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HS 2834.10

Nitrites

In short

  • The US imported $12.6M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 17% on the year before.
  • India is the largest supplier, with 87.6% of US imports; China is next, with 12.4%.
  • China has the lowest price, but landed at a US port with freight and duty India is cheaper: $1.85/kg against $1.89/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 17.8% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 20.8 points on a year earlier.
  • China is gaining share: 47.7% over the last 12 months, up from 40.7%.
  • 2 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.

US imports, Aug 2026

$642K

↓ −18% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$12.6M

↑ +17% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

17.8%

↓ −20.8 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

India

87.6% 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 ↑Duty ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$783K
September 2025$687K
October 2025$752K
November 2025$1.0M
December 2025$711K
January 2026$1.1M
February 2026$980K
March 2026$1.3M
April 2026$1.8M
May 2026$1.5M
June 2026$1.3M
July 2026$729K
August 2026$642K

What changed

  • US imports were $642K in August 2026, down 12% from July 2026 and down 18% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $12.6M, up 17% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: China up from 6.3% to 12.4%, India down from 92.2% to 87.6%.
  • Average price from India fell 29% since July 2026, to $1.35/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from China rose from 28.1% to 34.4% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from India rose from 11.9% to 15.5% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $12.6M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 45% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $9.1M, up 29%. 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 ↑Duty ↑Duty ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$8.7M
12 months to Aug 2018$7.5M
12 months to Aug 2019$8.0M
12 months to Aug 2020$7.0M
12 months to Aug 2021$9.4M
12 months to Aug 2022$7.8M
12 months to Aug 2023$16.5M
12 months to Aug 2024$11.5M
12 months to Aug 2025$10.7M
12 months to Aug 2026$12.6M
  • India
  • China
  • Germany
  • Brazil
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodIndiaChinaGermanyBrazil
12 months to Aug 201743.9%54.5%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201855.6%42.4%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201955.9%42.5%0.1%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202050.9%41.9%0.3%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202164.6%25.7%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202265.6%27.9%0.3%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202376.0%21.0%0.4%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202479.9%17.9%1.3%0.3%
12 months to Aug 202556.5%40.7%1.7%0.2%
12 months to Aug 202651.2%47.7%0.6%0.2%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodIndiaChinaGermanyBrazilAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.1%3.1%n/an/a1.8%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%3.1%3.1%n/a1.4%
12 months to Aug 20193.8%16.2%5.5%n/a9.1%
12 months to Aug 20205.2%28.1%5.0%3.1%14.8%
12 months to Aug 20215.1%28.1%n/a3.1%10.9%
12 months to Aug 20225.1%28.1%5.5%n/a11.3%
12 months to Aug 20235.3%28.2%5.4%n/a10.1%
12 months to Aug 20245.3%28.1%5.5%3.1%9.4%
12 months to Aug 20257.9%31.8%8.4%3.1%17.7%
12 months to Aug 202625.8%43.7%14.9%13.1%34.2%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$12.6M+17%34.2%+16.5 pts$9.1M+25%
12 months to Aug 2025$10.7M−6.8%17.7%+8.3 pts$7.3M−18%
12 months to Aug 2024$11.5M−31%9.4%−0.7 pts$8.9M−13%
12 months to Aug 2023$16.5M+111%10.1%−1.2 pts$10.2M−6.7%
12 months to Aug 2022$7.8M−17%11.3%+0.4 pts$11.0M+47%
12 months to Aug 2021$9.4M+34%10.9%−3.9 pts$7.5M+5.3%
12 months to Aug 2020$7.0M−12%14.8%+5.7 pts$7.1M−4.7%
12 months to Aug 2019$8.0M+5.4%9.1%+7.7 pts$7.4M+7.4%
12 months to Aug 2018$7.5M−13%1.4%−0.4 pts$6.9M−2.4%
12 months to Aug 2017$8.7M1.8%$7.1M

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
India$563K87.6%+43.0 pts$1.35/kg+47%15.5%−0.5 pts
China$79K12.4%−40.6 pts$1.04/kg+3.4%34.4%−23.7 pts
All countries$642K100.0%$1.30/kg+33%17.8%−20.8 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 99.5% 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
India$1.52/kg$0.11/kg7.5% of price$0.22/kg14.2% of price$1.85/kg+40%
China$1.21/kg$0.24/kg19.6% of price$0.45/kg37.2% of price$1.89/kg+1.8%
All countries$1.41/kg$0.16/kg11.3% of price$0.30/kg21.4% of price$1.87/kg+23%

Landed at a US port, India was cheapest, at $1.85/kg: 2.3% below China.

China had the lowest price before freight and duty, $1.21/kg, but they added 56.8% to it.

Landed cost from India rose 40% on a year earlier, to $1.85/kg, mostly on price: $1.05/kg then, $1.52/kg now.

How the market is shifting

China gained the most share: 47.7% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 40.7% in the 12 months before. India lost the most: 51.2%, down from 56.5%. 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.

