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

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Calcium chloride

In short

  • The US imported $89.1M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 23% on the year before.
  • Canada is the largest supplier, with 42.5% of US imports; Mexico is next, with 22.8%.
  • Egypt is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $0.14/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 8.0% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 11.5 points on a year earlier.
  • Canada is gaining share: 19.7% over the last 12 months, up from 10.8%.
  • US exports were $51.6M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 82.3%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$11.6M

↑ +88% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$89.1M

↑ +23% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

8.0%

↓ −11.5 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Canada

42.5% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugChina ↓Czech Republic ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$6.2M
September 2025$5.2M
October 2025$6.6M
November 2025$6.8M
December 2025$5.0M
January 2026$6.6M
February 2026$6.1M
March 2026$7.7M
April 2026$6.5M
May 2026$9.2M
June 2026$7.4M
July 2026$10.6M
August 2026$11.6M

What changed

  • US imports were $11.6M in August 2026, up 9.2% from July 2026 and up 88% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $89.1M, up 23% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Canada up from 26.8% to 42.5%, Mexico down from 31.1% to 22.8%.
  • Average price from China rose 21% since July 2026, to $0.34/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from Egypt rose from 10.0% to 12.5% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $89.1M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 80% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $51.6M, up 53%. 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026China ↑Duty ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$49.6M
12 months to Aug 2018$65.5M
12 months to Aug 2019$72.1M
12 months to Aug 2020$60.1M
12 months to Aug 2021$58.8M
12 months to Aug 2022$56.4M
12 months to Aug 2023$70.2M
12 months to Aug 2024$64.2M
12 months to Aug 2025$72.8M
12 months to Aug 2026$89.1M
  • Mexico
  • China
  • Canada
  • Czech Republic
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodMexicoChinaCanadaCzech Republic
12 months to Aug 201741.9%28.9%4.3%7.3%
12 months to Aug 201845.1%31.4%1.4%6.7%
12 months to Aug 201940.5%34.8%6.8%6.1%
12 months to Aug 202037.3%30.5%9.4%7.4%
12 months to Aug 202140.4%29.5%2.5%7.8%
12 months to Aug 202243.3%28.9%3.2%10.3%
12 months to Aug 202353.1%21.6%6.5%7.9%
12 months to Aug 202446.2%26.1%8.9%11.3%
12 months to Aug 202539.5%29.5%10.8%10.0%
12 months to Aug 202638.8%19.8%19.7%7.6%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodMexicoChinaCanadaCzech RepublicAll 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%11.3%0.0%0.0%3.9%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%24.6%0.0%0.0%7.5%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%24.7%0.0%0.0%7.3%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%23.5%0.0%0.0%6.8%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%24.6%0.0%0.0%5.3%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%24.1%0.0%0.0%6.3%
12 months to Aug 20250.0%33.9%0.2%3.6%10.9%
12 months to Aug 20260.0%40.4%0.0%11.7%10.4%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$89.1M+23%10.4%−0.5 pts$51.6M−70%
12 months to Aug 2025$72.8M+13%10.9%+4.7 pts$174.1M+273%
12 months to Aug 2024$64.2M−8.5%6.3%+1.0 pts$46.6M−11%
12 months to Aug 2023$70.2M+24%5.3%−1.5 pts$52.1M−17%
12 months to Aug 2022$56.4M−4.0%6.8%−0.5 pts$62.8M+59%
12 months to Aug 2021$58.8M−2.3%7.3%−0.2 pts$39.4M+8.8%
12 months to Aug 2020$60.1M−17%7.5%+3.6 pts$36.2M−2.0%
12 months to Aug 2019$72.1M+10%3.9%+3.9 pts$37.0M+0.4%
12 months to Aug 2018$65.5M+32%0.0%0.0 pts$36.8M+9.2%
12 months to Aug 2017$49.6M0.0%$33.7M

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
Canada$4.9M42.5%+37.2 pts$0.59/kg+43%0.0%0.0 pts
Mexico$2.6M22.8%−15.0 pts$0.40/kg+23%0.0%0.0 pts
China$1.9M16.3%−13.8 pts$0.34/kg−33%36.6%−18.4 pts
Czech Republic$833K7.2%−4.0 pts$2.03/kg+14%10.0%−1.6 pts
Egypt$496K4.3%−4.5 pts$0.13/kg−28%12.5%+2.5 pts
India$301K2.6%0.0 pts$0.17/kg−75%10.0%−0.7 pts
Vietnam$213K1.8%+0.7 pts$1.50/kg+4.9%12.5%+2.5 pts
Germany$114K1.0%−0.9 pts$7.95/kg+105%7.8%−1.7 pts
Other countries (6)$184K1.6%+1.3 pts$0.30/kg−83%11.2%+1.2 pts
All countries$11.6M100.0%$0.42/kg+5.9%8.0%−11.5 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 78.3% 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
Egypt$0.13/kg$0.00/kg0.4% of price$0.01/kg11.2% of price$0.14/kg−29%
Mexico$0.37/kg$0.00/kg0.1% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$0.37/kg+28%
Canada$0.52/kg$0.01/kg1.0% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$0.53/kg+85%
China$0.34/kg$0.10/kg28.3% of price$0.12/kg34.8% of price$0.56/kg−38%
Czech Republic$2.01/kg$0.24/kg12.0% of price$0.20/kg9.8% of price$2.45/kg+7.7%
All countries$0.39/kg$0.03/kg8.2% of price$0.03/kg8.8% of price$0.46/kg+0.3%

Landed at a US port, Egypt was cheapest, at $0.14/kg: 60.7% below Mexico.

