A MUST ATTEND EVENT FOR ANY COMPANY IMPORTING SHOES INTO THE U.S. Gain clarity around tariffs and customs issues that could save you a large duty bill at a time when cutting costs is key.

Footwear Tariff & Customs Digital Conference
Wednesday, November 15, 2023  |  1:00 – 4:00 pm ET

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• Includes an off-the-record, live digital sample review with U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) National Import Specialist Stacey Kalkines, where we classify new samples and help train professionals on new duty rulings.
• Stacey is THE footwear classification 🤔 decision-maker at CBP. The event is a great opportunity to ask her 🙋 classification questions. There are more than 400 ways to classify a shoe, and small changes mean a huge difference in tariff rates — and 💲cost for companies!
• We will show your 👠 samples onscreen during the event, and our expert panel debates how the footwear should be classified. The session is not recorded, so you want to be there live!
• Eric Batt, CBP’s Apparel, Footwear, and Textiles Center Director, will give an update on trade enforcement.
• We will also cover tariff policy and reengineering techniques, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) updates, emerging classification issues and new rulings, 301 tariff and trade updates (MTB, GSP, exclusion process, etc.), and a look at 2023 trade policy beyond.

Eric Batt
Director, Apparel Footwear Textile
Center for Excellence & Expertise (CEE)

Stacey Kalkines
National Import Specialist, Footwear
U.S. Customs

John Pellegrini
Customs Specialist
FDRA

Nicole Porpiglia
Senior Manager, Trade & Customs
KPMG

Aliya Grosfeld
Laboratory Director
Tariff Solutions LLC

Thomas Crockett
Vice President, Government Affairs
FDRA

Matt Priest
President & CEO
FDRA