Official data Source: US Census Bureau international trade data Data through August 2026 · updated monthly

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Tortoise-shell, whalebone (and its hair), horns, hooves, claws, beaks etc., unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof

In short

  • The US imported $4.4M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 23% on the year before.
  • Poland is the largest supplier, with 63.2% of US imports; Canada is next, with 18.4%.
  • Brazil is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $2.20/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 12.2% of the value of imports in August 2026, up 4.3 points on a year earlier.
  • Korea, South is gaining share: 11.1% over the last 12 months, up from 4.2%.
  • US exports were $3.9M over the last 12 months; the largest market is China, with 79.2%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$480K

↑ +21% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$4.4M

↓ −23% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

12.2%

↑ +4.3 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Poland

63.2% 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. 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 ↑Duty ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$398K
September 2025$1.2M
October 2025$115K
November 2025$60K
December 2025$190K
January 2026$335K
February 2026$375K
March 2026$296K
April 2026$554K
May 2026$219K
June 2026$234K
July 2026$361K
August 2026$480K

What changed

  • US imports were $480K in August 2026, up 33% from July 2026 and up 21% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $4.4M, down 23% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Canada up from 7.0% to 18.4%, Brazil down from 23.4% to 14.3%.
  • Average price from Brazil rose 128% since July 2026, to $3.62/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from Brazil rose from 25.3% to 37.5% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $4.4M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 15% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $3.9M, down 27%. 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 ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$3.8M
12 months to Aug 2018$4.9M
12 months to Aug 2019$3.1M
12 months to Aug 2020$6.0M
12 months to Aug 2021$8.8M
12 months to Aug 2022$9.3M
12 months to Aug 2023$6.4M
12 months to Aug 2024$5.4M
12 months to Aug 2025$5.7M
12 months to Aug 2026$4.4M
  • Poland
  • Canada
  • Brazil
  • Korea, South
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodPolandCanadaBrazilKorea, South
12 months to Aug 201727.4%21.2%19.9%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201829.3%21.7%13.7%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201923.3%28.9%21.1%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202049.8%18.3%18.8%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202150.1%15.0%11.7%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202250.9%12.4%20.3%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202348.6%15.1%22.2%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202441.9%15.3%18.2%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202528.3%29.9%21.5%4.2%
12 months to Aug 202633.3%20.2%17.9%11.1%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodPolandCanadaBrazilKorea, SouthAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20253.9%0.1%3.3%9.9%2.9%
12 months to Aug 202613.2%0.4%29.6%3.9%12.4%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$4.4M−23%12.4%+9.5 pts$3.9M+77%
12 months to Aug 2025$5.7M+5.4%2.9%+2.9 pts$2.2M−35%
12 months to Aug 2024$5.4M−17%0.0%0.0 pts$3.3M−43%
12 months to Aug 2023$6.4M−30%0.0%0.0 pts$5.8M+139%
12 months to Aug 2022$9.3M+4.9%0.0%0.0 pts$2.4M−47%
12 months to Aug 2021$8.8M+48%0.0%0.0 pts$4.6M+80%
12 months to Aug 2020$6.0M+93%0.0%0.0 pts$2.6M−28%
12 months to Aug 2019$3.1M−37%0.0%0.0 pts$3.6M−51%
12 months to Aug 2018$4.9M+29%0.0%0.0 pts$7.3M+39%
12 months to Aug 2017$3.8M0.0%$5.3M

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
Poland$303K63.2%new$29.98/kg10.0%
Canada$88K18.4%−15.2 pts$19.53/kg−16%0.0%0.0 pts
Brazil$69K14.3%−28.0 pts$3.62/kg+89%37.5%+27.5 pts
New Zealand$11K2.3%new$61.11/kg12.5%
India$9K1.8%+1.3 pts$2.00/kg−60%10.0%0.0 pts
All countries$480K100.0%$12.57/kg+208%12.2%+4.3 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 71.3% 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
Brazil$1.75/kg$0.09/kg4.9% of price$0.37/kg21.2% of price$2.20/kg+3.6%
Canada$19.42/kg$0.06/kg0.3% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$19.48/kg+2.3%
Poland$33.48/kg$1.81/kg5.4% of price$3.35/kg10.0% of price$38.64/kg+17%
New Zealand$176.10/kg$7.84/kg4.4% of price$20.46/kg11.6% of price$204.40/kg−29%
All countries$5.50/kg$0.24/kg4.4% of price$0.62/kg11.2% of price$6.36/kg−21%

Landed at a US port, Brazil was cheapest, at $2.20/kg: 88.7% below Canada.

