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HS 1212.93

Sugar cane

In short

  • The US imported $3.4M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 24% on the year before.
  • Brazil is the largest supplier, with 68.0% of US imports; Vietnam is next, with 20.7%.
  • Brazil is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $380.19/tonne.
  • Duty paid averaged 29.5% of the value of imports in August 2026, up 18.5 points on a year earlier.
  • Vietnam is gaining share: 46.9% over the last 12 months, up from 38.7%.
  • US exports were $213K over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 63.3%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$488K

↑ +201% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$3.4M

↓ −24% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

29.5%

↑ +18.5 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Brazil

68.0% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugVietnam ↓Duty ↑
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$162K
September 2025$155K
October 2025$209K
November 2025$379K
December 2025$392K
January 2026$112K
February 2026$85K
March 2026$179K
April 2026$151K
May 2026$238K
June 2026$577K
July 2026$459K
August 2026$488K

What changed

  • US imports were $488K in August 2026, up 6.3% from July 2026 and up 201% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $3.4M, down 24% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Thailand up from 0.0% to 6.9%, Vietnam down from 31.3% to 20.7%.
  • Average price from Vietnam rose 5.0% since July 2026, to $665.43/tonne.
  • Duty paid on imports from Brazil rose from 24.9% to 37.9% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Vietnam rose from 9.3% to 12.2% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $3.4M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 186% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $213K, down 44%. 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$1.2M
12 months to Aug 2018$1.4M
12 months to Aug 2019$1.5M
12 months to Aug 2020$6.4M
12 months to Aug 2021$3.0M
12 months to Aug 2022$2.7M
12 months to Aug 2023$3.9M
12 months to Aug 2024$4.7M
12 months to Aug 2025$4.5M
12 months to Aug 2026$3.4M
  • Vietnam
  • Brazil
  • Mexico
  • Guatemala
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodVietnamBrazilMexicoGuatemala
12 months to Aug 201721.3%2.3%75.0%0.4%
12 months to Aug 201823.9%0.3%73.9%1.5%
12 months to Aug 201915.3%10.8%65.1%1.4%
12 months to Aug 20204.5%73.1%21.1%0.3%
12 months to Aug 202123.3%37.8%35.0%0.3%
12 months to Aug 202246.6%12.2%33.8%0.9%
12 months to Aug 202347.2%4.3%41.2%0.6%
12 months to Aug 202430.6%29.8%29.5%0.4%
12 months to Aug 202538.7%27.8%20.5%0.6%
12 months to Aug 202646.9%29.0%17.3%2.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodVietnamBrazilMexicoGuatemalaAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20180.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20190.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20200.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20210.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20220.2%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20230.2%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20240.2%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20254.1%1.1%0.0%1.0%2.1%
12 months to Aug 202614.1%24.0%0.0%7.7%14.1%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$3.4M−24%14.1%+12.0 pts$213K+50%
12 months to Aug 2025$4.5M−4.9%2.1%+2.0 pts$141K−34%
12 months to Aug 2024$4.7M+20%0.1%0.0 pts$213K−59%
12 months to Aug 2023$3.9M+48%0.1%0.0 pts$514K+43%
12 months to Aug 2022$2.7M−12%0.1%0.0 pts$361K+126%
12 months to Aug 2021$3.0M−53%0.1%+0.1 pts$160K+66%
12 months to Aug 2020$6.4M+326%0.0%0.0 pts$96K−43%
12 months to Aug 2019$1.5M+10%0.1%0.0 pts$168K+123%
12 months to Aug 2018$1.4M+14%0.1%0.0 pts$75K−80%
12 months to Aug 2017$1.2M0.1%$379K

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
Brazil$332K68.0%new$308.62/tonne37.9%
Vietnam$101K20.7%−59.6 pts$665.43/tonne+12%12.2%+1.3 pts
Thailand$34K6.9%new$1,680/tonne12.6%
Guatemala$22K4.4%+2.9 pts$695.68/tonne−73%7.4%−2.6 pts
All countries$488K100.0%$381.91/tonne−42%29.5%+18.5 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 93.1% 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$306.67/tonne$0.10/tonne0.0% of price$73.43/tonne23.9% of price$380.19/tonne−36%
Vietnam$630.32/tonne$169.08/tonne26.8% of price$65.26/tonne10.4% of price$864.66/tonne+4.7%
All countries$381.30/tonne$33.62/tonne8.8% of price$72.57/tonne19.0% of price$487.48/tonne−43%

Landed at a US port, Brazil was cheapest, at $380.19/tonne: 56.0% below Vietnam.

Landed cost from Brazil fell 36% on a year earlier, to $380.19/tonne, mostly on price: $549.50/tonne then, $306.67/tonne now.

