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

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Genus capsicum (peppers) or genus pimenta (e.g., allspice), crushed or ground

In short

  • The US imported $288.9M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 12% on the year before.
  • India is the largest supplier, with 25.1% of US imports; Spain is next, with 22.0%.
  • Mexico is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $1.01/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 2.8% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 10.5 points on a year earlier.
  • China is gaining share: 15.7% over the last 12 months, up from 14.0%.
  • 2 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.

US imports, Aug 2026

$26.0M

↑ +21% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$288.9M

↓ −12% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

2.8%

↓ −10.5 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

India

25.1% 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$21.5M
September 2025$22.0M
October 2025$23.1M
November 2025$18.2M
December 2025$18.6M
January 2026$23.9M
February 2026$19.6M
March 2026$32.4M
April 2026$25.7M
May 2026$28.1M
June 2026$25.2M
July 2026$26.1M
August 2026$26.0M

What changed

  • US imports were $26.0M in August 2026, down 0.6% from July 2026 and up 21% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $288.9M, down 12% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: China up from 14.1% to 19.8%, Spain down from 29.8% to 22.0%.
  • Average price from China rose 100% since July 2026, to $2.42/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from China fell from 13.0% to 9.5% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $288.9M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 90% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $30.9M, up 116%. 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026China ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$151.9M
12 months to Aug 2018$148.5M
12 months to Aug 2019$172.2M
12 months to Aug 2020$184.2M
12 months to Aug 2021$233.3M
12 months to Aug 2022$271.0M
12 months to Aug 2023$284.6M
12 months to Aug 2024$323.7M
12 months to Aug 2025$328.2M
12 months to Aug 2026$288.9M
  • Spain
  • India
  • Mexico
  • China
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodSpainIndiaMexicoChina
12 months to Aug 201717.9%32.7%11.7%17.6%
12 months to Aug 201822.1%29.3%13.8%18.9%
12 months to Aug 201918.5%28.5%12.5%21.4%
12 months to Aug 202021.7%27.5%12.4%20.2%
12 months to Aug 202120.9%31.9%11.0%16.9%
12 months to Aug 202223.4%32.9%10.5%15.4%
12 months to Aug 202325.8%26.0%14.3%16.1%
12 months to Aug 202426.4%29.3%15.2%15.7%
12 months to Aug 202525.6%28.4%15.9%14.0%
12 months to Aug 202625.8%25.7%16.2%15.7%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodSpainIndiaMexicoChinaAll countries
12 months to Aug 20171.2%1.6%0.0%1.4%1.1%
12 months to Aug 20181.1%1.9%0.0%1.4%1.1%
12 months to Aug 20191.0%1.9%0.0%1.4%1.1%
12 months to Aug 20201.0%1.9%0.0%11.8%3.1%
12 months to Aug 20211.0%1.7%0.0%8.6%2.2%
12 months to Aug 20220.8%1.6%0.0%8.7%2.1%
12 months to Aug 20230.8%1.3%0.0%8.7%1.9%
12 months to Aug 20240.7%1.3%0.0%8.7%1.9%
12 months to Aug 20254.2%4.0%0.0%18.2%5.3%
12 months to Aug 20262.2%11.4%0.0%16.6%6.7%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$288.9M−12%6.7%+1.4 pts$30.9M+14%
12 months to Aug 2025$328.2M+1.4%5.3%+3.3 pts$27.0M−1.8%
12 months to Aug 2024$323.7M+14%1.9%0.0 pts$27.5M+18%
12 months to Aug 2023$284.6M+5.0%1.9%−0.1 pts$23.2M+17%
12 months to Aug 2022$271.0M+16%2.1%−0.2 pts$19.8M−0.1%
12 months to Aug 2021$233.3M+27%2.2%−0.9 pts$19.9M+9.6%
12 months to Aug 2020$184.2M+7.0%3.1%+2.1 pts$18.1M−9.1%
12 months to Aug 2019$172.2M+16%1.1%−0.1 pts$19.9M+13%
12 months to Aug 2018$148.5M−2.2%1.1%+0.1 pts$17.6M+23%
12 months to Aug 2017$151.9M1.1%$14.3M

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
India$6.5M25.1%−7.9 pts$3.19/kg+8.0%1.6%−10.9 pts
Spain$5.7M22.0%−3.9 pts$3.82/kg0.0%1.5%−9.2 pts
China$5.2M19.8%+7.3 pts$2.42/kg−16%9.5%−27.3 pts
Mexico$3.8M14.5%+6.7 pts$1.01/kg−23%0.0%−0.1 pts
Peru$829K3.2%−1.5 pts$2.22/kg+1.4%0.0%−9.1 pts
Turkey$802K3.1%−0.4 pts$2.43/kg+1.1%0.1%−10.0 pts
Colombia$792K3.0%+1.8 pts$1.72/kg+41%0.0%0.0 pts
Korea, South$551K2.1%−0.7 pts$6.61/kg−3.8%6.8%−4.1 pts
Other countries (22)$1.9M7.1%−0.4 pts$3.35/kg−25%0.8%−6.6 pts
All countries$26.0M100.0%$2.32/kg−18%2.8%−10.5 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 67.7% 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
Mexico$1.00/kg$0.01/kg0.6% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$1.01/kg−4.3%
China$1.82/kg$0.14/kg7.9% of price$0.19/kg10.5% of price$2.16/kg−44%
India$3.16/kg$0.16/kg5.1% of price$0.05/kg1.5% of price$3.37/kg−5.3%
Spain$4.02/kg$0.14/kg3.4% of price$0.04/kg1.0% of price$4.20/kg−5.0%
All countries$2.18/kg$0.09/kg4.3% of price$0.06/kg2.6% of price$2.33/kg−22%

Landed at a US port, Mexico was cheapest, at $1.01/kg: 53.3% below China.

