Canvas footwear (item 700.60). --As previously indicated, the

fabric-upper rubber-soled footwear dutiable under this item on the basis of ASP valuation (elsewhere in this report also referred to as canvas footwear) is in all essential respects identical to that produced at Woonsocket. These imports are not only "like" Woonsocket's

product, but they are, by far, the most competitive therewith of all imports. These shoes are ruggedly built with complete uppers, washable, and specially designed and extensively used for a variety of athletic and physical activities. They are also sometimes used for ordinary street and leisure wear, but this use does not constitute the primary one.

The following illustrations represent typical examples of canvas footwear, both imported and domestic:

For women, misses and

children

Other types of imported footwear.--The substantial imports admitted under item 700.60 and not subject to ASP valuation also have uppers of fabrics and soles of rubber or plastics but the great bulk are folding slippers, scuffs, or sandal types which are not the complete foot coverings of sturdy, durable construction as are the canvas footwear shown above. In fact, these same types of relatively flimsy construction account for a large portion of the imports admitted under items 700.35, 700.43, 700.45, and 700.55 and selling at retail at less than $6.00 a pair. The footwear in this price range admitted under 700.35, 700.43, and 700.45 consists almost entirely of leather sandals; that admitted under 700.55 has uppers of which over 90% of the exterior surface areas are rubber or plastics and include substantial quantities of zoris, packables, sandals, and scuffs. The illustrations below represent typical examples of these light-weight, usually open, types of footwear admitted, depending primarily on material from which constructed, under one of the items 700.35, 700.43, 700.45, 700.55, or 700.60.

Also included in the imports admitted under item 700.55 and sell

ing at retail at less than $6 a pair are substantial quantities of footwear with uppers of supported vinyl, in popular styles that resemble shoes of leather; many are step-in styles, one width to a length for sale in self-service outlets. We estimate that possibly half of the imports admitted under item 700.55 are of this type of supported vinyl footwear. Although such footwear is worn for some of the same activities as canvas footwear of the Woonsocket types, we know that the vinyl shoes, which are illustrated below, are not suitable for the active sports and physical activities for which the Woonsocket footwear is especially designed.