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American Footwear Wholesale And Retailer Association Reveals The Growth Of Child Shoes Tariff

2014/5/9 16:34:00 29

a new report released by the American footwear wholesale and retail association (FDRA) reveals a significant increase in children's footwear tariffs. 
 the report shows that 99.9% of children's shoes sold in the United States are imported, and the customs tariff rate has been rising from 37.5% to 48% to 67.5%. The average tariff rate for other imported consumer goods is only 1.3%. 
 the report states that the levying of imported children's shoes is retrogressive and outdated. In contrast, the tariff rate of imported leather slippers is around 8%. 
 data show that in the year of 2013 (2013 stores), the United States imported 2 billion 400 million pairs of shoes, of which 547 million of the big (medium and large stores) were children's shoes. According to FDRA estimates, last year, the total tariffs on imported shoes in the United States amounted to $2 billion 500 million, while the import duties on children's shoes amounted to $268 million. 
 "FDRA estimates that the average retail cost of imported children's shoes in the United States in 2013 was $24.5, and the average cost of each pair was $3." The author of the report hints. 
 "the 2013 International Poverty Center Research Report on extreme poverty shows that in the United States, a total of 3 million 550 thousand children live in families with a daily income of less than 2 dollars per capita." 
 "sadly, many Americans do not realize the difficulty of buying new shoes for middle and low income families. Parents are forced to delay buying shoes for their children and choose to pay other bills. 
The author of the P report says that the affordable footwear act will play a role. The bill, which is waiting for Congress to negotiate, is aimed at ending the staggering import tariffs on imported shoes. After the adoption of the bill, the children's shoes and other shoes will be suspended for a period of three years. 
 the cost savings of children's shoes will benefit families. According to the calculation method of the retail cost of children's shoes in hypermarkets, the cost saved by competitive stores is directly benefited by customers. The AFA bill will quickly provide "financial assistance" to working-class families by changing the obsolete tariff collection scheme (unfair for children's shoes).