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Chapter 64Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles

The headings in this chapter of Canada's Customs Tariff. Each one opens on the numbers it contains.

Chapter 64 classifies footwear on two materials and only two: the upper and the outer sole. A running shoe, a dress shoe and a safety boot share a heading whenever those two materials coincide.

This is the chapter where commercial intuition misleads most. Neither purpose, nor price, nor brand enters the classification. Note 4 sets out how to determine the constituent material where several are present: it is the one with the greatest external surface area.

6 headings
  • 6401Waterproof footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processes.
  • 6402Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics.
  • 6403Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of leather.
    • 6403.1Sports footwear:
    • 6403.20.00.00Footwear with outer soles of leather, and uppers which consist of leather straps across the instep and around the big toe
    • 6403.40.00.00Other footwear, incorporating a protective metal toe-cap
    • 6403.5Other footwear with outer soles of leather:
      • 6403.51Covering the ankle
      • 6403.59Other
        • 6403.59.10.00For an individual with a defective or abnormal foot or ankle, when purchased on the written order of a registered medical practitioner; Pointe shoes or block toe shoes, for professional dancers employed by full-time dance companies which meet Canada Council standards of professionalism or for ballet students in full-time attendance at a ballet school which meets Canada Council curriculum standards
        • 6403.59.20.00Other women's footwear, valued at $30 or more per pair
        • 6403.59.9Other:
    • 6403.9Other footwear:
  • 6404Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of textile materials.
    • 6404.1Footwear with outer soles of rubber or plastics:
      • 6404.11Sports footwear; tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and the like
        • 6404.11.1Footwear with outer soles solely of rubber and uppers of canvas, being a heavy, plain weave or basket weave fabric, tightly woven with a minimum per cent cover of 99%, solely of vegetable textile fibres, of a weight of 200 g/m² or more, excluding coatings or laminations:
        • 6404.11.9Other:
      • 6404.19Other
        • 6404.19.10.00For an individual with a defective or abnormal foot or ankle, when purchased on the written order of a registered medical practitioner
        • 6404.19.30Other, with outer soles solely of rubber and uppers of canvas, being a heavy, plain weave or basket weave fabric, tightly woven with a minimum per cent cover of 99%, solely of vegetable textile fibres, of a weight of 200 g/m² or more, excluding coatings or laminations
        • 6404.19.90Other
    • 6404.20Footwear with outer soles of leather or composition leather
      • 6404.20.10.00Pointe shoes or block toe shoes, for professional dancers employed by full-time dance companies which meet Canada Council standards of professionalism or for ballet students in full-time attendance at a ballet school which meets Canada Council curriculum standards
      • 6404.20.90.00Other
  • 6405Other footwear.
    • 6405.10With uppers of leather or composition leather
      • 6405.10.10.00Pointe shoes or block toe shoes, for professional dancers employed by full-time dance companies which meet Canada Council standards of professionalism or for ballet students in full-time attendance at a ballet school which meets Canada Council curriculum standards
      • 6405.10.90.00Other
    • 6405.20With uppers of textile materials
      • 6405.20.10.00Pointe shoes or block toe shoes, for professional dancers employed by full-time dance companies which meet Canada Council standards of professionalism or for ballet students in full-time attendance at a ballet school which meets Canada Council curriculum standards
      • 6405.20.20.00Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of wool felt
      • 6405.20.90.00Other
    • 6405.90.00.00Other
  • 6406Parts of footwear (including uppers whether or not attached to soles other than outer soles); removable in-soles, heel cushions and similar articles; gaiters, leggings and similar articles, and parts thereof.
    • 6406.10Uppers and parts thereof, other than stiffeners
      • 6406.10.1Of textile materials:
      • 6406.10.9Other:
        • 6406.10.91.00Of leather or imitation leather, or combinations thereof, unlined or lined with textile or other materials, for use in the manufacture of women's cement lasted footwear
        • 6406.10.99.00Other
    • 6406.20.00.00Outer soles and heels, of rubber or plastics
    • 6406.90Other

Every number opens on the lines beneath it, down to the ten-digit classification number.