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HS 0406.20

Cheese of all kinds, grated or powdered

In short

  • The US imported $7.3M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 11% on the year before.
  • Italy is the largest supplier, with 94.4% of US imports; Mexico is next, with 5.6%.
  • Duty paid averaged 0.6% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 11.0 points on a year earlier.
  • Italy is gaining share: 89.4% over the last 12 months, up from 51.8%.
  • US exports were $859.8M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Mexico, with 54.2%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$1.4M

↑ +295% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$7.3M

↓ −11% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

0.6%

↓ −11.0 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Italy

94.4% 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. 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugDuty ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$347K
September 2025$406K
October 2025$312K
November 2025$48K
December 2025$166K
January 2026$37K
February 2026$308K
March 2026$459K
April 2026$1.1M
May 2026$913K
June 2026$973K
July 2026$1.2M
August 2026$1.4M

What changed

  • US imports were $1.4M in August 2026, up 15% from July 2026 and up 295% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $7.3M, down 11% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Mexico up from 0.0% to 5.6%, Israel down from 6.5% to 0.0%.
  • Average price from Italy stayed within 5% of July 2026, at $2.26/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from Italy fell from 31.1% to 0.6% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $7.3M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 199% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $859.8M, up 105%. 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Duty ↓Duty ↑Duty ↓Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$2.4M
12 months to Aug 2018$5.0M
12 months to Aug 2019$5.8M
12 months to Aug 2020$6.5M
12 months to Aug 2021$7.6M
12 months to Aug 2022$7.2M
12 months to Aug 2023$9.9M
12 months to Aug 2024$10.1M
12 months to Aug 2025$8.2M
12 months to Aug 2026$7.3M
  • Italy
  • Israel
  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodItalyIsraelCanadaMexico
12 months to Aug 201755.8%22.0%1.4%10.7%
12 months to Aug 201867.0%24.2%0.7%5.2%
12 months to Aug 201949.1%43.6%0.2%2.1%
12 months to Aug 202052.7%43.5%0.4%1.0%
12 months to Aug 202148.6%38.3%4.2%4.7%
12 months to Aug 202251.7%35.9%0.0%8.5%
12 months to Aug 202355.1%35.9%0.0%3.3%
12 months to Aug 202461.9%35.6%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202551.8%44.8%1.2%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202689.4%6.1%2.9%1.2%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodItalyIsraelCanadaMexicoAll countries
12 months to Aug 201712.5%0.0%32.7%0.0%7.7%
12 months to Aug 201811.1%0.0%9.3%0.0%7.6%
12 months to Aug 201911.0%0.0%48.4%0.0%5.8%
12 months to Aug 202024.1%0.0%16.0%0.0%12.8%
12 months to Aug 20219.8%0.0%20.7%5.7%6.0%
12 months to Aug 20224.3%0.0%n/a4.2%3.4%
12 months to Aug 20232.9%0.0%2.1%0.0%1.9%
12 months to Aug 20242.2%0.0%n/a272.8%1.6%
12 months to Aug 20252.4%1.3%19.9%0.0%2.2%
12 months to Aug 20268.3%12.9%79.8%0.0%10.6%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$7.3M−11%10.6%+8.5 pts$859.8M+12%
12 months to Aug 2025$8.2M−19%2.2%+0.6 pts$769.4M+7.4%
12 months to Aug 2024$10.1M+1.6%1.6%−0.3 pts$716.3M+15%
12 months to Aug 2023$9.9M+38%1.9%−1.5 pts$621.7M+31%
12 months to Aug 2022$7.2M−4.6%3.4%−2.7 pts$474.3M+0.2%
12 months to Aug 2021$7.6M+15%6.0%−6.8 pts$473.3M+13%
12 months to Aug 2020$6.5M+13%12.8%+7.0 pts$418.9M+24%
12 months to Aug 2019$5.8M+17%5.8%−1.8 pts$338.7M−23%
12 months to Aug 2018$5.0M+103%7.6%0.0 pts$439.9M+4.7%
12 months to Aug 2017$2.4M7.7%$420.0M

Who supplies the US

August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025.

CountryUS importsShareAverage priceDuty paidLast 13 months
Italy$1.3M94.4%+5.9 pts$2.26/kg+2.9%0.6%−7.0 pts
Mexico$76K5.6%new$3.58/kg0.0%
All countries$1.4M100.0%$2.31/kg−4.2%0.6%−11.0 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 98.5% of US imports over the last 12 months.

How the market is shifting

Italy gained the most share: 89.4% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 51.8% in the 12 months before. Israel lost the most: 6.1%, down from 44.8%. 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.

