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

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Vodka

In short

  • The US imported $519.1M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 55% on the year before.
  • France is the largest supplier, with 25.9% of US imports; Ireland is next, with 16.8%.
  • Ireland is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $0.85/proof litre.
  • Duty paid averaged 7.1% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 2.9 points on a year earlier.
  • Ireland is gaining share: 12.4% over the last 12 months, up from 1.3%.
  • US exports were $393.9M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Ireland, with 53.0%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$37.4M

↓ −25% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$519.1M

↓ −55% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

7.1%

↓ −2.9 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

France

25.9% 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$49.6M
September 2025$47.4M
October 2025$43.8M
November 2025$42.0M
December 2025$43.1M
January 2026$33.8M
February 2026$39.0M
March 2026$51.7M
April 2026$43.9M
May 2026$48.5M
June 2026$51.2M
July 2026$37.4M
August 2026$37.4M

What changed

  • US imports were $37.4M in August 2026, down 0.2% from July 2026 and down 25% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $519.1M, down 55% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Iceland up from 0.0% to 5.9%, France down from 40.8% to 25.9%.
  • Average price from Netherlands fell 9.7% since July 2026, to $3.71/proof litre.
  • Duty paid on imports from Iceland fell from 10.0% to 0.0% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from France rose from 6.0% to 8.5% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $519.1M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 65% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $393.9M, up 391%. 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$1.48B
12 months to Aug 2018$1.48B
12 months to Aug 2019$1.51B
12 months to Aug 2020$1.39B
12 months to Aug 2021$1.34B
12 months to Aug 2022$1.56B
12 months to Aug 2023$1.18B
12 months to Aug 2024$1.18B
12 months to Aug 2025$1.15B
12 months to Aug 2026$519.1M
  • France
  • Netherlands
  • Ireland
  • Sweden
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodFranceNetherlandsIrelandSweden
12 months to Aug 201740.6%17.6%0.0%18.1%
12 months to Aug 201842.0%19.9%0.0%16.0%
12 months to Aug 201941.9%22.0%0.0%17.0%
12 months to Aug 202042.1%21.4%0.0%16.7%
12 months to Aug 202145.2%20.9%0.0%14.3%
12 months to Aug 202249.8%20.9%0.0%10.4%
12 months to Aug 202338.7%27.5%0.1%12.4%
12 months to Aug 202441.9%27.1%0.1%12.9%
12 months to Aug 202536.3%27.5%1.3%12.7%
12 months to Aug 202630.6%15.3%12.4%12.1%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodFranceNetherlandsIrelandSwedenAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20252.8%2.9%7.7%1.7%2.8%
12 months to Aug 202611.2%11.5%7.2%11.4%10.7%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$519.1M−55%10.7%+7.9 pts$393.9M+39%
12 months to Aug 2025$1.15B−2.5%2.8%+2.8 pts$283.6M+1.8%
12 months to Aug 2024$1.18B−0.4%0.0%0.0 pts$278.6M+78%
12 months to Aug 2023$1.18B−24%0.0%0.0 pts$156.9M+36%
12 months to Aug 2022$1.56B+16%0.0%0.0 pts$115.1M+31%
12 months to Aug 2021$1.34B−3.9%0.0%0.0 pts$87.6M−8.4%
12 months to Aug 2020$1.39B−7.7%0.0%0.0 pts$95.7M+1.5%
12 months to Aug 2019$1.51B+2.4%0.0%0.0 pts$94.3M−13%
12 months to Aug 2018$1.48B0.0%0.0%0.0 pts$107.9M+34%
12 months to Aug 2017$1.48B0.0%$80.3M

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
France$9.7M25.9%−10.8 pts$6.16/proof litre−44%8.5%−1.7 pts
Ireland$6.3M16.8%+11.3 pts$0.75/proof litre−41%6.1%−3.9 pts
Netherlands$5.7M15.1%+0.7 pts$3.71/proof litre−38%9.3%−0.9 pts
Poland$4.4M11.8%+6.4 pts$10.21/proof litre+60%9.7%−1.0 pts
Sweden$3.2M8.5%−4.6 pts$2.94/proof litre−17%6.3%−2.0 pts
Iceland$2.2M5.9%+3.5 pts$11.82/proof litre+101%0.0%−11.5 pts
Canada$1.4M3.9%+1.1 pts$13.95/proof litre+46%0.8%+0.8 pts
Latvia$990K2.6%−6.4 ptsn/an/a
Other countries (13)$3.5M9.5%−0.2 pts$5.68/proof litre+174%5.6%−4.4 pts
All countries$37.4M100.0%$2.97/proof litre−45%7.1%−2.9 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 58.3% 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
Ireland$0.81/proof litre$0.00/proof litre0.0% of price$0.04/proof litre4.4% of price$0.85/proof litre−39%
Sweden$3.21/proof litre$0.17/proof litre5.3% of price$0.25/proof litre7.9% of price$3.63/proof litre−17%
Netherlands$3.82/proof litre$0.60/proof litre15.7% of price$0.34/proof litre8.8% of price$4.75/proof litre−53%
France$6.03/proof litre$0.44/proof litre7.4% of price$0.49/proof litre8.1% of price$6.96/proof litre−58%
Poland$10.20/proof litre$0.31/proof litre3.0% of price$0.98/proof litre9.6% of price$11.49/proof litre+15%
All countries$2.63/proof litre$0.17/proof litre6.5% of price$0.19/proof litre7.3% of price$2.99/proof litre−60%

Landed at a US port, Ireland was cheapest, at $0.85/proof litre: 76.7% below Sweden.

