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2025 Footwear Tariff & Customs Digital Conference

A MUST-ATTEND EVENT FOR ANY COMPANY IMPORTING SHOES INTO THE U.S. Join the conversation to learn more on how to mitigate the impact of tariffs in this era of historic and unprecedented duties. REGISTER NOW

Are these athletic or non-athletic?! The answer means a 20% vs. 9% duty rate!

Footwear Tariff & Customs Digital Conference
Wednesday, June 18, 2025  |  1:00 – 4:00 pm ET

Live digital sample review with U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) . Be sure to join us live – we do not record the sample review, and you will have the opportunity to ask classification questions in an off-the-record setting.

Live digital sample review with THE footwear classification decision maker at U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) – National Import Specialist Stacey Kalkines. Be sure to join us live – we do not record the sample review, and you will have the opportunity to ask classification questions in an off-the-record setting. We will show pictures of your samples to Stacey, John Pellegrini (FDRA), and team on-screen and get their views on how the footwear would be classified. Why it matters: There are more than 400 ways to classify a shoe, and small changes mean a huge difference in tariff rates — and costs for companies!

CBP will give an update on footwear enforcement trends and efforts to combat counterfeit shoes and ways companies can partner with CBP. More details on topics coming soon!

AGENDA

1:00 pm — Quarterly Update from U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP)

  • Alice Buchanan, Assistant Center Director, Apparel, Footwear, and Textiles Center, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
  • James Snider, Assistant Center Director, Apparel, Footwear & Textiles Center, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
  • Mitchel Landau, Assistant Director Apparel, Footwear & Textiles Center, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
  • Linda Birck, Customs Entry & Liquidating, U.S. Customs & Border Protection

1:30 pm — Key Trade, Customs, and Supply Chain Issues: What Companies Need to Know

  • Matt Priest, President & CEO, FDRA
  • Thomas Crockett, Vice President, Government Affairs, FDRA

2:15 pm — Interactive Virtual Sample Review

  • Stacey Kalkines, National Import Specialist, Footwear, U.S. Customs
  • Aliya Grosfeld, Laboratory Director, Tariff Solutions, LLC
  • John Pellegrini, Customs Specialist, FDRA

4:00 pm — Discussion, Wrap-Up and Adjournment

CLASSIFICATION & CUSTOMS EXPERTS

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

Aliya Grosfeld
Laboratory Director
Tariff Solutions, LLC

John Pellegrini
Customs Specialist
FDRA

Alice Buchanan
Assistant Center Director, Apparel, Footwear, and Textiles Center, U.S. Customs & Border Protection

James Snider
Assistant Center Director, Apparel, Footwear & Textiles Center, U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Mitchel Landau
Assistant Director Apparel, Footwear & Textiles Center, U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Linda Birck
Customs Entry & Liquidating, U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Thomas Crockett
Vice President, Government Affairs
FDRA

Matt Priest
President & CEO
FDRA

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