Footwear with plastic sole and textile upper (Tariff notice 20)

Footwear with plastic sole and textile upper (Tariff notice 20)

Check the tariff classification for footwear with plastic sole and textile upper.

The rule states that tariffs on clothing and footwear are increased from 35 per cent to 20 per cent; on fabrics from 26 per cent to 18 per cent; and on different types of yarn from 18 per cent to 12 per cent to 16 per cent, returning to the pre-2007 scheme.

The Executive stated that the measure seeks to boost competition in the sector and lower prices in the domestic market.

The reduction of tariffs for the textile sector began from Monday with the publication in the Official Gazette of Decree 236/2025 that defines the new percentages. The norm states that the tariffs for clothing and footwear will go from 35% to 20%; those for fabrics from 26% to 18%; and the different types of yarn from 18% to 12% to 16%, returning to the tariffs before 2007. This decision of the national government, taken on 31 January 2025, rect…

In the Protect Foundation they consider themselves unjustly punished by Minister Luis Caputo, as they say that for 22 months textiles have risen less than other items of the CPI. And they anticipate that the prices of clothing will not go down.

Through a new decree, the Government ordered the reduction of tariffs for the import of textile, clothing and footwear products, within the framework of the trade agreements in force in Mercosur. The measure that had already been announced and rejected by the textile industry portfolio, aims to encourage competition in the sector to encourage the drop in local prices, the most expensive in the region and the world according to the government. Th…