  • Italy
  • Israel
  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthItalyIsraelCanadaMexico
September 202465.2%33.2%0.0%0.0%
October 202461.8%29.2%0.0%0.0%
November 202459.6%40.4%0.0%0.0%
December 202428.5%70.8%0.0%0.8%
January 202528.2%67.2%4.7%0.0%
February 202549.4%50.6%0.0%0.0%
March 202566.0%34.0%0.0%0.0%
April 202524.1%75.9%0.0%0.0%
May 202515.5%84.5%0.0%0.0%
June 202520.9%36.2%42.9%0.0%
July 202542.5%45.6%0.0%0.0%
August 202588.6%3.3%8.1%0.0%
September 202542.2%23.7%33.2%0.0%
October 202567.3%32.7%0.0%0.0%
November 202568.8%24.6%0.0%0.0%
December 202546.0%28.5%23.6%0.0%
January 202691.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
February 202686.0%0.0%12.9%0.0%
March 202695.7%4.3%0.0%0.0%
April 202694.3%4.9%0.0%0.0%
May 202695.2%4.4%0.0%0.5%
June 202699.5%0.0%0.0%0.5%
July 202693.5%6.5%0.0%0.0%
August 202694.4%0.0%0.0%5.6%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthItalyIsraelCanadaMexicoAll countries
September 20241.2%0.0%n/an/a0.8%
October 20240.3%0.0%n/an/a0.6%
November 20241.3%0.0%n/an/a0.8%
December 20243.9%0.0%n/a0.0%1.1%
January 20256.7%0.0%23.6%n/a3.0%
February 20252.3%0.0%n/an/a1.1%
March 20251.5%0.0%n/an/a1.0%
April 20257.7%0.0%n/an/a1.9%
May 20259.3%10.0%n/an/a9.9%
June 202525.2%10.0%0.0%n/a8.9%
July 20254.9%10.0%n/an/a6.6%
August 20257.6%10.0%56.4%n/a11.6%
September 20250.0%15.0%93.3%n/a34.6%
October 20250.6%15.0%n/an/a5.3%
November 20258.0%15.0%n/an/a12.4%
December 20250.4%15.0%56.9%n/a18.2%
January 20264.9%n/an/an/a5.8%
February 202640.8%n/a56.6%n/a42.6%
March 20265.2%10.0%n/an/a5.4%
April 20261.4%10.0%n/an/a1.9%
May 20262.5%10.0%n/a0.0%2.9%
June 20261.7%n/an/a0.0%1.7%
July 202631.1%10.0%n/an/a29.7%
August 20260.6%n/an/a0.0%0.6%

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. April 2026 · Duty paid: all countries 17.4% → 2.4%.
  2. June 2025 · Duty paid: all countries 1.4% → 11.0%.
  3. December 2020 · Duty paid: Italy 39.5% → 4.1%, all countries 20.8% → 5.2%.
  4. June 2020 · Duty paid: all countries 16.7% → 23.9%.
  5. January–February 2020 · Duty paid: Italy 17.9% → 37.3%, all countries 3.8% → 14.8%.
  6. April 2017 · Duty paid: all countries 1.8% → 9.5%.
  7. November 2016 · Duty paid: all countries 13.0% → 1.8%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Newark, NJ$4.9M · 66.8%
  2. New York, NY$1.0M · 13.9%
  3. Los Angeles, CA$651K · 8.9%
  4. Norfolk-Newport News, VA$353K · 4.8%
  5. Port Huron, MI$135K · 1.8%

Where US exports go

US exports were $68.2M in August 2026, up 8.4% from August 2025, and $859.8M over the last 12 months, up 12% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Canada, up 24%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Mexico$465.6M54.2%+20%
Japan$45.8M5.3%−3.1%
Guatemala$39.9M4.6%−5.0%
Canada$28.3M3.3%+24%
Saudi Arabia$25.7M3.0%+26%
Australia$24.8M2.9%−8.9%
Dominican Republic$23.8M2.8%+0.9%
El Salvador$18.5M2.1%+29%
Other countries (71)$187.4M21.8%+2.6%
All countries$859.8M100.0%+12%

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; 121 have reported 2025 so far. Where a country's figure for imports from the US is under half or over double what the US recorded exporting there that year, the US figure is shown under it.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
France$500.6Min 2025+14%$00.0%
Netherlands$421.4Min 2025+15%$1490.0%
Germany$404.4Min 2025+21%$472K0.1%
China$285.9Min 2025+13%$7.4M2.6%
United Kingdom$204.1Min 2025+15%$6K0.0%
Belgium$171.1Min 2025+9.4%$430.0%
Spain$161.9Min 2025+21%$9710.0%
Mexico$153.4Min 2025−37%$153.4MUS records $409.3M100.0%

The biggest market outside the US is France, which imported $500.6M of this product in 2025, none of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Spain grew fastest: up 21% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 0406: cheese and curd. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Cheese, not elsewhere specified, including cheddar and colbyHS 0406.90$1.53B$1.33B
Cheese, (unripened or uncured) fresh (including whey cheese), and curdHS 0406.10$102.0M$857.7M
Cheese, processed, not grated or powderedHS 0406.30$70.2M$146.6M
Cheese, blue-veined, not elsewhere specifiedHS 0406.40$31.8M$2.4M
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.
  • 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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