Table 1.--U.S. rates of duty applicable to footwear of the types provided for in specified TSUS items, 1930 and GATT concessions 31 : 700.60 : "Other" footwear with uppers :35% ad val. of fabrics and soles of : 20% 4/ rubber or plastics : Sept. 10, 1955 to date 1/ For concessions granted in the Kennedy Round, shows staged rates expected to become effective up to and including Jan. 1, 1972. 2/ The trade-agreement rate established in the TSUS effective Aug. 31, 1963, under authority of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962 (Public Law 87-456) to replace the wide range of rates previously applicable to the types of footwear provided for in this TSUS item. 3/ Effective Mar. 3, 1933; the basis for assessing the ad valorem rate of duty was changed from foreign (export) value to the "American selling price" of the "like or similar" domestic product (T.D. 46158). See footnote 3. : : Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce, except as noted. Note.--Combined imports reported under the 5 TSUS items shown separately accounted for 89 percent of the total imports of footwear in 1969. |