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

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In short

  • The US imported $33.3M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 9.7% on the year before.
  • Germany is the largest supplier, with 28.8% of US imports; India is next, with 28.0%.
  • Sweden is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $1.47/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 9.2% of the value of imports in August 2026, up 9.2 points on a year earlier.
  • Sweden is gaining share: 22.2% over the last 12 months, up from 8.5%.
  • 4 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.

US imports, Aug 2026

$2.8M

↑ +40% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$33.3M

↑ +9.7% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

9.2%

↑ +9.2 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Germany

28.8% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugIndia ↓India ↑
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$2.0M
September 2025$3.2M
October 2025$2.0M
November 2025$3.0M
December 2025$2.1M
January 2026$2.2M
February 2026$2.6M
March 2026$3.7M
April 2026$1.4M
May 2026$3.5M
June 2026$2.9M
July 2026$3.9M
August 2026$2.8M

What changed

  • US imports were $2.8M in August 2026, down 28% from July 2026 and up 40% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $33.3M, up 9.7% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Germany up from 0.1% to 28.8%, Sweden down from 35.3% to 0.0%.
  • Average price from Germany fell 99% since July 2026, to $1.94/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from Korea, South rose from 3.5% to 12.5% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from India rose from 7.0% to 15.5% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $33.3M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 20% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $27.3M, up 26%. 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026India ↑India ↓
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$41.3M
12 months to Aug 2018$38.7M
12 months to Aug 2019$34.3M
12 months to Aug 2020$26.3M
12 months to Aug 2021$32.1M
12 months to Aug 2022$50.0M
12 months to Aug 2023$39.4M
12 months to Aug 2024$26.1M
12 months to Aug 2025$30.3M
12 months to Aug 2026$33.3M
  • India
  • Sweden
  • Canada
  • Korea, South
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodIndiaSwedenCanadaKorea, South
12 months to Aug 201730.3%0.0%25.8%3.0%
12 months to Aug 201829.5%0.0%33.6%4.6%
12 months to Aug 201934.5%0.0%29.6%5.8%
12 months to Aug 202036.9%0.0%31.5%3.4%
12 months to Aug 202142.8%0.0%29.4%4.0%
12 months to Aug 202228.5%0.0%19.0%7.4%
12 months to Aug 202327.5%0.0%24.3%7.4%
12 months to Aug 202434.9%0.0%25.4%9.8%
12 months to Aug 202528.5%8.5%27.0%8.2%
12 months to Aug 202624.8%22.2%19.5%8.8%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodIndiaSwedenCanadaKorea, SouthAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%n/a0.0%0.1%2.3%
12 months to Aug 20180.1%n/a0.0%0.2%1.6%
12 months to Aug 20191.3%n/a0.0%0.2%2.3%
12 months to Aug 20205.8%n/a0.0%0.0%3.5%
12 months to Aug 20216.0%n/a0.0%0.0%3.6%
12 months to Aug 20225.8%6.5%0.0%0.2%4.0%
12 months to Aug 20235.5%n/a0.0%0.1%3.7%
12 months to Aug 20246.4%n/a0.0%0.0%4.3%
12 months to Aug 20254.7%6.2%0.2%0.0%3.5%
12 months to Aug 20265.3%4.7%0.0%1.9%3.7%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$33.3M+9.7%3.7%+0.2 pts$27.3M−4.8%
12 months to Aug 2025$30.3M+16%3.5%−0.8 pts$28.7M−0.5%
12 months to Aug 2024$26.1M−34%4.3%+0.6 pts$28.9M−25%
12 months to Aug 2023$39.4M−21%3.7%−0.3 pts$38.5M−7.0%
12 months to Aug 2022$50.0M+55%4.0%+0.4 pts$41.4M+76%
12 months to Aug 2021$32.1M+22%3.6%0.0 pts$23.5M+28%
12 months to Aug 2020$26.3M−23%3.5%+1.3 pts$18.5M−18%
12 months to Aug 2019$34.3M−12%2.3%+0.7 pts$22.5M+3.3%
12 months to Aug 2018$38.7M−6.3%1.6%−0.7 pts$21.8M0.0%
12 months to Aug 2017$41.3M2.3%$21.8M

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$810K28.8%+27.8 pts$1.94/kg−99%10.0%+10.0 pts
India$789K28.0%+8.2 pts$1.56/kg+15%15.5%+15.4 pts
Canada$630K22.4%+5.1 pts$2.80/kg+0.3%0.0%0.0 pts
Japan$190K6.8%−23.6 pts$6.00/kg+27%12.5%+12.5 pts
Korea, South$165K5.9%−3.3 pts$1.79/kg+36%12.5%+12.5 pts
Mexico$165K5.9%−2.8 pts$4.19/kg+33%0.0%0.0 pts
Colombia$45K1.6%new$2.19/kg19.0%
Turkey$17K0.6%new$3.39/kg19.0%
Netherlands$4K0.1%new$4.08/kg10.0%
All countries$2.8M100.0%$2.11/kg−9.6%9.2%+9.2 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 66.5% 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
Sweden$1.34/kg$0.05/kg3.9% of price$0.09/kg6.5% of price$1.47/kg−14%
Germany$1.84/kg$0.03/kg1.8% of price$0.16/kg8.7% of price$2.04/kg−26%
Korea, South$1.80/kg$0.15/kg8.2% of price$0.10/kg5.5% of price$2.05/kg+46%
India$1.66/kg$0.24/kg14.6% of price$0.15/kg9.1% of price$2.06/kg+35%
Canada$2.87/kg$0.04/kg1.6% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$2.92/kg+8.1%
Japan$6.34/kg$0.11/kg1.7% of price$0.53/kg8.4% of price$6.98/kg+35%
All countries$1.92/kg$0.13/kg7.0% of price$0.12/kg6.5% of price$2.17/kg+3.4%

Landed at a US port, Sweden was cheapest, at $1.47/kg: 27.6% below Germany.

