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

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In short

  • The US imported $105.8M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.2% on the year before.
  • China is the largest supplier, with 85.7% of US imports; Fiji is next, with 3.5%.
  • India is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $3.54/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 33.0% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 12.7 points on a year earlier.
  • China is gaining share: 82.0% over the last 12 months, up from 76.7%.
  • US exports were $7.1M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 29.5%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$9.5M

↑ +20% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$105.8M

↓ −3.2% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

33.0%

↓ −12.7 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

China

85.7% 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$7.9M
September 2025$6.9M
October 2025$7.8M
November 2025$6.2M
December 2025$8.6M
January 2026$10.2M
February 2026$10.0M
March 2026$9.9M
April 2026$7.2M
May 2026$9.9M
June 2026$9.4M
July 2026$10.3M
August 2026$9.5M

What changed

  • US imports were $9.5M in August 2026, down 8.5% from July 2026 and up 20% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $105.8M, down 3.2% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Fiji up from 0.3% to 3.5%.
  • Average price from Fiji rose 4705% since July 2026, to $147.02/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from China rose from 33.8% to 37.4% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $105.8M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 46% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $7.1M, up 72%. 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 ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$72.3M
12 months to Aug 2018$72.0M
12 months to Aug 2019$88.0M
12 months to Aug 2020$89.9M
12 months to Aug 2021$93.2M
12 months to Aug 2022$120.8M
12 months to Aug 2023$94.3M
12 months to Aug 2024$115.0M
12 months to Aug 2025$109.4M
12 months to Aug 2026$105.8M
  • China
  • Bulgaria
  • India
  • Vietnam
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodChinaBulgariaIndiaVietnam
12 months to Aug 201756.9%1.6%1.5%1.6%
12 months to Aug 201866.8%2.2%0.7%0.9%
12 months to Aug 201966.8%1.5%1.4%0.6%
12 months to Aug 202071.9%2.0%4.2%0.8%
12 months to Aug 202173.9%3.2%3.5%1.2%
12 months to Aug 202278.4%3.4%2.1%1.0%
12 months to Aug 202370.4%2.7%3.5%1.5%
12 months to Aug 202478.5%3.9%3.6%0.8%
12 months to Aug 202576.7%4.1%5.8%1.3%
12 months to Aug 202682.0%3.8%3.7%1.4%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodChinaBulgariaIndiaVietnamAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20180.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 201912.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.1%
12 months to Aug 202024.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%17.7%
12 months to Aug 202125.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%18.5%
12 months to Aug 202224.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%19.5%
12 months to Aug 202325.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%17.6%
12 months to Aug 202424.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%19.4%
12 months to Aug 202536.4%3.4%2.8%3.3%28.6%
12 months to Aug 202640.9%11.8%19.4%14.9%35.7%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$105.8M−3.2%35.7%+7.1 pts$7.1M+33%
12 months to Aug 2025$109.4M−4.9%28.6%+9.1 pts$5.3M+51%
12 months to Aug 2024$115.0M+22%19.4%+1.8 pts$3.5M−20%
12 months to Aug 2023$94.3M−22%17.6%−1.9 pts$4.4M+4.1%
12 months to Aug 2022$120.8M+30%19.5%+1.1 pts$4.3M−11%
12 months to Aug 2021$93.2M+3.6%18.5%+0.7 pts$4.8M−23%
12 months to Aug 2020$89.9M+2.2%17.7%+9.6 pts$6.2M+31%
12 months to Aug 2019$88.0M+22%8.1%+8.0 pts$4.7M+9.0%
12 months to Aug 2018$72.0M−0.3%0.1%0.0 pts$4.4M+5.7%
12 months to Aug 2017$72.3M0.1%$4.1M

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
China$8.1M85.7%+3.0 pts$3.32/kg+15%37.4%−15.9 pts
Fiji$334K3.5%+3.3 pts$147.02/kg+167%0.0%−10.0 pts
India$204K2.2%+0.2 pts$2.41/kg−8.7%9.7%−1.0 pts
Uzbekistan$139K1.5%new$2.67/kg0.0%
Vanuatu$132K1.4%new$74.62/kg0.0%
Vietnam$123K1.3%+0.1 pts$1.14/kg−15%12.5%+2.5 pts
Canada$96K1.0%+1.0 pts$1.10/kg−80%5.1%+5.1 pts
Bulgaria$68K0.7%−1.2 pts$3.15/kg−22%10.0%0.0 pts
Other countries (14)$258K2.7%−3.0 pts$2.88/kg+6.5%5.3%−3.5 pts
All countries$9.5M100.0%$3.28/kg+9.6%33.0%−12.7 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 89.5% 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
India$3.21/kg$0.17/kg5.3% of price$0.16/kg5.0% of price$3.54/kg−17%
China$3.21/kg$0.23/kg7.0% of price$1.14/kg35.4% of price$4.58/kg+6.9%
All countries$3.15/kg$0.23/kg7.2% of price$0.96/kg30.5% of price$4.34/kg+1.9%

Landed at a US port, India was cheapest, at $3.54/kg: 22.6% below China.

