Tariff number 6402120000 10 - Sports footwear

Preferential rules of origin for 6402120000

What the goods must meet to count as originating in a partner country and get the preferential duty, per agreement.

• Autonomous Trade Preferences (Western Balkans) · Kosovo

  EU-Chile Association Agreement · Chile

  EU-Algeria Association Agreement · Algeria

  EEA/EFTA agreements (Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands) · Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland

  EU-Egypt Association Agreement · Egypt

  EU-Georgia DCFTA · Georgia

  Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP, GSP+, EBA) · Armenia, India, Kenya, Pakistan, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Syria, Vietnam

  EU-Iceland FTA · Iceland

  EU-Jordan Association Agreement · Jordan

  EU-Jordan Association Agreement (relaxed rules, 2016) · Jordan

  EU-Lebanon Association Agreement · Lebanon

  EU-Morocco Association Agreement · Morocco

  EU-Moldova DCFTA · Moldova

  Pan-Euro-Mediterranean (PEM) Convention · Albania, Andorra, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Egypt, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Switzerland, Türkiye

  EU-Singapore FTA · Singapore

  EU-Tunisia Association Agreement · Tunisia

  EU-Ukraine DCFTA · Ukraine

  Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles; except for: / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except from assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles or to other sole components of heading 6406

• EPA CARIFORUM

  EU Market Access Regulation (EPA) · Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya

  EPA Pacific · Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands

  EU-Palestine Interim Association Agreement · Palestine

  EPA SADC · South Africa

  Footwear, gaiters and the like; except for: / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading except for assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles or to other sole components of heading No 6406

• EU-Canada CETA · Canada

  A change from any other heading, except from assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles or to other sole components of heading 64.06.

• EU-Colombia/Peru/Ecuador Trade Agreement · Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

  Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics

  Sports footwear; footwear with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs

  With a customs value above 8 euro / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except from assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles or to other sole components of heading 6406

  With a customs value of 8 euro or less / or: Manufacture in which the uppers of footwear of heading 6406 used are originating

  Other

  With a customs value above 11 euro, / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except from assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles or to other sole components of heading 6406

  With a customs value of 11 euro or less / or: Manufacture in which the uppers of footwear of heading 6406 used are originating

• EPA Eastern and Southern Africa

  Parts 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 / or: Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

• EU-Israel Association Agreement · Israel

  Footwear / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading except for assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles or to other sole components of heading No 6406

• EU-Japan EPA · Japan

  CC; CTH except from headings 64.01 to 64.05 and from assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles of subheading 6406.90 and MaxNOM 50 % (EXW); or CTH except from headings 64.01 to 64.05 and from assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles of subheading 6406.90 and RVC 55 % (FOB).

• EU-Korea FTA · South Korea

  Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles; except for: / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except from assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles or to other sole components of heading 6406 / or: Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

• EU-Central America Association Agreement

  Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics

  — with customs value above 8 EUR / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except from assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles or to other sole components of heading 6406

  — with customs value of 8 EUR or less / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product and uppers of heading 6406

• EU-Mexico Global Agreement · Mexico

  Footwear of plastics, leather and textiles / or: Manufacture in which: all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, except uppers or parts thereof, other than stiffeners, of heading No 6406, the value of all the materials used does not exceed 60 % of the ex-works price of the product

Source: European Commission, Access2Markets (CC BY 4.0, shortened). The text of the agreement prevails. Access2Markets

Legal and explanatory notes for 6402120000

Sources: Combined Nomenclature 2026, Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (CELEX 32025R1926), and the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature (CELEX 02019XC0329(02)-20260213). The section and chapter notes are legally binding; the explanatory notes are guidance. EUR-Lex

Restrictions and flags for 640212

• Russia sanctions: export ban Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, Annex XVIII 64021200

  Covers only part of the goods under this code (act names 64021200).

  Art. 3h, luxury goods, banned above EUR 300 per item unless the annex says otherwise. only part of the code: Ski-boots, cross-country ski footwear and snowboard boots

  Read the act on EUR-Lex

For orientation only. Check the act before you rely on a flag; thresholds, derogations and exceptions are not shown in full.

EU trade in 2025 for 640212

Extra-EU imports

€46.6M

1,444 t

Extra-EU exports

€228.3M

Top origin countries by import value

1. China €17.7M
2. Vietnam €17.6M
3. Cambodia €3.9M
4. Switzerland €1.9M
5. Bosnia & Herzegovina €1.6M

CN8 codes below this code: 2. Source: Eurostat, Comext, CC BY 4.0, processed by hscode.info. Confidential trade is not allocated to codes.

UK import duty for 640212

• 16%

Third-country duties of all UK commodity codes under this HS subheading. Source: UK Department for Business and Trade, as of Nov 2, 2026. The UK tariff differs from the EU tariff.

Import VAT in the EU

• Austria 20 %
• Belgium 21 %
• Bulgaria 20 %
• Croatia 25 %
• Cyprus 19 %
• Czechia 21 %
• Denmark 25 %
• Estonia 24 %
• Finland 25.5 %
• France 20 %
• Germany 19 %
• Greece 24 %
• Hungary 27 %
• Ireland 23 %
• Italy 22 %
• Latvia 21 %
• Lithuania 21 %
• Luxembourg 17 % maybe 3 %
• Malta 18 %
• Netherlands 21 %
• Poland 23 %
• Portugal 23 %
• Romania 21 %
• Slovakia 23 %
• Slovenia 22 % maybe 9.5 %
• Spain 21 %
• Sweden 25 %

Standard rate per member state, on the customs value, the duty and transport to the destination. Reduced rates often depend on the use or the buyer and apply only where the country provides them for these goods. Source: European Commission, Taxes in Europe Database, as of Nov 2, 2026.

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