Official data Source: US Census Bureau international trade data Data through August 2026 · updated monthly

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Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics: sports footwear: ski-boots and cross-country ski footwear and snowboard boots

In short

  • The US imported $130.2M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 9.9% on the year before.
  • Romania is the largest supplier, with 30.6% of US imports; Vietnam is next, with 27.1%.
  • China has the lowest price, but landed at a US port with freight and duty Vietnam is cheaper: $87.20/pair against $91.06/pair.
  • Duty paid averaged 9.9% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 3.3 points on a year earlier.
  • Romania is gaining share: 29.9% over the last 12 months, up from 25.1%.
  • US exports were $7.6M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 86.3%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$23.1M

↑ +11% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$130.2M

↓ −9.9% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

9.9%

↓ −3.3 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Romania

30.6% of US imports

US imports by month

The last 13 months, so the same month a year ago is on the left. August 2026 is highlighted. 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugDuty ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$20.7M
September 2025$16.4M
October 2025$9.7M
November 2025$4.9M
December 2025$2.8M
January 2026$2.5M
February 2026$1.3M
March 2026$4.5M
April 2026$6.6M
May 2026$13.2M
June 2026$19.5M
July 2026$25.6M
August 2026$23.1M

What changed

  • US imports were $23.1M in August 2026, down 9.9% from July 2026 and up 11% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $130.2M, down 9.9% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Vietnam up from 5.3% to 27.1%, Hungary down from 26.0% to 6.6%.
  • Average price from Italy fell 25% since July 2026, to $147.53/pair.
  • Duty paid on imports from China fell from 16.5% to 14.5% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $130.2M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 52% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $7.6M, up 88%. 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026China ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$85.4M
12 months to Aug 2018$109.0M
12 months to Aug 2019$116.9M
12 months to Aug 2020$104.0M
12 months to Aug 2021$117.0M
12 months to Aug 2022$190.6M
12 months to Aug 2023$195.5M
12 months to Aug 2024$141.2M
12 months to Aug 2025$144.4M
12 months to Aug 2026$130.2M
  • Romania
  • Italy
  • Hungary
  • Vietnam
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodRomaniaItalyHungaryVietnam
12 months to Aug 201730.3%19.8%12.8%3.4%
12 months to Aug 201827.9%22.4%11.8%3.0%
12 months to Aug 201924.1%22.9%9.9%3.0%
12 months to Aug 202024.0%21.8%11.3%2.6%
12 months to Aug 202126.5%23.6%14.5%5.3%
12 months to Aug 202224.0%20.9%11.8%5.8%
12 months to Aug 202324.8%18.7%15.5%9.6%
12 months to Aug 202422.9%27.0%14.6%11.7%
12 months to Aug 202525.1%21.4%22.1%12.5%
12 months to Aug 202629.9%20.7%20.7%14.4%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodRomaniaItalyHungaryVietnamAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.8%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.6%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.4%
12 months to Aug 20256.3%4.7%7.2%5.6%8.2%
12 months to Aug 202611.4%11.2%10.6%12.7%12.5%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$130.2M−9.9%12.5%+4.3 pts$7.6M−31%
12 months to Aug 2025$144.4M+2.3%8.2%+6.7 pts$11.1M+6.4%
12 months to Aug 2024$141.2M−28%1.4%−0.2 pts$10.4M+67%
12 months to Aug 2023$195.5M+2.5%1.6%−0.4 pts$6.2M+1.7%
12 months to Aug 2022$190.6M+63%2.0%+0.7 pts$6.1M+38%
12 months to Aug 2021$117.0M+13%1.3%−1.4 pts$4.5M−0.1%
12 months to Aug 2020$104.0M−11%2.8%+2.8 pts$4.5M−16%
12 months to Aug 2019$116.9M+7.3%0.0%0.0 pts$5.3M+9.4%
12 months to Aug 2018$109.0M+28%0.0%0.0 pts$4.8M+19%
12 months to Aug 2017$85.4M0.0%$4.1M

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.

