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HS 2608.00

Zinc ores and concentrates

In short

  • The US imported $66.0M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 72% on the year before.
  • Peru is the largest supplier, with 77.2% of US imports; Bolivia is next, with 12.5%.
  • Duty paid averaged 0.0% of the value of imports in August 2026, the same as a year earlier.
  • Ireland is gaining share: 39.2% over the last 12 months, up from 0.0%.
  • 3 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.
  • US exports were $2.12B over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 42.3%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$13.4M

↑ +1182% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$66.0M

↑ +72% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

0.0%

0.0 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Peru

77.2% 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$1.0M
September 2025$8.9M
October 2025$11.6M
November 2025$945K
December 2025$328K
January 2026$8.8M
February 2026$639K
March 2026$603K
April 2026$820K
May 2026$7.8M
June 2026$2.7M
July 2026$9.4M
August 2026$13.4M

What changed

  • US imports were $13.4M in August 2026, up 42% from July 2026 and up 1182% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $66.0M, up 72% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Peru up from 4.5% to 77.2%, Ireland down from 90.6% to 0.0%.
  • Duty paid by the main suppliers held within 2 points of July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $66.0M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 343% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $2.12B, up 57%.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$14.9M
12 months to Aug 2018$21K
12 months to Aug 2019$7K
12 months to Aug 2020$0
12 months to Aug 2021$6.6M
12 months to Aug 2022$22.6M
12 months to Aug 2023$18.8M
12 months to Aug 2024$26.7M
12 months to Aug 2025$38.4M
12 months to Aug 2026$66.0M
  • Ireland
  • Peru
  • Canada
  • Finland
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodIrelandPeruCanadaFinland
12 months to Aug 20170.0%99.9%0.1%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%0.0%59.7%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 2020n/an/an/an/a
12 months to Aug 20210.0%66.0%33.9%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%86.6%13.1%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%0.0%19.9%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%76.0%23.4%0.3%
12 months to Aug 20250.0%81.0%16.0%3.1%
12 months to Aug 202639.2%38.7%15.6%3.9%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodIrelandPeruCanadaFinlandAll countries
12 months to Aug 2017n/a0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 2018n/an/a0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 2019n/an/a0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 2020n/an/an/an/an/a
12 months to Aug 2021n/a0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 2022n/a0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 2023n/an/a0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 2024n/a0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 2025n/a0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20260.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$66.0M+72%0.0%0.0 pts$2.12B+43%
12 months to Aug 2025$38.4M+44%0.0%0.0 pts$1.49B+54%
12 months to Aug 2024$26.7M+42%0.0%0.0 pts$964.2M−37%
12 months to Aug 2023$18.8M−17%0.0%0.0 pts$1.53B−13%
12 months to Aug 2022$22.6M+242%0.0%0.0 pts$1.75B+90%
12 months to Aug 2021$6.6M0.0%$917.6M−3.1%
12 months to Aug 2020$0−100%n/a$947.2M−36%
12 months to Aug 2019$7K−67%0.0%0.0 pts$1.48B−8.7%
12 months to Aug 2018$21K−100%0.0%0.0 pts$1.62B+20%
12 months to Aug 2017$14.9M0.0%$1.35B

Who supplies the US

August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025. Average prices aren't shown because this product's lines are counted in different units.

CountryUS importsShareAverage priceDuty paidLast 13 months
Peru$10.4M77.2%newn/a0.0%
Bolivia$1.7M12.5%newn/a0.0%
Canada$1.4M10.3%−89.7 ptsn/a0.0%0.0 pts
All countries$13.4M100.0%n/a0.0%0.0 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 93.4% of US imports over the last 12 months.

How the market is shifting

Ireland gained the most share: 39.2% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 0.0% in the 12 months before. Peru lost the most: 38.7%, down from 81.0%. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months.

