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

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Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength

In short

  • The US imported $8.4M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 81% on the year before.
  • Brazil is the largest supplier, with 43.4% of US imports; Guatemala is next, with 41.6%.
  • Brazil has the lowest price, but landed at a US port with freight and duty Canada is cheaper: $1.19/litre against $1.65/litre.
  • Duty paid averaged 22.5% of the value of imports in August 2026, up 17.8 points on a year earlier.
  • Guatemala is gaining share: 22.5% over the last 12 months, up from 0.0%.
  • US exports were $3.29B over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 58.8%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$415K

↓ −81% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$8.4M

↓ −81% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

22.5%

↑ +17.8 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Brazil

43.4% 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$2.2M
September 2025$2.0M
October 2025$1.4M
November 2025$149K
December 2025$330K
January 2026$346K
February 2026$357K
March 2026$401K
April 2026$695K
May 2026$905K
June 2026$1.1M
July 2026$323K
August 2026$415K

What changed

  • US imports were $415K in August 2026, up 29% from July 2026 and down 81% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $8.4M, down 81% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Brazil up from 0.0% to 43.4%, Canada down from 45.3% to 11.0%.
  • Average price from Canada fell 17% since July 2026, to $0.98/litre.
  • Duty paid by the main suppliers held within 2 points of July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $8.4M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 40% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $3.29B, up 251%.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$13.8M
12 months to Aug 2018$25.3M
12 months to Aug 2019$37.7M
12 months to Aug 2020$88.3M
12 months to Aug 2021$103.1M
12 months to Aug 2022$69.4M
12 months to Aug 2023$78.4M
12 months to Aug 2024$74.4M
12 months to Aug 2025$43.5M
12 months to Aug 2026$8.4M
  • Canada
  • Guatemala
  • Brazil
  • France
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodCanadaGuatemalaBrazilFrance
12 months to Aug 201797.5%0.0%0.0%0.3%
12 months to Aug 201899.2%0.0%0.0%0.2%
12 months to Aug 201999.6%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202080.4%0.0%6.8%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202185.5%0.0%12.2%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202298.5%0.0%0.1%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202396.0%0.0%2.9%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202498.2%0.0%0.5%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202593.2%0.0%4.1%0.4%
12 months to Aug 202656.5%22.5%14.9%1.7%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodCanadaGuatemalaBrazilFranceAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%n/an/a1.9%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%n/an/a1.9%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%n/an/a1.9%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%n/a1.9%1.9%0.3%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%n/a1.9%1.9%0.3%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%n/a1.9%1.9%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%n/a1.9%1.9%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%n/a1.9%1.9%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20250.5%n/a7.8%6.5%0.9%
12 months to Aug 20260.0%11.9%28.2%13.6%7.5%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$8.4M−81%7.5%+6.6 pts$3.29B+43%
12 months to Aug 2025$43.5M−42%0.9%+0.9 pts$2.30B+0.4%
12 months to Aug 2024$74.4M−5.1%0.0%0.0 pts$2.29B−3.8%
12 months to Aug 2023$78.4M+13%0.1%0.0 pts$2.38B+4.5%
12 months to Aug 2022$69.4M−33%0.0%−0.2 pts$2.28B+54%
12 months to Aug 2021$103.1M+17%0.3%−0.1 pts$1.48B+36%
12 months to Aug 2020$88.3M+135%0.3%+0.3 pts$1.08B−2.2%
12 months to Aug 2019$37.7M+49%0.0%0.0 pts$1.11B−13%
12 months to Aug 2018$25.3M+83%0.0%0.0 pts$1.27B+36%
12 months to Aug 2017$13.8M0.1%$935.6M

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$180K43.4%+29.8 pts$0.92/litre−22%39.4%+6.0 pts
Guatemala$173K41.6%new$1.19/litre11.9%
Canada$46K11.0%−73.9 pts$0.98/litre−18%0.0%0.0 pts
Japan$10K2.3%+2.0 pts$4.96/litre+13%12.5%+0.6 pts
France$7K1.7%+1.3 pts$65.48/litre−30%10.0%−4.2 pts
All countries$415K100.0%$1.07/litre−11%22.5%+17.8 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 93.9% 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$1.13/litre$0.06/litre5.1% of price$0.00/litre0.0% of price$1.19/litre−2.9%
Guatemala$1.22/litre$0.00/litre0.0% of price$0.15/litre11.9% of price$1.37/litre
Brazil$1.02/litre$0.34/litre33.7% of price$0.29/litre28.4% of price$1.65/litre+0.3%
All countries$1.20/litre$0.08/litre6.3% of price$0.16/litre13.1% of price$1.44/litre+13%

Landed at a US port, Canada was cheapest, at $1.19/litre: 13.0% below Guatemala.

