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

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Barley seed

In short

  • The US imported $1.5M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.1% on the year before.
  • Canada is the largest supplier, with 71.5% of US imports; Italy is next, with 18.2%.
  • Canada is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $0.73/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 3.1% of the value of imports in August 2026, up 3.1 points on a year earlier.
  • US exports were $147K over the last 12 months; the largest market is Korea, South, with 64.6%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$44K

↓ −23% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$1.5M

↓ −6.1% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

3.1%

↑ +3.1 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Canada

71.5% 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$57K
September 2025$29K
October 2025$34K
November 2025$35K
December 2025$7K
January 2026$244K
February 2026$255K
March 2026$503K
April 2026$318K
May 2026$45K
June 2026$0
July 2026$6K
August 2026$44K

What changed

  • US imports were $44K in August 2026, up 636% from July 2026 and down 23% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $1.5M, down 6.1% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Italy up from 0.0% to 18.2%, Canada down from 100.0% to 71.5%.
  • Average price from Canada rose 55% since July 2026, to $0.78/kg.
  • Duty paid by the main suppliers held within 2 points of July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $1.5M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 18% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $147K, down 87%.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$1.9M
12 months to Aug 2018$1.9M
12 months to Aug 2019$2.1M
12 months to Aug 2020$1.6M
12 months to Aug 2021$2.7M
12 months to Aug 2022$1.7M
12 months to Aug 2023$2.8M
12 months to Aug 2024$1.8M
12 months to Aug 2025$1.6M
12 months to Aug 2026$1.5M
  • Canada
  • Thailand
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodCanadaThailandGermanyItaly
12 months to Aug 201794.8%3.6%0.5%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201897.2%1.9%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201995.3%2.6%0.3%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202091.9%3.2%0.9%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202197.9%1.3%0.2%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202296.5%2.1%0.8%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202397.9%1.0%0.1%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202498.5%0.8%0.5%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202597.7%1.6%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202696.4%1.6%1.2%0.5%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodCanadaThailandGermanyItalyAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.4%0.1%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%0.1%n/an/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%0.1%0.2%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%0.2%0.1%n/a0.1%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%0.3%0.1%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%0.1%0.2%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%0.1%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.1%0.1%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20250.5%2.7%n/an/a0.5%
12 months to Aug 20260.2%2.3%3.1%10.0%0.4%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$1.5M−6.1%0.4%−0.2 pts$147K−84%
12 months to Aug 2025$1.6M−9.1%0.5%+0.5 pts$908K+188%
12 months to Aug 2024$1.8M−35%0.0%0.0 pts$315K−15%
12 months to Aug 2023$2.8M+64%0.0%0.0 pts$372K+51%
12 months to Aug 2022$1.7M−38%0.0%0.0 pts$247K−45%
12 months to Aug 2021$2.7M+71%0.0%0.0 pts$453K+62%
12 months to Aug 2020$1.6M−25%0.1%+0.1 pts$280K−25%
12 months to Aug 2019$2.1M+12%0.0%0.0 pts$372K−68%
12 months to Aug 2018$1.9M+0.2%0.0%0.0 pts$1.2M+5.7%
12 months to Aug 2017$1.9M0.0%$1.1M

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
Canada$31K71.5%−28.5 pts$0.78/kg+93%0.0%0.0 pts
Italy$8K18.2%new$1.65/kg10.0%
Thailand$5K10.4%new$2.00/kg12.6%
All countries$44K100.0%$0.93/kg+130%3.1%+3.1 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 99.3% 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
Canada$0.72/kg$0.01/kg1.4% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$0.73/kg+99%
Italy$1.65/kg$0.16/kg9.9% of price$0.17/kg10.0% of price$1.98/kg
Thailand$2.00/kg$0.29/kg14.3% of price$0.25/kg12.6% of price$2.54/kg+8.6%
All countries$0.84/kg$0.03/kg3.9% of price$0.02/kg2.7% of price$0.90/kg+138%

Landed at a US port, Canada was cheapest, at $0.73/kg: 63.2% below Italy.

Landed cost from Canada rose 99% on a year earlier, to $0.73/kg, mostly on price: $0.36/kg then, $0.72/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Canada lost the most share: 96.4% of US imports over the last 12 months, down from 97.7% in the 12 months before. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months.

  • Canada
  • Thailand
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthCanadaThailandGermanyItaly
September 2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
October 2024n/an/an/an/a
November 20240.0%76.7%0.0%0.0%
December 2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
January 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
February 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
March 202597.3%1.3%0.0%0.0%
April 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
May 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
June 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
July 202594.3%5.7%0.0%0.0%
August 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
September 202586.9%0.0%13.1%0.0%
October 202558.1%0.0%41.9%0.0%
November 202541.3%58.7%0.0%0.0%
December 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
January 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
February 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
March 202699.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%
April 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
May 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
June 2026n/an/an/an/a
July 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
August 202671.5%10.4%0.0%18.2%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthCanadaThailandGermanyItalyAll countries
September 20240.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
October 2024n/an/an/an/an/a
November 2024n/a0.1%n/an/a0.1%
December 20240.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
January 20250.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
February 20250.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
March 20251.6%0.1%n/an/a1.5%
April 20250.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
May 20250.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
June 20250.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
July 20250.0%10.1%n/an/a0.6%
August 20250.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
September 20250.0%n/a15.0%n/a2.0%
October 20250.0%n/a0.0%n/a0.0%
November 20250.0%0.0%n/an/a0.0%
December 20250.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
January 20260.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
February 20260.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
March 20260.7%n/an/an/a0.7%
April 20260.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
May 20260.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
June 2026n/an/an/an/an/a
July 20260.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
August 20260.0%12.6%n/a10.0%3.1%

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Sweetgrass, MT$1.0M · 66.6%
  2. Champlain-Rouses Point, NY$145K · 9.6%
  3. Pembina, ND$117K · 7.7%
  4. Van Buren, ME$58K · 3.8%
  5. Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY$48K · 3.1%

Where US exports go

US exports were $0 in August 2026, down 100% from August 2025, and $147K over the last 12 months, down 84% on the 12 months before.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Korea, South$95K64.6%new
Canada$20K13.4%−79%
Ecuador$16K10.9%new
Japan$11K7.3%−95%
Vietnam$3K2.1%new
Italy$3K1.8%new
All countries$147K100.0%−84%

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; 87 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Qatar$23.6Min 2024+36%$00.0%
Belgium$16.5Min 2025+2.0%$320.0%
Germany$5.9Min 2025−42%$00.0%
Tanzania$5.6Min 2025+5769%$00.0%
Poland$4.7Min 2025+26%$00.0%
Netherlands$4.2Min 2025−13%$1460.0%
Norway$3.7Min 2025+21%$00.0%
Italy$3.7Min 2025+7.9%$00.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Qatar, which imported $23.6M of this product in 2024, none of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Qatar grew fastest: up 36% from 2023 to 2024.

Other products under heading 1003: barley. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Barley, other than seedHS 1003.90$40.2M$52.5M
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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