Landed cost from India fell 17% on a year earlier, to $3.54/kg, mostly on price: $3.65/kg then, $3.21/kg now.

How the market is shifting

China gained the most share: 82.0% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 76.7% in the 12 months before. India lost the most: 3.7%, down from 5.8%. 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.

  • China
  • Bulgaria
  • India
  • Vietnam
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthChinaBulgariaIndiaVietnam
September 202477.7%2.8%6.2%0.8%
October 202461.6%7.7%6.1%2.2%
November 202482.5%1.2%5.4%2.1%
December 202474.8%2.4%5.7%0.8%
January 202582.2%1.5%4.6%1.1%
February 202582.1%1.7%8.2%0.6%
March 202575.0%4.8%5.5%0.7%
April 202580.3%6.6%6.2%1.9%
May 202572.1%4.9%6.9%0.9%
June 202566.3%8.8%12.1%1.8%
July 202576.5%5.8%3.5%1.7%
August 202582.7%1.9%2.0%1.2%
September 202580.7%3.0%1.6%1.8%
October 202584.9%1.0%4.1%1.8%
November 202575.6%10.0%2.9%1.6%
December 202580.7%3.1%1.6%1.7%
January 202684.6%1.0%1.8%1.7%
February 202683.9%4.9%5.7%1.0%
March 202688.4%2.0%3.6%0.8%
April 202666.2%5.8%9.7%1.4%
May 202683.3%8.2%2.0%1.0%
June 202677.9%4.9%7.3%1.3%
July 202685.2%2.8%2.4%1.8%
August 202685.7%0.7%2.2%1.3%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthChinaBulgariaIndiaVietnamAll countries
September 202424.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%19.2%
October 202424.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%14.8%
November 202424.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%20.0%
December 202423.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%17.7%
January 202524.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%20.1%
February 202524.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%20.2%
March 202539.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%29.5%
April 202544.2%0.0%1.7%0.0%35.7%
May 202555.7%2.1%6.3%8.3%41.7%
June 202554.0%10.0%9.8%10.0%38.8%
July 202552.6%10.0%10.0%10.0%42.4%
August 202553.3%10.0%10.7%10.0%45.7%
September 202554.1%15.0%48.7%16.1%45.8%
October 202555.0%15.0%50.0%20.0%50.0%
November 202546.4%15.0%50.0%20.0%39.8%
December 202544.2%15.0%50.0%20.0%38.5%
January 202645.0%15.0%47.7%19.5%40.6%
February 202642.2%12.7%24.1%19.8%37.9%
March 202635.1%10.0%6.4%10.0%32.0%
April 202635.0%10.0%9.9%10.0%26.4%
May 202635.0%10.0%6.6%9.6%30.7%
June 202635.0%10.0%2.7%10.0%28.4%
July 202633.8%8.9%7.5%8.6%29.8%
August 202637.4%10.0%9.7%12.5%33.0%

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. January–March 2026 · Duty paid: China 50.3% → 38.6%, all countries 39.3% → 29.6%.
  2. April 2025 · Duty paid: China 24.5% → 53.3%, all countries 19.9% → 40.4%.
  3. December 2019 · Duty paid: all countries 14.0% → 19.1%.
  4. June–July 2019 · Duty paid: China 10.1% → 24.6%, all countries 6.2% → 14.0%.
  5. September–November 2018 · Duty paid: China 0.4% → 9.7%, all countries 0.3% → 7.1%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Newark, NJ$34.8M · 32.9%
  2. Los Angeles, CA$23.3M · 22.0%
  3. Oakland, CA$11.6M · 10.9%
  4. Long Beach, CA$8.5M · 8.0%
  5. New York, NY$4.0M · 3.8%

Where US exports go

US exports were $757K in August 2026, down 5.1% from August 2025, and $7.1M over the last 12 months, up 33% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: South Africa, up 4972%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$2.1M29.5%+17%
Italy$1.3M17.9%+981%
Mexico$1.1M15.9%−5.4%
China$784K11.1%−4.3%
South Africa$285K4.0%+4972%
Taiwan$208K2.9%+173%
Hong Kong$194K2.7%+85%
Germany$163K2.3%+51%
Other countries (25)$972K13.7%+95%
All countries$7.1M100.0%+33%

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; 115 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
China$268.0Min 2025+56%$1K0.0%
Germany$93.5Min 2025+1.3%$266K0.3%
Netherlands$64.0Min 2025+10%$16K0.0%
Canada$55.6Min 2025+103%$907K1.6%
Saudi Arabia$46.0Min 2025−23%$57K0.1%
Turkey$45.9Min 2025+120%$13K0.0%
Italy$33.6Min 2025−11%$1.3M4.0%
Taiwan$32.5Min 2024−2.5%$7K0.0%

The biggest market outside the US is China, which imported $268.0M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Turkey grew fastest: up 120% 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
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
Sugar caneHS 1212.93$3.4M$213K
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 (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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