Waterproof footwear with bonded or cemented outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics not elsewhere specified, covering the ankle but not covering the knee

US trade by year

US imports were $96.1M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 3.4% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $3.5M, down 53%. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

• China
• Dominican Republic
• Canada
• Vietnam
• All countries

Who supplies the US

August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025. Landed cost by origin, below, adds freight and duty to the price.

The 3 largest suppliers had 83.1% of US imports over the last 12 months.

Landed cost by origin

What importers paid to land this product at a US port from each main supplier, June–August 2026: the price, freight and insurance to the first US port, and duty, per unit. Suppliers with 3% or more of these imports, cheapest landed first. Small figures under landed cost are the change from the same months a year earlier.

• Price
• Freight and insurance
• Duty

Landed at a US port, Mexico was cheapest, at $2.36/pair: 74.1% below Canada.

Landed cost from Vietnam rose 48% on a year earlier, to $22.08/pair, mostly on price: $10.01/pair then, $14.99/pair now.

How the market is shifting

Dominican Republic gained the most share: 22.9% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 18.3% in the 12 months before. Canada lost the most: 15.0%, down from 22.8%. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

• China
• Dominican Republic
• Canada
• Vietnam
• All countries

Tariff actions touching this product

When the duty paid on this product changed and stayed changed, for its main suppliers and all countries, newest first, with the Federal Register notices that named the product in the 3 months before. Rates are medians of the 4 months either side, less any usual seasonal swing. A change shows what happened to duty paid, not why; read each notice for what it did.

1. April 2026 · Duty paid: Vietnam 54.4% → 35.1%.
2. January 2026 · Duty paid: China 61.6% → 48.8%.
3. August–October 2025 · Duty paid: China 70.1% → 63.1%, Vietnam 43.3% → 52.4%, all countries 39.1% → 32.2%.
4. March–May 2025 · Duty paid: China 36.1% → 70.1%, Dominican Republic 0.3% → 7.6%, Vietnam 37.3% → 43.3%, all countries 20.2% → 38.3%.
5. December 2023 · Duty paid: Vietnam 23.5% → 37.3%.
6. July 2023 · Duty paid: China 35.5% → 28.3%, all countries 23.7% → 15.4%.
7. February 2021 · Duty paid: Dominican Republic 6.5% → 0.1%.
8. August 2020 · Duty paid: Dominican Republic 2.5% → 8.0%.
9. March 2020 · Duty paid: China 44.6% → 37.2%, Dominican Republic 13.3% → 3.4%.
10. October 2019 · Duty paid: China 32.1% → 44.6%.

Markets abroad

Each country's own import figures for this product, from UN Comtrade: the 8 biggest importers outside the US in the latest year each has reported, what they bought from the US, and the change from the year before. Values usually include freight and insurance to the importer's border, so they run a little above US export figures. Countries report a year or more late; 124 have reported 2025 so far. Where a country's figure for imports from the US is under half or over double what the US recorded exporting there that year, the US figure is shown under it.

The biggest market outside the US is Germany, which imported $86.1M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Denmark grew fastest: up 20% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 6401: waterproof footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics which are fixed together by bonding or similar processes. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.