Landed cost from Canada rose 85% on a year earlier, to $0.53/kg, mostly on price: $0.28/kg then, $0.52/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Canada gained the most share: 19.7% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 10.8% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 19.8%, down from 29.5%. 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.

  • Mexico
  • China
  • Canada
  • Czech Republic
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthMexicoChinaCanadaCzech Republic
September 202434.6%36.5%13.1%3.0%
October 202429.9%45.1%10.1%10.7%
November 202436.9%35.8%9.0%9.7%
December 202439.9%29.9%12.1%13.8%
January 202548.0%32.2%8.5%6.0%
February 202535.9%28.4%9.4%20.9%
March 202541.4%26.9%16.6%8.0%
April 202542.5%33.5%10.9%9.2%
May 202542.8%12.7%11.5%7.7%
June 202550.0%14.8%11.2%14.2%
July 202536.2%26.1%12.8%8.1%
August 202537.7%30.1%5.3%11.2%
September 202555.4%25.9%5.3%3.0%
October 202553.7%17.5%6.8%2.9%
November 202543.1%18.1%5.2%13.9%
December 202548.9%26.3%9.0%7.2%
January 202651.5%13.5%3.7%6.1%
February 202633.8%22.2%17.6%9.8%
March 202645.1%18.3%14.5%11.2%
April 202638.7%20.5%26.0%6.7%
May 202628.0%16.6%24.8%10.6%
June 202638.9%22.1%26.0%5.4%
July 202631.1%24.1%26.8%6.0%
August 202622.8%16.3%42.5%7.2%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthMexicoChinaCanadaCzech RepublicAll countries
September 20240.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%9.1%
October 20240.0%24.4%0.0%0.0%11.0%
November 20240.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%9.0%
December 20240.0%24.0%0.0%0.0%7.2%
January 20250.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%8.1%
February 20250.0%25.6%0.0%0.0%7.3%
March 20250.0%39.4%0.7%0.0%10.7%
April 20250.0%44.0%1.2%2.6%15.2%
May 20250.0%50.0%0.6%10.0%7.5%
June 20250.0%50.5%0.0%10.0%9.5%
July 20250.0%47.8%0.0%10.0%16.4%
August 20250.0%55.0%0.0%11.6%19.5%
September 20250.0%55.0%0.5%14.0%16.2%
October 20250.0%54.0%0.0%15.0%13.3%
November 20250.0%48.0%0.4%15.0%13.7%
December 20250.0%44.4%0.0%15.0%14.1%
January 20260.0%44.8%0.0%15.0%9.2%
February 20260.0%41.3%0.0%14.7%12.4%
March 20260.0%38.4%0.0%9.6%8.7%
April 20260.0%32.9%0.1%10.0%8.2%
May 20260.0%35.0%0.0%9.6%8.5%
June 20260.0%32.5%0.0%10.0%8.5%
July 20260.0%34.9%0.0%9.5%9.9%
August 20260.0%36.6%0.0%10.0%8.0%

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. March 2026 · Duty paid: Czech Republic 15.0% → 9.8%.
  2. December 2025 · Duty paid: China 54.5% → 42.8%.
  3. April–June 2025 · Duty paid: China 25.3% → 49.0%, Czech Republic 0.0% → 10.0%, all countries 9.4% → 15.9%.
  4. June 2020 · Duty paid: all countries 4.0% → 9.9%.
  5. June 2019 · Duty paid: China 9.9% → 24.9%.
  6. October 2018 · Duty paid: China 0.0% → 9.9%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Laredo, TX$33.4M · 37.5%
  2. Sweetgrass, MT$6.1M · 6.9%
  3. Los Angeles, CA$5.1M · 5.7%
  4. Portal, ND$3.9M · 4.3%
  5. Albany, NY$3.8M · 4.3%

Where US exports go

US exports were $5.3M in August 2026, up 19% from August 2025, and $51.6M over the last 12 months, down 70% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Hong Kong, up 10405%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$42.5M82.3%+3.4%
Hong Kong$1.7M3.2%+10405%
Suriname$1.2M2.4%+814%
Mexico$1.1M2.1%−99%
Brazil$915K1.8%+41%
Guyana$552K1.1%−24%
Korea, South$549K1.1%+31%
Panama$341K0.7%+507%
Other countries (55)$2.8M5.4%+24%
All countries$51.6M100.0%−70%

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; 119 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Mexico$195.1Min 2025+4070%$192.4M98.6%
Saudi Arabia$58.0Min 2025−34%$26K0.0%
Canada$52.4Min 2025+16%$39.8M75.9%
Korea, South$41.1Min 2025−5.6%$59K0.1%
Germany$33.7Min 2025+5.6%$96K0.3%
Japan$27.8Min 2025+19%$22K0.1%
France$26.8Min 2025+7.3%$11K0.0%
United Kingdom$23.4Min 2025+18%$240K1.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Mexico, which imported $195.1M of this product in 2025, 98.6% of that from the US.

The US supplies 98.6% of imports into Mexico and 75.9% into Canada, but under 10% into Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Germany.

Of these, imports into Mexico grew fastest: up 4070% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 2827: chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Chlorides, not elsewhere specifiedHS 2827.39$162.4M$133.7M
Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides, not elsewhere specifiedHS 2827.49$47.6M$42.9M
Bromides and bromide oxides, not elsewhere specifiedHS 2827.59$38.1M$34.5M
Magnesium chlorideHS 2827.31$47.9M$14.4M
Bromides of sodium or of potassiumHS 2827.51$22.4M$37.7M
Aluminum chlorideHS 2827.32$13.7M$43.0M
Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides of copperHS 2827.41$45.1M$9.7M
Iodides and iodide oxidesHS 2827.60$19.5M$24.9M
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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