Landed cost from Korea, South rose 46% on a year earlier, to $2.05/kg, mostly on price: $1.28/kg then, $1.80/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Sweden gained the most share: 22.2% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 8.5% in the 12 months before. Canada lost the most: 19.5%, down from 27.0%. 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
  • Sweden
  • Canada
  • Korea, South
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthIndiaSwedenCanadaKorea, South
September 202439.2%0.0%32.8%11.5%
October 202456.2%0.0%24.3%5.0%
November 202464.1%0.0%19.5%7.0%
December 202440.4%0.0%19.1%10.7%
January 202514.9%0.0%36.6%7.8%
February 202518.2%0.0%38.9%7.6%
March 202530.7%0.0%34.0%7.4%
April 202522.3%0.0%33.6%11.0%
May 202526.0%4.7%32.5%9.9%
June 202514.4%32.8%22.9%4.3%
July 202519.5%26.5%18.6%9.8%
August 202519.8%0.0%17.3%9.1%
September 202514.2%38.9%26.7%6.5%
October 202526.7%0.0%30.6%25.8%
November 202530.3%27.1%16.6%10.8%
December 202518.6%0.0%40.2%3.4%
January 202631.8%0.0%7.1%12.8%
February 202627.6%41.7%18.4%6.1%
March 202617.1%46.9%15.7%5.2%
April 202629.1%0.0%22.3%19.3%
May 202616.7%24.5%9.3%9.6%
June 202632.2%8.3%30.2%3.6%
July 202630.8%35.3%9.0%7.9%
August 202628.0%0.0%22.4%5.9%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthIndiaSwedenCanadaKorea, SouthAll countries
September 20243.8%n/a0.0%0.0%2.4%
October 20245.2%n/a0.0%0.0%4.7%
November 20243.7%n/a0.0%0.0%3.5%
December 20245.2%n/a0.0%0.0%3.9%
January 20254.5%n/a0.0%0.0%4.6%
February 20256.5%n/a0.0%0.0%2.6%
March 20256.5%n/a2.0%0.0%5.6%
April 20256.5%n/a0.2%0.0%4.4%
May 20256.9%0.0%0.1%0.0%4.2%
June 20255.7%6.5%0.0%0.0%4.1%
July 20252.4%6.5%0.0%0.0%2.2%
August 20250.0%n/a0.0%0.0%0.0%
September 20252.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%
October 20250.0%n/a0.0%0.0%0.0%
November 20250.2%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.9%
December 20250.9%n/a0.0%0.0%0.6%
January 20260.6%n/a0.0%0.0%0.2%
February 20265.2%6.5%0.0%0.0%4.5%
March 20266.5%6.5%0.0%2.5%5.3%
April 20266.5%n/a0.0%2.7%4.6%
May 20266.5%6.5%0.0%3.3%4.8%
June 20266.5%6.5%0.0%0.0%4.4%
July 20267.0%6.5%0.0%3.5%6.0%
August 202615.5%n/a0.0%12.5%9.2%

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: India 0.5% → 6.3%.
  2. August 2025 · Duty paid: India 6.1% → 0.2%.
  3. June 2019 · Duty paid: India 0.0% → 6.5%.

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 2917.34

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Philadelphia, PA$7.1M · 21.4%
  2. Houston, TX$6.4M · 19.3%
  3. Newark, NJ$3.6M · 10.8%
  4. Port Huron, MI$2.8M · 8.5%
  5. Detroit, MI$2.1M · 6.4%

Where US exports go

US exports were $2.6M in August 2026, up 7.9% from August 2025, and $27.3M over the last 12 months, down 4.8% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Mexico, up 16%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$13.2M48.5%−12%
Mexico$5.7M20.9%+16%
Belgium$3.0M10.9%−1.9%
Brazil$1.0M3.8%−4.3%
China$1.0M3.7%−5.0%
Turkey$619K2.3%+24%
Argentina$373K1.4%+2.6%
Japan$369K1.4%+7.6%
Other countries (22)$2.0M7.2%−9.9%
All countries$27.3M100.0%−4.8%

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; 91 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
Germany$24.1Min 2025−8.7%$151K0.6%
Canada$16.0Min 2025+5.4%$12.9M80.7%
Korea, South$15.0Min 2025−2.3%$7.0MUS records $265K47.1%
Netherlands$14.7Min 20250.0%$153K1.0%
Saudi Arabia$13.7Min 2025+4.1%$00.0%
Spain$13.3Min 2025−2.8%$102K0.8%
Portugal$11.8Min 2025+19%$00.0%
China$11.2Min 2025−52%$2.6MUS records $1.0M23.6%

The biggest market outside the US is Germany, which imported $24.1M of this product in 2025, 0.6% of that from the US.

The US supplies 80.7% of imports into Canada, but under 10% into Germany, the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia.

Of these, imports into Portugal grew fastest: up 19% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 2917: polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives. 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.
  • 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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