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

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Phosphorus trichloride

In short

  • The US imported $5.8M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 43% on the year before.
  • Germany is the largest supplier, with 79.3% of US imports; India is next, with 20.7%.
  • Germany is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $2.22/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 10.8% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 2.9 points on a year earlier.
  • Germany is gaining share: 88.8% over the last 12 months, up from 67.6%.
  • US exports were $899K over the last 12 months; the largest market is Germany, with 65.6%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$441K

↓ −30% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$5.8M

↓ −43% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

10.8%

↓ −2.9 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Germany

79.3% 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$629K
September 2025$569K
October 2025$504K
November 2025$654K
December 2025$165K
January 2026$337K
February 2026$313K
March 2026$420K
April 2026$479K
May 2026$709K
June 2026$732K
July 2026$506K
August 2026$441K

What changed

  • US imports were $441K in August 2026, down 13% from July 2026 and down 30% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $5.8M, down 43% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: India up from 9.1% to 20.7%, Germany down from 90.9% to 79.3%.
  • Average price from India fell 24% since July 2026, to $1.75/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from India rose from 3.7% to 13.7% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Germany fell from 12.9% to 10.0% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $5.8M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 7.6% on the 12 months to Aug 2018. US exports were $899K, up 100%. This code began with the HS 2017 revision in January 2017, taking goods from 2812.10, so its history starts there. 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.

201820192020202120222023202420252026Duty ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2018$5.4M
12 months to Aug 2019$5.4M
12 months to Aug 2020$3.4M
12 months to Aug 2021$2.5M
12 months to Aug 2022$9.1M
12 months to Aug 2023$9.9M
12 months to Aug 2024$10.1M
12 months to Aug 2025$10.2M
12 months to Aug 2026$5.8M
  • Germany
  • India
  • Italy
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodGermanyIndiaItaly
12 months to Aug 201892.8%5.5%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201995.2%4.8%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202081.4%16.8%1.8%
12 months to Aug 202154.5%25.7%19.8%
12 months to Aug 202224.6%50.8%5.5%
12 months to Aug 202353.6%32.9%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202470.1%23.2%1.2%
12 months to Aug 202567.6%29.2%0.4%
12 months to Aug 202688.8%9.3%1.9%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodGermanyIndiaItalyAll countries
12 months to Aug 20183.7%0.0%n/a3.5%
12 months to Aug 20193.7%1.1%n/a3.6%
12 months to Aug 20203.7%3.7%3.7%3.7%
12 months to Aug 20213.7%3.7%3.7%3.7%
12 months to Aug 20223.7%3.7%3.7%8.4%
12 months to Aug 20233.7%3.7%n/a7.1%
12 months to Aug 20243.7%3.7%3.7%5.1%
12 months to Aug 20257.5%5.6%3.7%7.7%
12 months to Aug 202614.0%24.4%13.7%14.9%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$5.8M−43%14.9%+7.2 pts$899K−12%
12 months to Aug 2025$10.2M+1.0%7.7%+2.6 pts$1.0M−57%
12 months to Aug 2024$10.1M+2.4%5.1%−2.0 pts$2.4M+4.6%
12 months to Aug 2023$9.9M+8.0%7.1%−1.3 pts$2.3M+171%
12 months to Aug 2022$9.1M+261%8.4%+4.7 pts$843K−75%
12 months to Aug 2021$2.5M−25%3.7%0.0 pts$3.4M+546%
12 months to Aug 2020$3.4M−37%3.7%+0.1 pts$531K+5.4%
12 months to Aug 2019$5.4M−1.2%3.6%+0.1 pts$504K+12%
12 months to Aug 2018$5.4M3.5%$449K

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
Germany$350K79.3%+22.7 pts$2.00/kg+10%10.0%−3.7 pts
India$91K20.7%−22.7 pts$1.75/kg−38%13.7%0.0 pts
All countries$441K100.0%$1.94/kg−9.6%10.8%−2.9 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 100.0% 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
Germany$1.85/kg$0.14/kg7.3% of price$0.23/kg12.6% of price$2.22/kg−0.2%
India$1.99/kg$0.15/kg7.5% of price$0.22/kg11.2% of price$2.36/kg−23%
All countries$1.87/kg$0.14/kg7.4% of price$0.23/kg12.4% of price$2.24/kg−4.4%

Landed at a US port, Germany was cheapest, at $2.22/kg: 6.0% below India.