Landed cost from France fell 58% on a year earlier, to $6.96/proof litre, mostly on price: $14.67/proof litre then, $6.03/proof litre now.

How the market is shifting

Ireland gained the most share: 12.4% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 1.3% in the 12 months before. Netherlands lost the most: 15.3%, down from 27.5%. 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.

  • France
  • Netherlands
  • Ireland
  • Sweden
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthFranceNetherlandsIrelandSweden
September 202436.8%30.0%0.0%11.9%
October 202441.3%26.5%0.3%11.4%
November 202427.0%36.8%0.0%14.7%
December 202438.7%29.0%0.1%9.0%
January 202529.2%20.0%0.5%23.6%
February 202535.8%23.5%0.9%23.2%
March 202548.9%24.0%1.4%8.2%
April 202527.7%33.7%2.2%12.5%
May 202531.6%31.2%2.0%16.0%
June 202533.1%30.7%2.7%7.0%
July 202549.6%18.7%2.4%4.6%
August 202536.7%14.4%5.5%13.1%
September 202528.8%14.8%7.9%11.8%
October 202539.2%17.1%7.2%9.9%
November 202532.2%15.5%1.4%13.3%
December 202529.2%17.8%2.5%10.2%
January 202627.5%13.1%13.4%22.5%
February 202621.7%10.7%14.6%11.4%
March 202631.8%16.0%14.8%9.5%
April 202631.9%16.3%12.0%12.6%
May 202625.4%16.3%24.2%13.3%
June 202631.9%13.4%20.2%12.2%
July 202640.8%16.8%11.5%12.3%
August 202625.9%15.1%16.8%8.5%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthFranceNetherlandsIrelandSwedenAll countries
September 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
October 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
November 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
December 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
January 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
February 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
March 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
April 20250.2%3.2%5.3%0.7%1.8%
May 20255.3%9.0%10.0%5.6%7.0%
June 20259.1%9.9%10.0%7.4%9.2%
July 20259.3%9.9%10.0%6.3%9.2%
August 202510.2%10.2%10.0%8.4%10.0%
September 202512.5%12.3%15.0%12.0%12.5%
October 202513.7%13.5%15.0%13.6%13.7%
November 202514.4%14.0%15.0%14.7%14.3%
December 202514.7%14.6%15.0%14.5%14.4%
January 202614.7%15.0%10.9%14.9%14.1%
February 202611.7%13.3%8.2%13.4%11.5%
March 20268.7%8.8%4.1%7.5%7.4%
April 20269.5%9.9%6.4%8.6%8.8%
May 20269.8%10.0%3.6%9.0%8.6%
June 20269.9%9.8%3.5%9.6%8.4%
July 20266.0%7.3%4.4%7.0%6.2%
August 20268.5%9.3%6.1%6.3%7.1%

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. February–March 2026 · Duty paid: Ireland 15.0% → 5.2%, Sweden 14.6% → 8.8%, Poland 15.0% → 10.0%, all countries 14.2% → 8.5%.
  2. May–June 2025 · Duty paid: France 0.1% → 9.8%, Netherlands 0.0% → 9.9%, Ireland 0.0% → 10.0%, Sweden 0.3% → 7.9%, Poland 0.0% → 9.5%, all countries 0.0% → 9.2%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Newark, NJ$168.9M · 32.5%
  2. Norfolk-Newport News, VA$79.0M · 15.2%
  3. Jacksonville, FL$43.4M · 8.4%
  4. Los Angeles, CA$31.0M · 6.0%
  5. Houston, TX$27.3M · 5.3%

Where US exports go

US exports were $61.2M in August 2026, up 145% from August 2025, and $393.9M over the last 12 months, up 39% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Netherlands, up 119%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Ireland$209.0M53.0%+45%
United Kingdom$58.3M14.8%+65%
Netherlands$44.6M11.3%+119%
Mexico$12.0M3.1%+24%
Italy$7.8M2.0%+129%
France$6.6M1.7%−34%
Brazil$6.4M1.6%−44%
Canada$5.4M1.4%−65%
Other countries (78)$43.9M11.1%+30%
All countries$393.9M100.0%+39%

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.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
United Kingdom$188.8Min 2025+0.3%$46.9M24.8%
France$170.2Min 2025−1.5%$12.1M7.1%
Germany$152.1Min 2025+43%$433K0.3%
Ireland$128.0Min 2025−19%$116.0M90.6%
Italy$98.6Min 2025+4.0%$6.1M6.2%
Canada$89.6Min 2025−13%$7.2M8.1%
Poland$85.5Min 2025+28%$818K1.0%
Spain$77.6Min 2025+13%$734K0.9%

The biggest market outside the US is the United Kingdom, which imported $188.8M of this product in 2025, 24.8% of that from the US.

The US supplies 90.6% of imports into Ireland, but under 10% into France, Germany and Italy.

Of these, imports into Germany grew fastest: up 43% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 2208: ethyl alcohol, undenatured, of an alcoholic strength by volume of under 80% vol.; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Spirituous beverages, not elsewhere specified, including cordials, liqueurs, kirshwasser, ratafia and vodkaHS 2208.90$3.27B$447.4M
WhiskiesHS 2208.30$1.11B$1.32B
Liqueurs and cordialsHS 2208.70$928.8M$775.5M
Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc (grape brandy)HS 2208.20$751.8M$110.3M
Rum and tafiaHS 2208.40$175.2M$144.9M
Gin and genevaHS 2208.50$198.5M$74.2M
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 (proof 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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