Imported leather-upper footwear
This index tracks import prices for footwear with leather uppers (tariff heading 6403), before U.S. duties. Below it is set against what shoppers paid in stores for all footwear.
September 2026. Store prices (all footwear): +3.4%.
Against +16% in stores over the same years: 0.9% vs 0.5% a year.
Index 134.3. Latest is 1.0% below it. Low since 1994: March 1994.
Imported leather-upper footwear vs store prices, 1994 = 100
- Imported leather-upper footwear
- All footwear in stores (CPI)
Last ten years, stage by stage
- 2016−0.9%In stores: +0.4%
- 2017−0.4%In stores: −0.5%
- 2018+0.3%In stores: −0.5%
- 2019−0.1%In stores: +0.5%
- 2020+0.4%In stores: −2.5%
- 2021+1.2%In stores: +3.7%
- 2022+0.1%In stores: +4.6%
- 2023+0.3%In stores: +0.2%
- 2024+0.5%In stores: +0.7%
- 2025+1.8%In stores: −0.0%
In 5 of the last 10 years this index and store prices moved in the same direction. Import prices are measured before U.S. duties, freight to the store and retail markup, which together make up much of the shelf price, so a change at the border moves the store price by much less.
Other stages
- Factory-gate footwear prices+3.1%12 months to September 2026
- Men’s shoes at the factory gate+3.7%12 months to September 2026
- Women’s shoes at the factory gate+1.2%12 months to September 2026
- Athletic, rubber and plastic shoes at the factory gate+1.2%12 months to September 2026
- Shoe store margins−41.3%12 months to September 2026
- Imported footwear prices+1.9%12 months to September 2026
- Footwear imported from China+4.0%12 months to September 2026
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, series EIUIP6403 (Imported leather-upper footwear (HS 6403)), base 2000=100. How we calculate