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

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In short

  • The US imported $232.5M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 15% on the year before.
  • Italy is the largest supplier, with 76.7% of US imports; Vietnam is next, with 8.0%.
  • China is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $12.85/pair.
  • Duty paid averaged 22.4% of the value of imports in August 2026, up 2.7 points on a year earlier.
  • Italy is gaining share: 77.9% over the last 12 months, up from 71.1%.
  • US exports were $9.5M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 20.0%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$19.3M

↑ +77% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$232.5M

↑ +15% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

22.4%

↑ +2.7 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Italy

76.7% 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 ↓Duty ↑
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$10.9M
September 2025$13.8M
October 2025$17.7M
November 2025$17.5M
December 2025$21.4M
January 2026$18.0M
February 2026$22.2M
March 2026$22.6M
April 2026$21.6M
May 2026$21.5M
June 2026$18.4M
July 2026$18.5M
August 2026$19.3M

What changed

  • US imports were $19.3M in August 2026, up 4.3% from July 2026 and up 77% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $232.5M, up 15% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Vietnam up from 1.1% to 8.0%, China down from 7.7% to 5.3%.
  • Average price from Italy rose 143% since July 2026, to $279.38/pair.
  • Duty paid on imports from China rose from 25.8% to 30.5% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Vietnam rose from 21.5% to 26.2% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $232.5M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 8.8% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $9.5M, down 23%. 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Duty ↓Duty ↑Vietnam ↓Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$213.7M
12 months to Aug 2018$207.7M
12 months to Aug 2019$172.8M
12 months to Aug 2020$356.5M
12 months to Aug 2021$197.1M
12 months to Aug 2022$246.2M
12 months to Aug 2023$283.2M
12 months to Aug 2024$212.4M
12 months to Aug 2025$202.9M
12 months to Aug 2026$232.5M
  • Italy
  • Vietnam
  • Spain
  • China
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodItalyVietnamSpainChina
12 months to Aug 201753.7%0.4%5.8%29.6%
12 months to Aug 201853.9%0.4%7.2%27.8%
12 months to Aug 201955.1%1.2%7.2%26.4%
12 months to Aug 202020.1%41.4%1.9%30.7%
12 months to Aug 202145.7%19.3%2.8%23.1%
12 months to Aug 202265.2%1.2%3.1%18.8%
12 months to Aug 202378.5%1.4%2.9%8.5%
12 months to Aug 202471.2%1.8%4.1%11.5%
12 months to Aug 202571.1%3.1%3.8%9.0%
12 months to Aug 202677.9%5.1%3.1%3.1%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodItalyVietnamSpainChinaAll countries
12 months to Aug 201718.6%10.9%12.5%11.9%15.8%
12 months to Aug 201819.8%11.3%11.9%12.1%16.4%
12 months to Aug 201918.5%8.9%12.0%10.1%15.0%
12 months to Aug 202016.9%0.3%11.0%3.4%5.8%
12 months to Aug 202117.7%7.1%14.2%8.7%12.1%
12 months to Aug 202219.1%14.0%20.6%18.9%18.1%
12 months to Aug 202319.2%12.3%18.5%18.5%18.5%
12 months to Aug 202419.0%14.4%15.2%18.5%17.9%
12 months to Aug 202525.4%15.6%19.7%27.4%23.6%
12 months to Aug 202620.8%26.3%19.0%34.2%21.7%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$232.5M+15%21.7%−1.9 pts$9.5M+4.5%
12 months to Aug 2025$202.9M−4.5%23.6%+5.7 pts$9.1M+14%
12 months to Aug 2024$212.4M−25%17.9%−0.6 pts$8.0M−24%
12 months to Aug 2023$283.2M+15%18.5%+0.3 pts$10.6M+29%
12 months to Aug 2022$246.2M+25%18.1%+6.0 pts$8.2M+34%
12 months to Aug 2021$197.1M−45%12.1%+6.4 pts$6.1M−57%
12 months to Aug 2020$356.5M+106%5.8%−9.2 pts$14.4M−8.6%
12 months to Aug 2019$172.8M−17%15.0%−1.4 pts$15.8M−6.6%
12 months to Aug 2018$207.7M−2.8%16.4%+0.6 pts$16.9M+36%
12 months to Aug 2017$213.7M15.8%$12.4M