CountryUS importsShareAverage priceDuty paidLast 13 months
Romania$7.1M30.6%−10.1 pts$131.11/pair+13%9.0%−1.2 pts
Vietnam$6.2M27.1%+7.3 pts$80.02/pair+10%10.3%+0.5 pts
Italy$6.2M27.0%+11.5 pts$147.53/pair−31%10.0%−1.3 pts
Hungary$1.5M6.6%−5.3 pts$146.66/pair+1.0%10.0%−1.3 pts
China$1.5M6.5%−2.4 pts$81.00/pair−0.3%14.5%−22.2 pts
Bosnia and Herzegovina$310K1.3%+1.2 pts$85.29/pair+107%0.0%−10.0 pts
Cambodia$100K0.4%−0.2 pts$59.45/pair+20%10.0%0.0 pts
Czech Republic$45K0.2%−1.3 pts$112.15/pair+37%10.0%0.0 pts
Other countries (7)$52K0.2%+0.2 pts$396.73/pair+91%9.2%−5.7 pts
All countries$23.1M100.0%$114.93/pair+8.3%9.9%−3.3 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 71.3% 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
CountryPriceFreight and insuranceDutyLanded costMake-up
Vietnam$77.58/pair$2.01/pair2.6% of price$7.61/pair9.8% of price$87.20/pair+0.6%
China$76.48/pair$2.33/pair3.1% of price$12.25/pair16.0% of price$91.06/pair−15%
Romania$126.99/pair$2.18/pair1.7% of price$11.99/pair9.4% of price$141.16/pair+3.9%
Hungary$150.19/pair$0.20/pair0.1% of price$14.86/pair9.9% of price$165.26/pair−1.4%
Italy$165.95/pair$1.83/pair1.1% of price$16.26/pair9.8% of price$184.04/pair−7.6%
All countries$122.10/pair$1.68/pair1.4% of price$12.38/pair10.1% of price$136.16/pair+6.0%

Landed at a US port, Vietnam was cheapest, at $87.20/pair: 4.2% below China.

China had the lowest price before freight and duty, $76.48/pair, but they added 19.1% to it.

Landed cost from China fell 15% on a year earlier, to $91.06/pair, mostly on duty: $27.94/pair then, $12.25/pair now.

How the market is shifting

Romania gained the most share: 29.9% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 25.1% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 9.9%, down from 15.4%. 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.

  • Romania
  • Italy
  • Hungary
  • Vietnam
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthRomaniaItalyHungaryVietnam
September 202418.4%19.6%34.9%3.9%
October 202424.4%25.2%7.0%14.1%
November 202438.8%19.6%4.8%22.7%
December 202433.1%43.6%11.6%0.6%
January 202522.1%32.7%6.7%6.3%
February 202513.2%7.5%1.8%29.2%
March 202519.1%28.1%0.0%21.6%
April 202515.9%47.8%0.0%11.1%
May 202510.3%24.5%45.8%12.5%
June 202517.8%17.6%33.9%14.1%
July 202532.9%13.8%24.6%10.3%
August 202540.6%15.5%12.0%19.8%
September 202538.1%20.2%10.9%14.5%
October 202541.7%14.8%8.1%18.1%
November 202540.7%18.2%7.8%6.6%
December 202549.5%16.9%10.2%4.0%
January 202619.3%45.8%12.7%4.9%
February 202645.8%17.6%3.1%22.1%
March 202611.5%33.8%1.5%31.2%
April 202626.4%24.4%0.0%12.1%
May 20268.7%16.6%37.2%25.7%
June 202615.7%16.6%52.0%3.1%
July 202641.5%18.2%26.0%5.3%
August 202630.6%27.0%6.6%27.1%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthRomaniaItalyHungaryVietnamAll countries
September 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.6%
October 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%
November 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.2%
December 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.9%
January 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.0%
February 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.4%
March 20250.0%0.0%n/a0.0%0.4%
April 20251.6%2.4%10.0%0.0%7.8%
May 202510.0%7.4%10.0%5.5%9.4%
June 202510.0%10.0%10.0%9.7%12.7%
July 20259.8%10.0%10.0%9.3%13.5%
August 202510.2%11.3%11.3%9.8%13.2%
September 202513.8%14.4%15.0%18.1%17.8%
October 202515.0%15.0%15.0%18.4%17.5%
November 202515.0%14.9%14.9%18.0%17.1%
December 202515.0%15.0%15.0%18.3%17.2%
January 202615.0%15.0%15.0%15.6%16.8%
February 202615.0%14.1%15.0%19.1%18.1%
March 202610.7%10.0%10.0%7.6%10.2%
April 202610.0%10.0%10.0%9.0%11.8%
May 202610.0%10.0%10.0%10.0%10.2%
June 202610.0%10.0%10.0%9.2%10.5%
July 20269.6%9.4%9.7%8.8%10.1%
August 20269.0%10.0%10.0%10.3%9.9%