Landed cost from New Zealand fell 29% on a year earlier, to $204.40/kg, mostly on price: $258.15/kg then, $176.10/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Korea, South gained the most share: 11.1% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 4.2% in the 12 months before. Canada lost the most: 20.2%, down from 29.9%. 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.

  • Poland
  • Canada
  • Brazil
  • Korea, South
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthPolandCanadaBrazilKorea, South
September 202431.2%61.0%0.0%0.0%
October 202416.4%39.2%19.9%0.0%
November 202416.2%34.6%17.3%0.8%
December 202421.3%55.3%17.8%0.0%
January 202539.1%0.0%37.0%0.0%
February 20250.0%67.4%14.0%0.0%
March 202562.6%0.6%21.7%0.0%
April 20255.5%35.5%35.1%0.0%
May 20250.0%31.1%13.4%47.6%
June 202542.8%28.3%13.4%0.0%
July 202556.9%19.3%11.5%0.0%
August 20250.0%33.6%42.3%0.0%
September 202553.0%0.0%14.3%30.9%
October 20250.0%66.0%0.0%0.0%
November 202520.8%53.6%0.0%0.0%
December 20250.0%5.8%24.4%0.0%
January 20260.0%4.1%41.2%37.6%
February 202683.9%9.7%0.0%0.0%
March 20260.0%36.8%33.8%0.0%
April 20260.0%59.0%8.5%0.0%
May 20260.0%38.9%0.0%0.0%
June 20260.0%35.3%56.3%0.0%
July 202658.4%7.0%23.4%0.0%
August 202663.2%18.4%14.3%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthPolandCanadaBrazilKorea, SouthAll countries
September 20240.0%0.0%n/an/a0.0%
October 20240.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
November 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
December 20240.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
January 20250.0%n/a0.0%n/a0.0%
February 2025n/a0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
March 20250.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
April 20250.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
May 2025n/a0.0%10.0%10.0%6.9%
June 202510.0%0.0%10.0%n/a7.2%
July 202510.0%1.5%10.0%n/a8.4%
August 2025n/a0.0%10.0%n/a7.8%
September 202515.0%n/a38.9%0.0%13.8%
October 2025n/a0.0%n/an/a13.4%
November 202515.0%0.0%n/an/a4.9%
December 2025n/a0.0%50.0%n/a22.6%
January 2026n/a14.9%50.0%15.0%28.2%
February 202615.0%0.0%n/an/a13.5%
March 2026n/a1.4%10.0%n/a7.2%
April 2026n/a0.0%10.0%n/a4.1%
May 2026n/a0.0%n/an/a6.1%
June 2026n/a0.0%10.0%n/a6.5%
July 202610.0%0.0%25.3%n/a13.1%
August 202610.0%0.0%37.5%n/a12.2%

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. March 2026 · Duty paid: all countries 22.6% → 6.3%.
  2. October 2025 · Duty paid: all countries 8.1% → 22.6%.
  3. May 2025 · Duty paid: all countries 0.0% → 7.5%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Houston, TX$1.8M · 40.5%
  2. Raymond, MT$563K · 12.8%
  3. Los Angeles, CA$486K · 11.1%
  4. Philadelphia, PA$301K · 6.9%
  5. Newark, NJ$267K · 6.1%

Where US exports go

US exports were $20K in August 2026, up 90% from August 2025, and $3.9M over the last 12 months, up 77% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: China, up 125%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
China$3.1M79.2%+125%
Canada$776K20.2%−4.1%
Korea, South$13K0.3%new
Mexico$6K0.2%0.0%
Panama$4K0.1%new
All countries$3.9M100.0%+77%

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; 66 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
China$73.0Min 2025−7.2%$1.2M1.7%
Korea, South$27.6Min 2025−23%$1600.0%
Germany$11.7Min 2025−23%$2K0.0%
Taiwan$5.8Min 2024−2.5%$00.0%
Hong Kong$5.5Min 2025−19%$00.0%
Italy$5.0Min 2025+53%$00.0%
Czech Republic$4.5Min 2025+7.2%$00.0%
Canada$3.2Min 2025+27%$786K24.7%

The biggest market outside the US is China, which imported $73.0M of this product in 2025, 1.7% of that from the US.

Of these, imports into Italy grew fastest: up 53% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 0507: ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, hooves, claws etc., unworked or simply prepared, not cut to shape. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

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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