Cottonseed oil and its fractions, refined but not chemically modified

US trade by year

US imports were $404K in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 4014% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $11.2M, down 63%. 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.

• Ukraine
• Spain
• China
• Italy
• All countries

Who supplies the US

August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025.

The 3 largest suppliers had 95.7% of US imports over the last 12 months.

How the market is shifting

Ukraine gained the most share: 82.2% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 69.9% in the 12 months before. Turkey lost the most: 1.1%, down from 17.9%. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months.

• Ukraine
• Spain
• China
• Italy
• All countries

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. December 2022 · Duty paid: all countries 3.3% → 14.7%.
2. July 2022 · Duty paid: all countries 14.6% → 3.3%.
3. October 2021 · Duty paid: all countries 4.8% → 14.7%.

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; 99 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.

The biggest market outside the US is Australia, which imported $29.3M of this product in 2025, 13.3% of that from the US.

The US supplies 100.0% of imports into Mexico, but under 10% into Brazil, France and Greece.

Of these, imports into Mexico grew fastest: up 270% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 1512: sunflower-seed, safflower or cottonseed oil, and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.