Brazil had the lowest price before freight and duty, $1.02/litre, but they added 62.1% to it.

How the market is shifting

Guatemala gained the most share: 22.5% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 0.0% in the 12 months before. Canada lost the most: 56.5%, down from 93.2%. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months.

  • Canada
  • Guatemala
  • Brazil
  • France
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthCanadaGuatemalaBrazilFrance
September 202496.0%0.0%3.7%0.3%
October 202496.9%0.0%2.5%0.1%
November 202497.8%0.0%1.7%0.1%
December 202492.8%0.0%6.6%0.3%
January 202590.8%0.0%8.0%0.6%
February 202591.8%0.0%7.2%0.6%
March 202593.0%0.0%5.3%0.3%
April 202591.9%0.0%0.0%0.2%
May 202590.0%0.0%0.5%0.5%
June 202595.6%0.0%0.0%0.8%
July 202594.6%0.0%2.9%0.9%
August 202584.9%0.0%13.5%0.4%
September 202594.9%0.0%2.7%0.6%
October 202584.7%0.0%12.1%0.8%
November 202566.7%0.0%0.0%6.3%
December 202562.1%0.0%17.0%6.6%
January 202687.7%0.0%0.0%3.7%
February 202643.8%0.0%35.6%6.0%
March 202645.6%15.9%26.3%2.2%
April 202622.2%35.2%36.6%2.3%
May 202639.3%37.9%21.0%0.5%
June 20263.4%83.0%10.9%0.2%
July 202645.3%45.1%0.0%4.1%
August 202611.0%41.6%43.4%1.7%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthCanadaGuatemalaBrazilFranceAll countries
September 20240.0%n/a1.9%1.9%0.1%
October 20240.0%n/a1.9%1.9%0.1%
November 20240.0%n/a1.9%1.9%0.1%
December 20240.0%n/a1.9%1.9%0.1%
January 20250.0%n/a1.9%1.9%0.2%
February 20250.0%n/a1.9%1.9%0.2%
March 20254.8%n/a1.9%1.9%4.6%
April 20250.0%n/an/a11.9%0.1%
May 20250.0%n/a11.9%11.9%0.3%
June 20250.0%n/an/a11.9%0.2%
July 20250.0%n/a11.9%11.9%0.6%
August 20250.0%n/a33.4%14.2%4.7%
September 20250.0%n/a51.9%15.0%1.5%
October 20250.0%n/a51.9%15.0%6.7%
November 20250.0%n/an/a15.0%2.2%
December 20250.0%n/a51.9%15.0%10.4%
January 20260.0%n/an/a15.0%0.8%
February 20260.0%n/a51.9%14.2%20.9%
March 20260.0%11.9%5.9%11.9%4.8%
April 20260.3%11.9%11.9%11.9%9.3%
May 20260.0%11.9%11.9%11.9%7.2%
June 20260.0%11.9%11.9%11.8%11.5%
July 20260.0%11.9%n/a11.3%6.4%
August 20260.0%11.9%39.4%10.0%22.5%

Where it enters the US

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

  1. San Juan, PR$2.1M · 25.5%
  2. Port Huron, MI$2.1M · 25.3%
  3. Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY$1.2M · 14.1%
  4. Newark, NJ$787K · 9.4%
  5. Alexandria Bay, NY$767K · 9.2%

Where US exports go

US exports were $342.4M in August 2026, up 47% from August 2025, and $3.29B over the last 12 months, up 43% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Jamaica, up 417%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$1.93B58.8%+23%
Netherlands$339.9M10.3%+133%
Colombia$317.9M9.7%+159%
Jamaica$119.9M3.7%+417%
Peru$117.6M3.6%−8.5%
Korea, South$88.7M2.7%+38%
Vietnam$71.0M2.2%+465%
Spain$67.7M2.1%+2580602%
Other countries (70)$231.3M7.0%+1.8%
All countries$3.29B100.0%+43%

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; 120 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
Canada$1.60Bin 2025+14%$1.60B100.0%
India$427.5Min 2025−9.2%$399.7MUS records $28.7M93.5%
Netherlands$362.4Min 2025+45%$241.1M66.5%
Philippines$309.7Min 2025+20%$262.4MUS records $10.5M84.7%
Colombia$281.6Min 2025+11%$278.0M98.7%
Germany$191.3Min 2025+26%$155K0.1%
Spain$147.2Min 2025+12%$101.0MUS records $18.8M68.6%
Peru$143.7Min 2025+26%$143.1M99.6%

The biggest market outside the US is Canada, which imported $1.60B of this product in 2025, 100.0% of that from the US.

The US supplies 100.0% of imports into Canada and 66.5% into the Netherlands, but under 10% into Germany.

Of these, imports into the Netherlands grew fastest: up 45% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 2207: ethyl alcohol, undenatured, of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength. 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 (litres), 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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