  • India
  • China
  • Germany
  • Brazil
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthIndiaChinaGermanyBrazil
September 202445.6%49.9%2.1%0.5%
October 202430.8%65.9%1.5%0.0%
November 202450.4%49.4%0.0%0.0%
December 202440.7%56.5%1.7%0.0%
January 202551.3%48.3%0.4%0.0%
February 202572.7%22.4%3.6%0.0%
March 202573.8%26.2%0.0%0.0%
April 202583.8%10.2%4.5%0.4%
May 202597.0%0.0%3.0%0.0%
June 202597.3%0.0%0.0%0.7%
July 202584.1%11.9%4.0%0.0%
August 202544.7%52.9%0.6%0.7%
September 202581.9%14.9%3.1%0.0%
October 202550.2%45.6%3.4%0.0%
November 202546.5%53.5%0.0%0.0%
December 202536.7%62.4%0.6%0.3%
January 202636.9%61.2%1.9%0.0%
February 202615.3%84.0%0.0%0.7%
March 202664.0%35.7%0.0%0.3%
April 202642.1%57.5%0.0%0.2%
May 202652.1%46.1%0.2%0.6%
June 202644.7%55.3%0.0%0.0%
July 202692.2%6.3%0.0%0.6%
August 202687.6%12.4%0.0%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthIndiaChinaGermanyBrazilAll countries
September 20244.9%28.1%5.5%n/a16.5%
October 20245.1%28.1%5.5%n/a20.2%
November 20244.6%28.1%n/an/a16.2%
December 20245.5%28.1%5.5%3.1%18.3%
January 20255.5%28.1%5.5%n/a16.3%
February 20254.8%28.1%5.5%n/a10.0%
March 20255.5%33.4%n/an/a12.8%
April 20255.4%48.1%7.1%n/a9.9%
May 202513.3%n/a15.5%n/a13.3%
June 202515.5%n/an/an/a15.8%
July 202514.6%58.1%15.5%n/a19.8%
August 202516.0%58.1%15.0%n/a38.6%
September 202529.3%58.1%15.0%n/a33.1%
October 202555.1%58.1%15.0%n/a54.9%
November 202554.4%50.8%n/an/a52.5%
December 202551.9%48.1%15.0%n/a49.3%
January 202652.4%48.3%15.0%n/a49.1%
February 202638.1%46.4%n/an/a45.1%
March 202615.1%38.1%n/an/a23.3%
April 202615.1%38.1%n/an/a28.3%
May 202615.5%38.1%13.1%n/a26.0%
June 202615.5%38.1%n/a13.1%28.0%
July 202611.9%28.1%n/an/a12.9%
August 202615.5%34.4%n/an/a17.8%

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. January–February 2026 · Duty paid: India 53.4% → 15.3%, China 54.5% → 42.3%, all countries 50.2% → 28.2%.
  2. September 2025 · Duty paid: India 15.1% → 53.1%, all countries 18.6% → 50.0%.
  3. April 2025 · Duty paid: India 5.5% → 14.0%.
  4. August 2024 · Duty paid: all countries 7.8% → 15.5%.
  5. January 2023 · Duty paid: all countries 17.7% → 9.2%.
  6. August 2022 · Duty paid: all countries 9.6% → 17.7%.
  7. May–July 2019 · Duty paid: China 13.1% → 28.1%, all countries 7.8% → 15.6%.
  8. October–December 2018 · Duty paid: India 0.0% → 5.4%, China 3.1% → 13.1%.

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 2834.10

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Newark, NJ$5.1M · 40.8%
  2. Charleston, SC$3.9M · 31.4%
  3. Oakland, CA$824K · 6.6%
  4. Norfolk-Newport News, VA$489K · 3.9%
  5. Tampa, FL$459K · 3.7%

Where US exports go

US exports were $401K in August 2026, down 73% from August 2025, and $9.1M over the last 12 months, up 25% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Dominican Republic, up 3672%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$4.7M51.1%−11%
Mexico$1.3M14.0%+88%
Dominican Republic$688K7.6%+3672%
Trinidad and Tobago$662K7.3%+1100%
Saudi Arabia$548K6.0%+247%
Korea, South$388K4.3%+133%
South Africa$217K2.4%new
Australia$123K1.3%new
Other countries (29)$559K6.1%+96%
All countries$9.1M100.0%+25%

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; 111 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Zambia$19.9Min 2024+21%$00.0%
India$7.6Min 2025+38%$7K0.1%
Algeria$7.2Min 2024n/a$1200.0%
Netherlands$6.4Min 2025−38%$970.0%
Canada$6.0Min 2025−6.1%$4.4M73.7%
Japan$4.9Min 2025−3.3%$4K0.1%
France$4.7Min 2025+14%$13K0.3%
Korea, South$4.0Min 2025−25%$56K1.4%

The biggest market outside the US is Zambia, which imported $19.9M of this product in 2024, none of it from the US.

The US supplies 73.7% of imports into Canada, but under 10% into Zambia, India and Algeria.

Of these, imports into India grew fastest: up 38% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 2834: nitrites; nitrates. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Potassium nitrateHS 2834.21$94.0M$14.1M
Nitrates, except nitrates of potassium or of bismuth, not elsewhere specifiedHS 2834.29$25.3M$21.3M
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.
  • 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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