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. February–March 2026 · Duty paid: Vietnam 18.1% → 9.1%, China 33.3% → 17.1%, all countries 17.2% → 10.5%.
  2. May–July 2025 · Duty paid: Romania 0.0% → 10.0%, Italy 0.0% → 10.0%, Vietnam 2.7% → 14.0%, China 9.4% → 36.8%, all countries 3.0% → 13.1%.
  3. September 2019 · Duty paid: China 0.0% → 13.7%.

Where it enters the US

Main ports of entry over the 12 months to August 2026: US imports and share.

  1. Houston, TX$31.7M · 24.4%
  2. Boston, MA$20.9M · 16.1%
  3. Seattle, WA$12.7M · 9.7%
  4. New Orleans, LA$12.7M · 9.7%
  5. Long Beach, CA$11.4M · 8.8%

Where US exports go

US exports were $711K in August 2026, down 12% from August 2025, and $7.6M over the last 12 months, down 31% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Chile, up 102%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$6.6M86.3%−26%
Chile$243K3.2%+102%
China$208K2.7%+3280%
Argentina$163K2.1%+302%
Japan$72K0.9%−10%
Germany$61K0.8%−92%
Netherlands$55K0.7%−24%
Bermuda$36K0.5%new
Other countries (20)$202K2.7%−73%
All countries$7.6M100.0%−31%

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; 104 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.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Austria$179.2Min 2025+5.8%$11K0.0%
Italy$140.9Min 2025+12%$946K0.7%
France$125.2Min 2025+13%$13K0.0%
Germany$96.2Min 2025+47%$7K0.0%
Switzerland$58.9Min 2025+34%$8K0.0%
Canada$41.2Min 2025+22%$60KUS records $6.4M0.1%
Japan$31.3Min 2025+7.6%$00.0%
Czech Republic$22.5Min 2025+7.2%$1420.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Austria, which imported $179.2M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Germany grew fastest: up 47% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 6402: footwear, with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

About these figures
  • Source: US Census Bureau international trade data, not seasonally adjusted, in US dollars. Retrieved November 3, 2026.
  • US imports are general imports at customs value, which excludes freight and insurance. Exports are at free-alongside-ship value.
  • Average price is customs value divided by quantity (pairs), across all of the product's 10-digit lines.
  • Duty paid is the duty Census calculates on each country's imports for consumption, as a share of their value. It moves with tariff changes, exemptions and the mix of goods within the product.
  • Landed cost adds Census's import charges (freight, insurance and other costs of bringing the goods to the first US port) and calculated duty to the customs value, per unit, across the product's 10-digit lines. It leaves out antidumping and countervailing duties, customs fees and transport inland. Prices are averages across the goods within the code, so a lower one can mean cheaper goods, not the same goods for less.
  • Markets abroad are each country's imports as it reports them to UN Comtrade, in US dollars, usually including freight and insurance. Countries report a year or more late and in their own edition of the HS codes, so one still on an older edition is missing for codes that changed in 2022.
  • Census revises recent months, so figures can change slightly. These are estimates for research and planning, not customs or legal advice.

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