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  | Footwear and Leather ProductsTrade and Tariffs The footwear, leather, and leather goods sector is defined by footwear, its components, leather goods, and travel goods. Footwear, leather, and leather goods accounted for approximately $434,000 or 0.12 percent of total U.S. non-textile industrial exports to Oman in 2003. Top U.S. exports in the sector are metal toecap footwear and travel cases.
Tariff EliminationThe U.S.-Oman FTA will eliminate all industrial tariffs in the United States and Oman within 10 years of implementation. Tariffs will be phased out according to three tariff elimination categories: 1) immediate elimination, 2) equal cuts over 5 years, and 3) equal cuts over 10 years. Footwear. Currently, the United States grants 14 percent of footwear products duty-free treatment. Upon implementation of the agreement, the United States will grant duty-free treatment for an additional 71 percent of footwear products from Oman. The United States will phase out the remaining tariffs on seventeen rubber footwear products over the course of ten years.
Travel Goods. Only 4 percent of travel goods currently enter the United States duty free. However upon implementation 100 percent of travel goods from Oman will receive immediate duty-free treatment. Download the Report Click here to view a printable (.pdf) version of the Footwear and Leather Products for the U.S.- Oman TPA. Prepared by: International Trade Administration
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