Customs Ruling NY D88377 - The tariff classification of house slippers from ChinaDear Ms. Pawlowski:In your letter dated February 25, 1999, on behalf of Manzella Productions Inc., you requested a tariff classification ruling.You included a sample, a house slipper made of 100% polyester fleece. Both the upper and sole are made of polyester fleece. There is a line of demarcation between the upper and the non rigid sole. The applicable subheading for the shoes will be 6405.20.90, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for footwear in which the sole?s external surface is predominately other than rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather, in which the upper?s external surface is predominately textile materials, in which the upper, by weight, predominately consists of fibers other than vegetable fibers or wool, and which has a line of demarcation between the sole and the upper. The rate of duty will be 12.5% ad valorem.The shoe is not marked with the country of origin. Therefo