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
Italy$14.8M76.7%+4.9 pts$279.38/pair+17%21.8%+5.9 pts
Vietnam$1.5M8.0%+4.4 pts$18.69/pair+43%26.2%+2.6 pts
China$1.0M5.3%−2.0 pts$13.96/pair+57%30.5%−20.3 pts
Dominican Republic$405K2.1%−1.7 pts$6.29/pair+7.9%12.5%+2.5 pts
Spain$370K1.9%−0.6 pts$109.76/pair+29%12.0%−9.3 pts
United Kingdom$328K1.7%+0.4 pts$29.42/pair−30%20.2%−1.8 pts
Portugal$196K1.0%−0.6 pts$36.30/pair−47%19.5%−0.8 pts
Brazil$158K0.8%−0.6 pts$36.85/pair+16%57.0%+18.7 pts
Other countries (33)$484K2.5%−3.7 pts$16.84/pair+20%21.2%−2.6 pts
All countries$19.3M100.0%$63.04/pair+70%22.4%+2.7 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 86.1% 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
CountryPriceFreight and insuranceDutyLanded costMake-up
China$9.70/pair$0.44/pair4.5% of price$2.71/pair27.9% of price$12.85/pair−38%
Vietnam$21.75/pair$0.43/pair2.0% of price$5.17/pair23.8% of price$27.36/pair+15%
Italy$176.19/pair$2.67/pair1.5% of price$45.35/pair25.7% of price$224.21/pair−23%
All countries$44.20/pair$0.86/pair1.9% of price$11.08/pair25.1% of price$56.14/pair−12%

Landed at a US port, China was cheapest, at $12.85/pair: 53.0% below Vietnam.

Landed cost from China fell 38% on a year earlier, to $12.85/pair, mostly on duty: $6.59/pair then, $2.71/pair now.

How the market is shifting

Italy gained the most share: 77.9% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 71.1% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 3.1%, down from 9.0%. 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.

  • Italy
  • Vietnam
  • Spain
  • China
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthItalyVietnamSpainChina
September 202450.4%11.1%4.1%21.8%
October 202470.7%1.1%3.5%11.0%
November 202470.1%3.2%3.4%9.9%
December 202471.8%2.5%4.6%7.0%
January 202565.1%3.9%3.3%17.5%
February 202567.1%1.1%4.5%12.7%
March 202573.7%3.9%5.8%3.1%
April 202577.4%3.5%3.0%3.0%
May 202577.9%0.9%3.9%3.5%
June 202580.1%1.6%2.4%4.1%
July 202571.9%3.3%3.5%10.4%
August 202571.8%3.6%2.5%7.3%
September 202569.3%7.6%3.1%2.3%
October 202577.6%4.2%3.3%1.6%
November 202578.7%4.1%2.9%3.6%
December 202581.6%4.5%3.0%2.1%
January 202675.8%5.5%5.2%3.4%
February 202677.7%5.3%2.1%2.6%
March 202677.0%7.0%5.4%1.1%
April 202680.4%8.4%2.7%1.0%
May 202681.8%3.8%1.9%3.0%
June 202676.3%1.7%4.0%4.6%
July 202678.2%1.1%2.0%7.7%
August 202676.7%8.0%1.9%5.3%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthItalyVietnamSpainChinaAll countries
September 202419.1%16.0%11.8%18.7%17.3%
October 202420.1%15.1%15.2%18.4%18.4%
November 202421.5%11.5%12.9%18.1%19.0%
December 202422.1%10.6%19.1%18.5%19.9%
January 202525.0%14.9%19.3%17.9%22.1%
February 202524.7%13.2%19.2%22.4%22.0%
March 202525.0%12.0%22.0%37.5%22.8%
April 202529.0%13.2%25.3%52.1%27.0%
May 202530.7%31.3%24.4%56.7%29.6%
June 202532.2%20.1%22.5%48.4%30.9%
July 202531.6%21.4%21.9%48.3%31.3%
August 202515.9%23.6%21.3%50.7%19.7%
September 20258.0%27.5%13.3%51.1%14.2%
October 20259.2%32.6%13.7%50.3%13.1%
November 20259.0%32.7%12.8%41.8%13.2%
December 20259.3%36.6%8.8%40.1%12.5%
January 20267.2%36.3%11.7%42.5%11.3%
February 202625.9%30.3%24.0%38.6%26.8%
March 202631.3%18.7%26.6%33.1%29.3%
April 202629.3%19.4%24.4%30.5%28.0%
May 202631.5%21.3%28.5%28.9%30.0%
June 202631.6%20.9%25.1%28.5%29.2%
July 202624.0%21.5%22.7%25.8%23.6%
August 202621.8%26.2%12.0%30.5%22.4%

