craft production and Asian volume manufacturing. The US schedule subdivides by gender, per-pair value (notably the under-$2.50 and over-$2.50 breakpoints), and the proportion of the upper's external surface area covered by plastics or textile — a criterion that can be difficult to assess without detailed construction data from the manufacturer. Importers should note that the leather sole requirement is strict: composition leather soles qualify, but rubber or plastics outer soles would redirect classification to heading 6404.19.

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