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HS 0308.19

Sea cucumbers, excluding flours, meals and pellets fit for human consumption, not elsewhere specified

In short

  • The US imported $3.8M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 48% on the year before.
  • Nicaragua is the largest supplier, with 35.2% of US imports; Mexico is next, with 27.4%.
  • Japan is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $33.82/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 6.4% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 1.6 points on a year earlier.
  • Australia is gaining share: 23.8% over the last 12 months, up from 12.1%.
  • US exports were $1.8M over the last 12 months; the largest market is China, with 56.9%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$308K

↑ +102% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$3.8M

↓ −48% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

6.4%

↓ −1.6 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Nicaragua

35.2% of US imports

US imports by month

The last 13 months, so the same month a year ago is on the left. August 2026 is highlighted.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$153K
September 2025$430K
October 2025$355K
November 2025$192K
December 2025$499K
January 2026$560K
February 2026$164K
March 2026$301K
April 2026$312K
May 2026$158K
June 2026$362K
July 2026$159K
August 2026$308K

What changed

  • US imports were $308K in August 2026, up 94% from July 2026 and up 102% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $3.8M, down 48% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Nicaragua up from 0.0% to 35.2%, Honduras down from 42.4% to 13.6%.
  • Average price from Mexico rose 292% since July 2026, to $215.35/kg.
  • Duty paid by the main suppliers held within 2 points of July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $3.8M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 78% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $1.8M, down 88%. In January 2017 the HS 2017 revision moved some goods between this code and 0308.12, so part of a change across the dashed line can be the revision. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026HS 2017Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$17.6M
12 months to Aug 2018$10.6M
12 months to Aug 2019$7.5M
12 months to Aug 2020$23.7M
12 months to Aug 2021$9.2M
12 months to Aug 2022$11.3M
12 months to Aug 2023$11.6M
12 months to Aug 2024$8.9M
12 months to Aug 2025$7.3M
12 months to Aug 2026$3.8M
  • Australia
  • Nicaragua
  • Mexico
  • Turkey
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodAustraliaNicaraguaMexicoTurkey
12 months to Aug 20170.0%7.0%11.6%3.7%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%3.2%17.3%5.8%
12 months to Aug 20190.4%9.2%13.3%1.7%
12 months to Aug 20200.7%2.6%7.6%1.8%
12 months to Aug 20212.7%14.6%9.1%5.6%
12 months to Aug 20229.1%12.7%5.2%1.7%
12 months to Aug 20235.7%14.2%5.3%3.9%
12 months to Aug 20245.5%19.6%10.6%4.0%
12 months to Aug 202512.1%15.3%15.9%4.9%
12 months to Aug 202623.8%23.6%11.1%9.7%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodAustraliaNicaraguaMexicoTurkeyAll countries
12 months to Aug 2017n/a0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 2018n/a0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20250.3%2.4%0.0%2.6%1.8%
12 months to Aug 202610.0%12.9%0.0%14.1%10.2%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$3.8M−48%10.2%+8.3 pts$1.8M−21%
12 months to Aug 2025$7.3M−19%1.8%+1.8 pts$2.3M−61%
12 months to Aug 2024$8.9M−23%0.0%0.0 pts$5.7M+77%
12 months to Aug 2023$11.6M+2.6%0.0%0.0 pts$3.2M−44%
12 months to Aug 2022$11.3M+23%0.0%0.0 pts$5.8M+46%
12 months to Aug 2021$9.2M−61%0.0%0.0 pts$4.0M−5.5%
12 months to Aug 2020$23.7M+215%0.0%0.0 pts$4.2M−28%
12 months to Aug 2019$7.5M−29%0.0%0.0 pts$5.8M−46%
12 months to Aug 2018$10.6M−40%0.0%0.0 pts$10.8M−25%
12 months to Aug 2017HS 2017 revision$17.6M0.0%$14.5M

Who supplies the US

August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025. Landed cost by origin, below, adds freight and duty to the price.

