9506.70.40.00 - Ice skates with footwear permanently attached

This HTS category, 9506.70.40.00, specifically covers ice skates where the footwear is permanently affixed to the skate blade. This includes a wide range of ice skates designed for recreational, figure skating, or hockey purposes, where the boot and blade are integrated as a single unit. The defining characteristic for this classification is the inseparable connection between the skate boot and the ice skate blade.

It is crucial to distinguish this category from its siblings. Category 9506.70.20 encompasses roller skates, which are designed for use on wheeled surfaces and are clearly differentiated from ice skates by their fundamental operational mechanism. Furthermore, category 9506.70.60 covers other related items, including parts and accessories for ice skates that are *not* permanently attached to footwear, allowing for the separate classification of replacement blades, boots, or other components.

As this is a leaf node within the HTS classification system, there are no further subcategories to introduce. Therefore, classification into 9506.70.40.00 relies solely on the presence of permanently attached footwear to an ice skate blade. Any item that meets this physical criterion will fall under this specific tariff code, provided it aligns with the broader scope of Chapter 95 as sports requisites.