How the market is shifting

Vietnam gained the most share: 46.9% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 38.7% in the 12 months before. Mexico lost the most: 17.3%, down from 20.5%. 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.

  • Vietnam
  • Brazil
  • Mexico
  • Guatemala
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthVietnamBrazilMexicoGuatemala
September 202451.7%30.0%3.8%2.9%
October 202435.9%23.8%31.6%0.7%
November 202418.8%36.1%36.1%0.0%
December 202418.5%0.0%73.6%0.0%
January 202525.6%45.4%0.0%0.0%
February 202520.0%59.9%0.0%3.3%
March 202538.7%44.6%0.0%0.0%
April 202528.3%50.7%0.0%0.0%
May 202547.8%35.3%0.0%0.0%
June 202598.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%
July 202596.0%1.1%1.4%0.0%
August 202580.4%0.0%0.0%1.6%
September 202588.5%2.0%7.9%1.6%
October 202545.0%0.0%33.2%5.9%
November 202528.4%0.0%64.1%5.3%
December 202529.8%0.7%67.9%0.0%
January 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
February 202696.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
March 202681.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%
April 202679.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%
May 202698.8%1.2%0.0%0.0%
June 202636.2%62.4%0.0%0.0%
July 202631.3%63.4%0.0%2.4%
August 202620.7%68.0%0.0%4.4%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthVietnamBrazilMexicoGuatemalaAll countries
September 20240.2%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.1%
October 20240.2%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.1%
November 20240.1%0.2%0.0%n/a0.1%
December 20240.2%n/a0.0%n/a0.0%
January 20250.2%0.2%n/an/a0.1%
February 20250.2%0.2%n/a0.0%0.2%
March 20250.2%0.2%n/an/a0.1%
April 20251.1%0.1%n/an/a0.8%
May 20256.7%10.2%n/an/a7.2%
June 20259.4%n/an/an/a9.4%
July 20259.7%0.0%0.0%n/a9.5%
August 202510.9%n/an/a10.0%11.0%
September 202519.5%50.2%0.0%10.0%18.4%
October 202520.2%n/a0.0%10.0%10.1%
November 202520.2%n/a0.0%4.9%6.3%
December 202520.2%50.3%0.0%n/a6.5%
January 202620.2%n/an/an/a20.2%
February 202617.7%n/an/an/a17.6%
March 202610.2%n/an/an/a9.1%
April 202610.2%n/an/an/a10.2%
May 202610.2%0.2%n/an/a10.1%
June 202610.2%10.3%n/an/a10.3%
July 20269.3%24.9%n/a10.0%18.9%
August 202612.2%37.9%n/a7.4%29.5%

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. June 2026 · Duty paid: all countries 10.1% → 18.9%.
  2. March 2026 · Duty paid: Vietnam 20.2% → 10.2%.
  3. June–August 2025 · Duty paid: Vietnam 8.1% → 19.5%, all countries 0.5% → 10.2%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Newark, NJ$1.1M · 31.8%
  2. Los Angeles, CA$641K · 18.7%
  3. Oakland, CA$411K · 12.0%
  4. Otay Mesa, CA$397K · 11.6%
  5. Tacoma, WA$191K · 5.6%

Where US exports go

US exports were $16K in August 2026, up 44% from August 2025, and $213K over the last 12 months, up 50% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Jamaica, up 125%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$134K63.3%+40%
Bahamas$43K20.0%new
Jamaica$12K5.7%+125%
Vietnam$9K4.4%−27%
Australia$6K2.6%new
Turks and Caicos Islands$4K2.1%−58%
Barbados$4K1.9%new
All countries$213K100.0%+50%

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; 62 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
China$239.3Min 2025+33%$00.0%
Iraq$53.3Min 2024n/a$00.0%
Singapore$4.0Min 2025+0.2%$3640.0%
Canada$1.5Min 2025+0.5%$65K4.3%
Greece$1.3Min 2025n/a$00.0%
United Kingdom$1.2Min 2025−32%$00.0%
Saudi Arabia$1.0Min 2025−0.5%$00.0%
Korea, South$648Kin 2025−11%$00.0%

The biggest market outside the US is China, which imported $239.3M of this product in 2025, none of it from the US.

Of these, imports into China grew fastest: up 33% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 1212: locust beans, seaweeds etc., sugar beet and sugar cane; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products used for human consumption, not elsewhere specified. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety cichorium intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specifiedHS 1212.99$105.8M$7.1M
Seaweeds and other algae, fit for human consumptionHS 1212.21$47.6M$10.5M
Seaweeds and other algae, not fit for human consumptionHS 1212.29$30.9M$5.3M
Sugar beet, fresh or dried, whether or not groundHS 1212.91$11.5M$80K
Chicory rootsHS 1212.94$2.6M$44K
Carob (locust beans)HS 1212.92$1.8M$141K
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 (tonnes), 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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