Heterocyclic compounds containing a benzothiazole ring-system (whether or not hydrogenated), not further fused

US trade by year

US imports were $69.8M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 17% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $31.5M, up 33%. 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
• Belgium
• Spain
• 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 94.4% 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, Belgium was cheapest, at $2.01/kg: 51.2% below China.

Landed cost from Spain rose 27% on a year earlier, to $4.94/kg, mostly on price: $3.59/kg then, $4.38/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Belgium gained the most share: 42.7% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 36.2% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 47.4%, down from 50.9%. 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
• Belgium
• Spain
• 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. February 2026 · Duty paid: China 34.7% → 18.8%, all countries 21.4% → 16.1%.
   • 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
2. March–May 2025 · Duty paid: Belgium 5.6% → 15.1%, China 10.8% → 29.9%, all countries 7.4% → 20.1%.

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. These are the 5 newest of 10. Search the Federal Register for 2934.20

• N-Cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-Sulfenamide From China; Scheduling of the Final Phase of Countervailing Duty and Antidumping Duty InvestigationsOct 16, 2026 · International Trade Commission
• N-Cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-Sulfenamide From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty DeterminationOct 8, 2026 · International Trade Administration
• 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
• N-Cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-Sulfenamide (“CBS”) From China; DeterminationsJun 25, 2026 · International Trade Commission

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; 84 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 Brazil, which imported $42.8M of this product in 2025, 2.1% of that from the US.

Of these, imports into Italy grew fastest: up 20% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 2934: nucleic acids and their salts, other heterocyclic compounds. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.