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

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In short

  • The US imported $109.8M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 11% on the year before.
  • Australia is the largest supplier, with 38.2% of US imports; Philippines is next, with 19.4%.
  • Germany is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $1.88/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 3.9% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 0.1 points on a year earlier.
  • Australia is gaining share: 32.9% over the last 12 months, up from 27.2%.
  • 3 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.

US imports, Aug 2026

$9.3M

↑ +0.5% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$109.8M

↓ −11% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

3.9%

↓ −0.1 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Australia

38.2% 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. 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 ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$9.3M
September 2025$7.7M
October 2025$9.3M
November 2025$9.1M
December 2025$6.8M
January 2026$9.4M
February 2026$6.5M
March 2026$10.2M
April 2026$8.9M
May 2026$10.4M
June 2026$11.5M
July 2026$10.7M
August 2026$9.3M

What changed

  • US imports were $9.3M in August 2026, down 13% from July 2026 and up 0.5% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $109.8M, down 11% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Philippines up from 11.8% to 19.4%, Indonesia down from 5.4% to 0.0%.
  • Average price from Germany fell 15% since July 2026, to $1.75/kg.
  • Duty paid by the main suppliers held within 2 points of July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $109.8M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 7.2% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $46.9M, up 73%. 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 ↑China ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$102.5M
12 months to Aug 2018$116.8M
12 months to Aug 2019$115.3M
12 months to Aug 2020$113.0M
12 months to Aug 2021$145.8M
12 months to Aug 2022$140.1M
12 months to Aug 2023$144.9M
12 months to Aug 2024$118.4M
12 months to Aug 2025$123.0M
12 months to Aug 2026$109.8M
  • Australia
  • Philippines
  • Germany
  • China
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodAustraliaPhilippinesGermanyChina
12 months to Aug 201711.1%0.6%11.2%46.7%
12 months to Aug 201813.4%0.3%7.4%43.8%
12 months to Aug 201919.0%0.4%12.0%21.4%
12 months to Aug 202019.4%0.5%14.6%16.0%
12 months to Aug 202120.0%2.3%11.9%21.7%
12 months to Aug 202217.1%6.9%10.7%10.4%
12 months to Aug 202318.6%13.4%15.8%11.9%
12 months to Aug 202423.7%13.8%16.0%14.7%
12 months to Aug 202527.2%14.5%16.0%10.2%
12 months to Aug 202632.9%16.8%12.3%9.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodAustraliaPhilippinesGermanyChinaAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.1%3.2%3.7%3.1%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%0.0%3.0%3.7%3.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%0.9%3.3%13.4%4.4%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%0.0%3.3%25.5%5.9%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%0.4%3.4%27.8%7.6%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%2.2%3.2%28.3%5.0%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%0.4%3.2%28.1%5.1%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.0%3.3%28.5%5.8%
12 months to Aug 20250.0%0.2%4.1%36.3%5.3%
12 months to Aug 20260.6%2.6%5.1%36.0%5.5%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$109.8M−11%5.5%+0.2 pts$46.9M−35%
12 months to Aug 2025$123.0M+3.8%5.3%−0.4 pts$71.8M−16%
12 months to Aug 2024$118.4M−18%5.8%+0.6 pts$85.2M+51%
12 months to Aug 2023$144.9M+3.5%5.1%+0.1 pts$56.3M−1.4%
12 months to Aug 2022$140.1M−3.9%5.0%−2.6 pts$57.1M+17%
12 months to Aug 2021$145.8M+29%7.6%+1.7 pts$48.8M−7.6%
12 months to Aug 2020$113.0M−2.0%5.9%+1.5 pts$52.8M+32%
12 months to Aug 2019$115.3M−1.3%4.4%+1.3 pts$39.9M+27%
12 months to Aug 2018$116.8M+14%3.0%0.0 pts$31.3M+16%
12 months to Aug 2017$102.5M3.1%$27.1M

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
Australia$3.6M38.2%+10.4 pts$7.70/kg+12%0.0%0.0 pts
Philippines$1.8M19.4%+0.3 pts$10.17/kg+16%3.7%+3.7 pts
Germany$989K10.6%−10.7 pts$1.75/kg−31%5.9%+2.0 pts
China$658K7.1%+1.7 pts$1.34/kg−40%29.9%−20.0 pts
United Kingdom$618K6.6%−1.4 pts$6.25/kg−25%4.6%−0.7 pts
Finland$551K5.9%−0.8 pts$8.43/kg−20%3.7%+3.7 pts
Israel$239K2.6%+1.5 pts$4.20/kg+6.2%0.0%0.0 pts
France$203K2.2%+0.4 pts$5.44/kg+78%3.7%+3.7 pts
Other countries (9)$695K7.5%+5.0 pts$2.82/kg+7.8%3.7%+2.1 pts
All countries$9.3M100.0%$4.39/kg−3.5%3.9%−0.1 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 61.9% 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$1.63/kg$0.16/kg9.6% of price$0.10/kg6.0% of price$1.88/kg−13%
China$1.86/kg$0.20/kg10.7% of price$0.54/kg29.0% of price$2.60/kg−28%
Israel$4.49/kg$0.11/kg2.5% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$4.60/kg−3.1%
United Kingdom$5.93/kg$0.15/kg2.6% of price$0.25/kg4.2% of price$6.34/kg−28%
Australia$7.67/kg$0.30/kg4.0% of price$0.07/kg0.9% of price$8.05/kg+12%
Philippines$10.04/kg$0.27/kg2.7% of price$0.37/kg3.7% of price$10.68/kg+16%
Finland$11.82/kg$0.45/kg3.8% of price$0.45/kg3.8% of price$12.72/kg+1.7%
All countries$4.27/kg$0.22/kg5.1% of price$0.21/kg5.0% of price$4.70/kg−3.5%

Landed at a US port, Germany was cheapest, at $1.88/kg: 27.5% below China.