Landed cost from India fell 23% on a year earlier, to $2.36/kg, mostly on price: $2.64/kg then, $1.99/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Germany gained the most share: 88.8% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 67.6% in the 12 months before. India lost the most: 9.3%, down from 29.2%. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 3 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.

  • Germany
  • India
  • Italy
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthGermanyIndiaItaly
September 202460.4%31.7%0.0%
October 202456.4%43.6%0.0%
November 202462.2%34.4%3.3%
December 202472.6%27.4%0.0%
January 202559.5%27.8%0.0%
February 202557.2%34.5%0.0%
March 202559.5%33.6%0.0%
April 202574.1%25.9%0.0%
May 202576.5%23.5%0.0%
June 202591.4%8.6%0.0%
July 202587.5%12.5%0.0%
August 202556.7%43.3%0.0%
September 202590.0%10.0%0.0%
October 202582.2%17.8%0.0%
November 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%
December 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%
January 202690.3%9.7%0.0%
February 202689.5%10.5%0.0%
March 202691.2%8.8%0.0%
April 202694.9%5.1%0.0%
May 202672.1%12.0%15.9%
June 202693.7%6.3%0.0%
July 202690.9%9.1%0.0%
August 202679.3%20.7%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthGermanyIndiaItalyAll countries
September 20243.7%3.7%n/a5.7%
October 20243.7%3.7%n/a3.7%
November 20243.7%3.7%3.7%3.7%
December 20243.7%3.7%n/a3.7%
January 20253.7%3.7%n/a6.9%
February 20253.7%3.7%n/a5.8%
March 20253.7%3.7%n/a6.8%
April 20253.7%3.7%n/a3.7%
May 202513.7%9.6%n/a12.7%
June 202513.7%13.7%n/a13.7%
July 202513.7%13.7%n/a13.7%
August 202513.7%13.7%n/a13.7%
September 202515.0%28.7%n/a16.4%
October 202515.0%53.7%n/a21.9%
November 202515.0%n/an/a15.0%
December 202515.0%n/an/a15.0%
January 202615.0%53.7%n/a18.8%
February 202614.8%28.7%n/a16.2%
March 202613.7%13.7%n/a13.7%
April 202613.7%13.7%n/a13.7%
May 202613.7%13.7%13.7%13.7%
June 202613.7%13.7%n/a13.7%
July 202612.9%3.7%n/a12.1%
August 202610.0%13.7%n/a10.8%

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. May–June 2025 · Duty paid: Germany 3.7% → 13.7%, India 3.7% → 13.7%, all countries 6.3% → 13.7%.
  2. November 2022 · Duty paid: all countries 12.6% → 3.7%.
  3. June 2022 · Duty paid: all countries 3.7% → 14.3%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Norfolk-Newport News, VA$2.1M · 36.4%
  2. Charleston, SC$2.0M · 33.6%
  3. Philadelphia, PA$1.4M · 23.4%
  4. Newark, NJ$274K · 4.7%
  5. Savannah, GA$75K · 1.3%

Where US exports go

US exports were $146K in August 2026, up 23% from August 2025, and $899K over the last 12 months, down 12% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Germany, up 111%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Germany$590K65.6%+111%
Israel$158K17.5%−56%
Canada$83K9.2%+82%
China$39K4.3%new
Italy$20K2.2%new
Belgium$10K1.1%+100%
All countries$899K100.0%−12%

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; 30 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
United Kingdom$15.9Min 2025−5.6%$00.0%
Korea, South$12.5Min 2025−24%$00.0%
Taiwan$5.4Min 2024−12%$00.0%
Germany$2.8Min 2025+26%$11K0.4%
Switzerland$1.3Min 2025+11%$00.0%
Italy$1.0Min 2025−32%$00.0%
Spain$445Kin 2025−33%$00.0%
Mexico$257Kin 2024n/a$0US records $1.5M0.0%

The biggest market outside the US is the United Kingdom, which imported $15.9M of this product in 2025, none of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Germany grew fastest: up 26% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 2812: halides and halide oxides of nonmetals. 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 (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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