Hydantoin and its derivatives

US trade by year

US imports were $12.6M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 66% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $8.1M, down 36%. In January 2017 the HS 2017 revision moved some goods between this code and 2939.80, so part of a change across the dashed line can be the revision. 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.

• China
• Taiwan
• Israel
• India
• All countries

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.

The 3 largest suppliers had 89.7% 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

Landed at a US port, Spain was cheapest, at $10.43/kg: 0.2% below China.

China had the lowest price before freight and duty, $7.93/kg, but they added 31.7% to it.

Landed cost from India fell 64% on a year earlier, to $11.24/kg, mostly on price: $29.88/kg then, $10.11/kg now.

How the market is shifting

China gained the most share: 65.3% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 56.9% in the 12 months before. Taiwan lost the most: 17.3%, down from 30.5%. 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.

• China
• Taiwan
• Israel
• India
• All countries

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. November–December 2025 · Duty paid: China 50.8% → 33.5%, all countries 39.7% → 16.0%.
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the Framework for a United States-Switzerland-Liechtenstein Agreement on Fair, Balanced, and Reciprocal TradeDec 18, 2025 · International Trade Administration
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-EU Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced TradeSep 25, 2025 · Office of the US Trade Representative
2. April–May 2025 · Duty paid: China 31.2% → 51.5%, all countries 21.3% → 33.6%.
3. March 2023 · Duty paid: China 31.5% → 26.2%.
4. April 2021 · Duty paid: China 24.2% → 29.2%.
5. June 2019 · Duty paid: China 15.3% → 28.2%.
6. October 2018 · Duty paid: China 6.5% → 15.5%.
   • Request for Comments Concerning Proposed Modification of Action Pursuant to Section 301: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and InnovationJul 17, 2018 · Office of the US Trade Representative

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 2933.21

• Guidance and Procedures for Implementing Tariff Adjustments for Specialty Pharmaceuticals and Associated Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Technical Corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States for Duties Imposed Under Proclamation 11020Sep 23, 2026 · Bureau of Industry and Security
• Notice of Action: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal DeforestationJul 20, 2026 · Office of the US Trade Representative
• Notice of Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal DeforestationJun 4, 2026 · Office of the US Trade Representative
• Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the Framework for a United States-Switzerland-Liechtenstein Agreement on Fair, Balanced, and Reciprocal TradeDec 18, 2025 · International Trade Administration

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; 100 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.

The biggest market outside the US is Japan, which imported $7.6M of this product in 2025, 30.4% of that from the US.

The US supplies 30.4% of imports into Japan, but under 10% into Spain, Brazil and India.

Of these, imports into Brazil grew fastest: up 72% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 2933: heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.