Landed cost from China fell 44% on a year earlier, to $2.16/kg, mostly on price: $2.64/kg then, $1.82/kg now.

How the market is shifting

China gained the most share: 15.7% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 14.0% in the 12 months before. India lost the most: 25.7%, down from 28.4%. 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.

  • Spain
  • India
  • Mexico
  • China
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthSpainIndiaMexicoChina
September 202422.1%30.5%17.4%16.5%
October 202423.8%25.6%23.0%14.7%
November 202426.4%29.8%13.1%16.2%
December 202426.2%32.8%14.4%13.9%
January 202518.1%31.9%17.7%19.7%
February 202527.4%29.1%16.4%15.6%
March 202525.9%22.8%19.0%16.1%
April 202531.5%24.7%14.9%11.7%
May 202520.1%30.7%19.0%9.9%
June 202536.4%22.3%14.2%6.0%
July 202522.4%29.7%10.8%13.3%
August 202525.9%32.9%7.9%12.5%
September 202522.8%38.3%11.4%13.5%
October 202524.1%24.6%16.7%14.4%
November 202534.3%22.1%10.5%15.5%
December 202526.5%26.5%10.6%15.4%
January 202622.7%29.4%15.4%15.0%
February 202620.8%26.6%25.3%14.3%
March 202632.3%20.3%16.5%15.6%
April 202623.5%27.0%18.8%16.8%
May 202625.6%22.3%16.9%15.9%
June 202624.1%23.9%19.1%17.5%
July 202629.8%25.1%16.9%14.1%
August 202622.0%25.1%14.5%19.8%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthSpainIndiaMexicoChinaAll countries
September 20240.8%1.4%0.0%8.5%2.0%
October 20240.8%1.4%0.0%8.8%1.9%
November 20240.7%1.3%0.0%8.9%2.0%
December 20240.8%1.4%0.0%8.9%1.9%
January 20250.7%1.5%0.0%8.6%2.3%
February 20250.8%1.4%0.0%9.5%2.1%
March 20250.8%1.4%0.1%24.4%4.5%
April 20254.4%1.5%0.1%31.0%5.5%
May 20259.5%5.7%0.0%37.0%8.5%
June 202510.6%11.4%0.1%37.1%10.3%
July 202510.7%11.6%0.1%35.7%12.9%
August 202510.7%12.5%0.1%36.9%13.3%
September 20257.6%32.1%0.0%36.8%20.8%
October 20257.3%48.0%0.0%38.3%21.8%
November 20255.2%27.5%0.1%24.9%12.8%
December 20250.7%9.4%0.1%19.6%6.0%
January 20260.0%6.4%0.0%18.9%5.3%
February 20261.0%4.8%0.0%17.9%4.2%
March 20261.2%1.6%0.0%10.2%2.5%
April 20260.7%1.8%0.0%9.6%2.4%
May 20261.0%1.8%0.0%8.9%2.3%
June 20260.8%1.6%0.0%9.7%2.3%
July 20260.7%1.4%0.0%13.0%2.5%
August 20261.5%1.6%0.0%9.5%2.8%

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. November 2025–January 2026 · Duty paid: India 29.8% → 3.3%, Spain 9.1% → 0.9%, China 36.7% → 18.4%, Peru 9.5% → 0.3%, all countries 16.8% → 3.4%.
  2. April–August 2025 · Duty paid: India 8.5% → 29.8%, Spain 0.8% → 10.6%, China 9.2% → 36.3%, Peru 0.1% → 9.2%, all countries 7.0% → 17.0%.
  3. March 2020 · Duty paid: China 16.2% → 8.8%.
  4. September 2019 · Duty paid: China 1.3% → 16.2%.

Federal Register notices from the last 12 months that list this product's tariff codes. A notice can add a duty, exclude products from one or only mention them, so read each for what it changes. Search the Federal Register for 0904.22

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Newark, NJ$74.2M · 25.7%
  2. New York, NY$37.0M · 12.8%
  3. Los Angeles, CA$33.4M · 11.6%
  4. Baltimore, MD$23.7M · 8.2%
  5. Santa Teresa, NM$22.0M · 7.6%

Where US exports go

US exports were $2.2M in August 2026, down 1.8% from August 2025, and $30.9M over the last 12 months, up 14% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: China, up 369%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$15.2M49.3%+4.4%
Mexico$4.0M13.1%+1.8%
Spain$1.3M4.4%+147%
China$1.3M4.0%+369%
Japan$1.2M3.7%−3.1%
Vietnam$811K2.6%+35%
Colombia$683K2.2%+178%
El Salvador$522K1.7%+94%
Other countries (51)$5.9M19.0%+19%
All countries$30.9M100.0%+14%

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; 122 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
Germany$84.1Min 2025+12%$142K0.2%
United Kingdom$73.2Min 2025−0.5%$279K0.4%
Japan$59.9Min 2025−1.1%$709K1.2%
Canada$46.5Min 2025+1.5%$5.5MUS records $14.3M11.9%
Spain$40.4Min 2025−0.5%$985K2.4%
Indonesia$38.2Min 2025+0.2%$4K0.0%
France$37.4Min 2025+18%$55K0.1%
Netherlands$34.0Min 2025+7.6%$41K0.1%

The biggest market outside the US is Germany, which imported $84.1M of this product in 2025, 0.2% of that from the US.

Of these, imports into France grew fastest: up 18% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 0904: pepper of the genus piper; fruits of the genus capsicum (peppers) or of the genus pimenta, dried, crushed or ground. 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.
  • Tariff notices are from the Federal Register, matched to this product by the HTS numbers in their text.
  • 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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