HS code 6401: Waterproof footwear with outer soles and uppers
Heading 6401 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 64, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
6401Waterproof footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processes
Place in the nomenclature: 64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles > 6401
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Waterproof footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processes (excl. orthopaedic footwear, toy footwear, skating boots with ice skates attached, shin-guards and similar protective sportswear)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 3
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 4
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 6401
- 6401 10Footwear incorporating a protective metal toecap
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Waterproof footwear incorporating a protective metal toecap, with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processes (excl. skating boots with ice or roller skates attached, shin-guards and similar protective sportswear)
- 6401 10 00 Footwear incorporating a protective metal toecap
- 6401 92Other footwear | Covering the ankle but not covering the knee
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Waterproof footwear covering the ankle, but not the knee, with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processes (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, orthopaedic footwear, sports and toy footwear)
- 6401 92 10 With uppers of rubber
- 6401 92 90 With uppers of plastics
- 6401 99Other footwear | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Waterproof footwear covering neither the ankle nor the knee, with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processes (excl. covering the ankle but not the knee, footwear incorporating a protective metal toecap, orthopaedic footwear, skating boots with ice or roller skates attached and sports and toy footwear)
- 6401 99 00 Other
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.