  • Ireland
  • Peru
  • Canada
  • Finland
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthIrelandPeruCanadaFinland
September 20240.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
October 20240.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%
November 20240.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
December 20240.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
January 20250.0%90.1%1.6%8.3%
February 20250.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
March 20250.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
April 20250.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
May 20250.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
June 20250.0%93.5%6.5%0.0%
July 20250.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
August 20250.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
September 20250.0%90.4%9.6%0.0%
October 202582.5%0.0%7.9%9.5%
November 20250.0%0.0%98.0%0.0%
December 20250.0%0.0%97.4%0.0%
January 202687.8%0.0%12.2%0.0%
February 20260.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
March 20260.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
April 20260.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
May 20260.0%85.6%14.2%0.0%
June 20260.0%0.0%43.8%56.2%
July 202690.6%4.5%4.8%0.0%
August 20260.0%77.2%10.3%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthIrelandPeruCanadaFinlandAll countries
September 2024n/an/a0.0%n/a0.0%
October 2024n/a0.0%n/an/a0.0%
November 2024n/an/a0.0%n/a0.0%
December 2024n/an/a0.0%n/a0.0%
January 2025n/a0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
February 2025n/an/a0.0%n/a0.0%
March 2025n/an/a0.0%n/a0.0%
April 2025n/an/a0.0%n/a0.0%
May 2025n/an/a0.0%n/a0.0%
June 2025n/a0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
July 2025n/an/a0.0%n/a0.0%
August 2025n/an/a0.0%n/a0.0%
September 2025n/a0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
October 20250.0%n/a0.0%0.0%0.0%
November 2025n/an/a0.0%n/a0.0%
December 2025n/an/a0.0%n/a0.9%
January 20260.0%n/a0.0%n/a0.0%
February 2026n/an/a0.0%n/a0.0%
March 2026n/an/a0.0%n/a0.0%
April 2026n/an/a0.0%n/a0.0%
May 2026n/a0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
June 2026n/an/a0.0%0.0%0.0%
July 20260.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
August 2026n/a0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%

Tariff actions touching this product

Federal Register notices from the last 12 months that list this product's tariff codes. A notice can add a duty, exclude products from one or only mention them, so read each for what it changes. Search the Federal Register for 2608.00

Where it enters the US

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

  1. New Orleans, LA$46.4M · 70.3%
  2. Skagway, AK$10.3M · 15.6%
  3. Gramercy, LA$9.2M · 14.0%
  4. Newark, NJ$33K · 0.1%
  5. Norfolk-Newport News, VA$17K · 0.0%

Where US exports go

US exports were $783.6M in August 2026, up 131% from August 2025, and $2.12B over the last 12 months, up 43% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Netherlands, up 2025643%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$896.7M42.3%+102%
Korea, South$394.1M18.6%+37%
Australia$204.0M9.6%+95%
Japan$185.4M8.7%+49%
Belgium$170.9M8.1%+168%
Spain$120.5M5.7%−49%
Netherlands$80.4M3.8%+2025643%
Finland$50.0M2.4%+41%
Other countries (9)$19.2M0.9%+1666%
All countries$2.12B100.0%+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; 73 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
China$5.92Bin 2025+35%$4000.0%
Korea, South$1.72Bin 2025+3.8%$285.3M16.5%
Spain$1.08Bin 2025+6.5%$176.8M16.3%
Canada$1.01Bin 2025+19%$524.3M51.7%
Japan$718.6Min 2025+0.2%$128.6M17.9%
Finland$699.6Min 2025+18%$50.0M7.1%
Netherlands$419.8Min 2025+17%$4KUS records $47.7M0.0%
Australia$386.1Min 2025+42%$109.2M28.3%

The biggest market outside the US is China, which imported $5.92B of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

The US supplies 51.7% of imports into Canada and 28.3% into Australia, but under 10% into China and Finland.

Of these, imports into Australia grew fastest: up 42% from 2024 to 2025.

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, 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.
  • 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.
  • Tariff notices are from the Federal Register, matched to this product by the HTS numbers in their text.
  • 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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