CountryUS importsShareAverage priceDuty paidLast 13 months
Nicaragua$109K35.2%new$43.61/kg12.5%
Mexico$85K27.4%−19.1 pts$215.35/kg+408%0.0%−0.4 pts
Honduras$42K13.6%−7.4 pts$35.00/kg+65%10.0%0.0 pts
Fiji$30K9.6%new$37.99/kg0.0%
Japan$25K8.0%new$60.00/kg0.0%
Sri Lanka$19K6.1%−11.7 pts$54.84/kg−21%10.0%−10.0 pts
All countries$308K100.0%$54.88/kg+70%6.4%−1.6 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 58.4% of US imports over the last 12 months.

Landed cost by origin

What importers paid to land this product at a US port from each main supplier, June–August 2026: the price, freight and insurance to the first US port, and duty, per unit. Suppliers with 3% or more of these imports, cheapest landed first. Small figures under landed cost are the change from the same months a year earlier.

  • Price
  • Freight and insurance
  • Duty
CountryPriceFreight and insuranceDutyLanded costMake-up
Japan$31.09/kg$1.68/kg5.4% of price$1.04/kg3.4% of price$33.82/kg−75%
Honduras$31.63/kg$2.15/kg6.8% of price$3.16/kg10.0% of price$36.95/kg+64%
Fiji$37.99/kg$2.82/kg7.4% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$40.81/kg
Mexico$66.85/kg$0.00/kg0.0% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$66.85/kg+55%
China$55.76/kg$4.91/kg8.8% of price$7.32/kg13.1% of price$67.99/kg
Sri Lanka$83.32/kg$5.38/kg6.5% of price$8.33/kg10.0% of price$97.03/kg−22%
Nicaragua$94.25/kg$3.97/kg4.2% of price$10.20/kg10.8% of price$108.43/kg+110%
All countries$55.01/kg$2.74/kg5.0% of price$4.51/kg8.2% of price$62.27/kg+24%

Landed at a US port, Japan was cheapest, at $33.82/kg: 8.5% below Honduras.

Landed cost from Nicaragua rose 110% on a year earlier, to $108.43/kg, mostly on price: $44.74/kg then, $94.25/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Australia gained the most share: 23.8% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 12.1% in the 12 months before. Canada lost the most: 1.7%, down from 22.8%. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

  • Australia
  • Nicaragua
  • Mexico
  • Turkey
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthAustraliaNicaraguaMexicoTurkey
September 202455.1%12.9%13.9%0.0%
October 20240.0%8.9%39.7%0.0%
November 20243.1%15.8%26.5%0.0%
December 202413.8%23.5%5.9%10.1%
January 202513.2%4.8%4.4%9.9%
February 20250.0%49.3%11.8%0.0%
March 202544.6%10.9%6.9%0.0%
April 20250.0%32.3%0.0%0.0%
May 20250.0%23.2%16.0%14.1%
June 20258.5%37.8%46.8%0.0%
July 20250.0%0.0%13.9%0.0%
August 20250.0%0.0%46.6%0.0%
September 202512.3%6.8%18.5%21.5%
October 202561.6%0.0%1.2%7.1%
November 202566.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
December 202547.1%20.2%10.9%0.0%
January 202612.1%26.3%7.0%32.9%
February 202616.9%11.8%5.3%40.2%
March 20260.0%55.1%20.3%0.0%
April 202634.8%33.7%4.8%0.0%
May 202642.2%0.0%28.6%0.0%
June 20260.0%60.9%2.9%0.0%
July 20260.0%0.0%11.0%0.0%
August 20260.0%35.2%27.4%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthAustraliaNicaraguaMexicoTurkeyAll countries
September 20240.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
October 2024n/a0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
November 20240.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
December 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
January 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
February 2025n/a0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
March 20250.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
April 2025n/a1.2%n/an/a5.5%
May 2025n/a10.0%0.0%10.0%8.3%
June 202510.0%10.0%0.0%n/a5.7%
July 2025n/an/a0.0%n/a8.2%
August 2025n/an/a0.4%n/a8.0%
September 202510.0%18.0%0.0%15.0%10.4%
October 202510.0%n/a0.0%15.0%11.4%
November 202510.0%n/an/an/a11.1%
December 202510.0%18.0%0.0%n/a11.0%
January 202610.0%18.0%0.0%15.0%14.0%
February 202610.0%18.0%0.0%10.0%8.8%
March 2026n/a10.0%0.0%n/a8.0%
April 202610.0%10.0%0.0%n/a9.5%
May 202610.0%n/a0.0%n/a7.1%
June 2026n/a10.0%0.0%n/a10.4%
July 2026n/an/a0.0%n/a6.7%
August 2026n/a12.5%0.0%n/a6.4%

Tariff actions touching this product

When the duty paid on this product changed and stayed changed, for its main suppliers and all countries, newest first, with the Federal Register notices that named the product in the 3 months before. Rates are medians of the 4 months either side, less any usual seasonal swing. A change shows what happened to duty paid, not why; read each notice for what it did.