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. March 2026 · Duty paid: Italy 10.2% → 30.7%, Vietnam 34.4% → 20.3%, China 41.3% → 29.4%, all countries 13.4% → 29.0%.
  2. September–October 2025 · Duty paid: Italy 30.6% → 9.7%, Vietnam 23.1% → 34.4%, China 49.4% → 42.3%, all countries 29.8% → 13.7%.
  3. March–May 2025 · Duty paid: Italy 24.4% → 30.6%, Vietnam 12.9% → 23.1%, China 18.7% → 50.0%, all countries 21.8% → 29.8%.
  4. December 2021 · Duty paid: Vietnam 21.4% → 11.2%.
  5. June 2021 · Duty paid: Vietnam 30.5% → 19.0%.
  6. December 2020–January 2021 · Duty paid: Vietnam 0.1% → 32.2%, China 1.7% → 23.5%, all countries 4.5% → 19.8%.
  7. January 2020 · Duty paid: China 7.7% → 2.2%, all countries 11.7% → 3.8%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Newark, NJ$106.4M · 45.8%
  2. Jfk International Airport, NY$56.8M · 24.4%
  3. New Orleans, LA$11.9M · 5.1%
  4. Los Angeles International Airport, CA$10.3M · 4.4%
  5. Los Angeles, CA$6.1M · 2.6%

Where US exports go

US exports were $550K in August 2026, down 19% from August 2025, and $9.5M over the last 12 months, up 4.5% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Honduras, up 2048%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$1.9M20.0%−16%
France$1.7M17.8%+265%
Honduras$1.3M13.2%+2048%
Italy$795K8.4%+31%
Thailand$776K8.2%−12%
Dominican Republic$446K4.7%−29%
Israel$359K3.8%+30%
Mexico$357K3.8%−28%
Other countries (49)$1.9M20.3%−36%
All countries$9.5M100.0%+4.5%

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.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
France$112.0Min 2025+0.2%$187K0.2%
Italy$63.3Min 2025+13%$1.2M1.8%
Hong Kong$50.3Min 2025+35%$164K0.3%
United Kingdom$45.2Min 2025−1.5%$111K0.2%
China$42.0Min 2025−26%$16K0.0%
Germany$41.8Min 2025−3.1%$67K0.2%
Netherlands$38.5Min 2025+2.2%$566K1.5%
Spain$22.7Min 2025−2.0%$97K0.4%

The biggest market outside the US is France, which imported $112.0M of this product in 2025, 0.2% of that from the US.

Of these, imports into Hong Kong grew fastest: up 35% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 6404: footwear, with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of textile materials. 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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