Landed cost from China fell 28% on a year earlier, to $2.60/kg, mostly on duty: $1.11/kg then, $0.54/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Australia gained the most share: 32.9% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 27.2% in the 12 months before. Turkey lost the most: 0.4%, down from 4.6%. 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.

  • Australia
  • Philippines
  • Germany
  • China
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthAustraliaPhilippinesGermanyChina
September 202417.1%16.8%15.3%21.6%
October 202425.6%8.7%19.5%12.4%
November 202421.5%20.7%15.3%10.1%
December 202430.7%18.4%15.1%7.7%
January 202534.1%17.9%14.3%10.1%
February 202533.2%4.4%33.0%8.1%
March 202548.6%9.4%10.3%11.9%
April 202512.4%30.3%16.9%10.5%
May 202518.3%5.6%8.3%5.8%
June 202524.6%22.1%15.9%9.8%
July 202533.0%4.5%10.3%8.3%
August 202527.8%19.1%21.3%5.4%
September 202518.0%23.5%11.2%6.9%
October 202542.2%9.1%14.8%9.1%
November 202527.3%13.1%11.2%9.8%
December 202532.3%32.9%7.3%9.3%
January 202635.4%21.9%8.7%6.4%
February 202620.4%32.1%14.1%15.6%
March 202629.4%10.0%12.9%12.7%
April 202631.3%13.5%21.9%4.3%
May 202632.1%12.5%10.9%6.4%
June 202643.3%13.7%10.3%10.8%
July 202635.9%11.8%13.2%10.3%
August 202638.2%19.4%10.6%7.1%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthAustraliaPhilippinesGermanyChinaAll countries
September 20240.0%0.0%3.2%28.7%7.4%
October 20240.0%0.0%3.2%28.2%5.2%
November 20240.0%0.0%3.3%28.7%4.5%
December 20240.0%0.0%3.1%27.8%3.5%
January 20250.0%0.0%3.3%28.7%4.2%
February 20250.0%0.0%3.6%29.0%4.2%
March 20250.0%0.0%2.7%40.8%5.8%
April 20250.0%0.7%3.7%48.6%6.8%
May 20250.0%0.6%5.3%50.0%4.6%
June 20250.2%0.0%8.0%48.7%7.3%
July 20250.0%0.0%7.3%47.8%5.9%
August 20250.0%0.0%4.0%49.9%4.0%
September 20250.0%3.7%5.0%49.5%6.2%
October 20250.0%3.7%1.7%49.3%5.4%
November 20250.0%0.0%3.1%45.7%7.5%
December 20250.0%0.0%3.6%40.8%4.4%
January 20260.0%0.0%4.4%38.8%3.2%
February 20260.4%3.7%6.0%38.6%9.0%
March 20261.1%3.7%6.5%30.3%6.9%
April 20261.2%3.7%5.3%29.5%4.3%
May 20261.0%3.7%6.6%29.4%4.7%
June 20261.5%3.7%7.7%28.8%5.6%
July 20260.9%3.7%4.5%28.9%5.3%
August 20260.0%3.7%5.9%29.9%3.9%

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 2026 · Duty paid: China 43.3% → 29.9%.
  2. March 2025 · Duty paid: China 28.7% → 48.7%.
  3. July 2019 · Duty paid: China 13.0% → 25.2%.
  4. October 2018 · Duty paid: China 3.7% → 13.4%.

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 2836.99

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Charleston, SC$31.6M · 28.8%
  2. Newark, NJ$20.2M · 18.4%
  3. Houston, TX$18.9M · 17.2%
  4. Savannah, GA$8.9M · 8.1%
  5. Norfolk-Newport News, VA$8.2M · 7.5%

Where US exports go

US exports were $4.8M in August 2026, up 65% from August 2025, and $46.9M over the last 12 months, down 35% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Spain, up 446%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Mexico$21.6M45.9%+17%
Canada$15.5M33.1%−2.5%
Spain$1.8M3.8%+446%
Japan$1.4M2.9%+110%
Ecuador$1.1M2.3%+12%
Brazil$775K1.7%−16%
Belgium$553K1.2%+2727%
Bangladesh$515K1.1%+767%
Other countries (44)$3.8M8.1%−89%
All countries$46.9M100.0%−35%

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
Malaysia$86.2Min 2025+271%$14K0.0%
India$48.7Min 2025+3.4%$226K0.5%
Poland$46.6Min 2025+3.1%$76K0.2%
United Kingdom$43.2Min 2025+19%$223K0.5%
Italy$40.0Min 2025+1.4%$91K0.2%
Korea, South$39.7Min 2025+28%$77K0.2%
Spain$37.2Min 2025−17%$135K0.4%
Thailand$33.4Min 2025+12%$34K0.1%

The biggest market outside the US is Malaysia, which imported $86.2M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Malaysia grew fastest: up 271% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 2836: carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Disodium carbonateHS 2836.20$6.2M$1.22B
Lithium carbonatesHS 2836.91$153.8M$28.2M
Sodium hydrogencarbonate (sodium bicarbonate)HS 2836.30$19.4M$101.1M
Calcium carbonateHS 2836.50$28.5M$45.2M
Potassium carbonatesHS 2836.40$16.8M$38.8M
Barium carbonateHS 2836.60$12.4M$1.2M
Strontium carbonateHS 2836.92$11.4M$265K
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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