  1. May 2025 · Duty paid: all countries 0.0% → 8.1%.

Where it enters the US

Main ports of entry over the 12 months to August 2026: US imports and share.

  1. Los Angeles International Airport, CA$1.9M · 48.8%
  2. Jfk International Airport, NY$914K · 24.0%
  3. Otay Mesa, CA$408K · 10.7%
  4. Los Angeles, CA$202K · 5.3%
  5. Houston Intercontinental Airport, TX$171K · 4.5%

Where US exports go

US exports were $53K in August 2026, and $1.8M over the last 12 months, down 21% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: China, up 32%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
China$1.0M56.9%+32%
Canada$298K16.7%−66%
Korea, South$259K14.6%−48%
Nicaragua$147K8.3%new
New Zealand$32K1.8%new
Hong Kong$31K1.7%+45%
All countries$1.8M100.0%−21%

Markets abroad

Each country's own import figures for this product, from UN Comtrade: the 8 biggest importers outside the US in the latest year each has reported, what they bought from the US, and the change from the year before. Values usually include freight and insurance to the importer's border, so they run a little above US export figures. Countries report a year or more late; 32 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Hong Kong$111.6Min 2025−24%$285K0.3%
Macau$44.1Min 2025−32%$947K2.1%
Malaysia$10.2Min 2025+22%$00.0%
Taiwan$10.2Min 2024−22%$00.0%
Singapore$6.0Min 2025−44%$2210.0%
Canada$3.4Min 2025−48%$222K6.6%
Australia$1.2Min 2025−51%$00.0%
Italy$912Kin 2025−12%$00.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Hong Kong, which imported $111.6M of this product in 2025, 0.3% of that from the US.

Of these, imports into Malaysia grew fastest: up 22% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 0308: aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Sea urchins (strongylocentrotus spp., paracentrotus lividus, loxechinus albus, echichinus esculentus), live, fresh or chilledHS 0308.21$39.8M$15.0M
Sea cucumbers, excluding flours, meals & pellets fit for human consumption, frozenHS 0308.12$3.7M$2.6M
Aquatic invertebrates, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, not elsewhere specified; smoked; flours, meals and pellets fit for human consumptionHS 0308.90$2.3M$843K
Sea urchins, excluding flours, meals, pellets fit for human consumption, frozenHS 0308.22$1.7M$10K
Sea cucumbers (stichopus japonicus, holothurioidea), live, fresh or chilledHS 0308.11$1.2M$303K
Jellyfish (rhopilema spp.), live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brineHS 0308.30$517K$10K
Sea urchins (strongylocentrous spp., paracentrotus lividus, loxechinus albus, echichinus esculentus), other than live, fresh or chilledHS 0308.29none$44K
About these figures
  • Source: US Census Bureau international trade data, not seasonally adjusted, in US dollars. Retrieved November 3, 2026.
  • US imports are general imports at customs value, which excludes freight and insurance. Exports are at free-alongside-ship value.
  • Average price is customs value divided by quantity (kilograms), across all of the product's 10-digit lines.
  • Duty paid is the duty Census calculates on each country's imports for consumption, as a share of their value. It moves with tariff changes, exemptions and the mix of goods within the product.
  • Landed cost adds Census's import charges (freight, insurance and other costs of bringing the goods to the first US port) and calculated duty to the customs value, per unit, across the product's 10-digit lines. It leaves out antidumping and countervailing duties, customs fees and transport inland. Prices are averages across the goods within the code, so a lower one can mean cheaper goods, not the same goods for less.
  • Markets abroad are each country's imports as it reports them to UN Comtrade, in US dollars, usually including freight and insurance. Countries report a year or more late and in their own edition of the HS codes, so one still on an older edition is missing for codes that changed in 2022.
  • Census revises recent months, so figures can change slightly. These are estimates for research and planning, not customs or legal advice.

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