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

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Sodium nitrate

In short

  • The US imported $31.0M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 28% on the year before.
  • Chile is the largest supplier, with 94.6% of US imports; Germany is next, with 4.8%.
  • Germany is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $1,003/tonne.
  • Duty paid averaged 0.0% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 6.7 points on a year earlier.
  • Chile is gaining share: 83.5% over the last 12 months, up from 79.5%.
  • 2 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.

US imports, Aug 2026

$9.7M

↑ +2684% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$31.0M

↑ +28% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

0.0%

↓ −6.7 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Chile

94.6% 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 ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$348K
September 2025$386K
October 2025$240K
November 2025$1.1M
December 2025$5.8M
January 2026$744K
February 2026$2.6M
March 2026$1.5M
April 2026$370K
May 2026$312K
June 2026$7.9M
July 2026$415K
August 2026$9.7M

What changed

  • US imports were $9.7M in August 2026, up 2232% from July 2026 and up 2684% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $31.0M, up 28% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Chile up from 0.0% to 94.6%, Germany down from 96.6% to 4.8%.
  • Average price from Germany fell 19% since July 2026, to $747.60/tonne.
  • Duty paid by the main suppliers held within 2 points of July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $31.0M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 63% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $11.7M, up 108%. 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 ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$19.0M
12 months to Aug 2018$18.0M
12 months to Aug 2019$19.1M
12 months to Aug 2020$17.4M
12 months to Aug 2021$13.8M
12 months to Aug 2022$36.5M
12 months to Aug 2023$47.8M
12 months to Aug 2024$26.9M
12 months to Aug 2025$24.1M
12 months to Aug 2026$31.0M
  • Chile
  • Germany
  • Mexico
  • Canada
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodChileGermanyMexicoCanada
12 months to Aug 201771.7%19.3%1.7%0.2%
12 months to Aug 201879.5%14.8%0.7%0.1%
12 months to Aug 201975.0%22.3%1.3%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202081.9%16.0%0.2%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202176.5%21.9%0.3%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202288.6%10.3%0.3%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202383.3%16.1%0.2%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202490.0%8.9%0.4%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202579.5%19.1%0.9%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202683.5%15.8%0.3%0.2%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodChileGermanyMexicoCanadaAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20254.9%3.0%0.0%0.0%4.5%
12 months to Aug 20260.3%3.3%0.0%0.0%0.8%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$31.0M+28%0.8%−3.7 pts$11.7M−2.7%
12 months to Aug 2025$24.1M−10%4.5%+4.5 pts$12.0M−11%
12 months to Aug 2024$26.9M−44%0.0%0.0 pts$13.5M−12%
12 months to Aug 2023$47.8M+31%0.0%0.0 pts$15.4M+5.0%
12 months to Aug 2022$36.5M+165%0.0%0.0 pts$14.7M+117%
12 months to Aug 2021$13.8M−21%0.0%0.0 pts$6.8M+16%
12 months to Aug 2020$17.4M−8.9%0.0%−0.1 pts$5.8M−0.9%
12 months to Aug 2019$19.1M+6.1%0.1%+0.1 pts$5.9M+1.9%
12 months to Aug 2018$18.0M−5.5%0.0%0.0 pts$5.8M+3.2%
12 months to Aug 2017$19.0M0.0%$5.6M

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
Chile$9.2M94.6%+80.0 pts$1,135/tonne+102%0.0%0.0 pts
Germany$469K4.8%−77.2 pts$747.60/tonne−3.4%0.0%−5.9 pts
Canada$55K0.6%new$562.24/tonne0.0%
Mexico$2K0.0%new$2,382/tonne0.0%
All countries$9.7M100.0%$1,101/tonne+52%0.0%−6.7 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 99.6% 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$850.19/tonne$153.04/tonne18.0% of price$0.00/tonne0.0% of price$1,003/tonne−10%
Chile$1,115/tonne$46.30/tonne4.2% of price$0.00/tonne0.0% of price$1,161/tonne+100%
All countries$1,087/tonne$55.41/tonne5.1% of price$0.00/tonne0.0% of price$1,143/tonne+8.0%

Landed at a US port, Germany was cheapest, at $1,003/tonne: 13.6% below Chile.

Landed cost from Chile rose 100% on a year earlier, to $1,161/tonne, mostly on price: $561.93/tonne then, $1,115/tonne now.

How the market is shifting

Chile gained the most share: 83.5% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 79.5% in the 12 months before. Germany lost the most: 15.8%, down from 19.1%. 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.

  • Chile
  • Germany
  • Mexico
  • Canada
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthChileGermanyMexicoCanada
September 20240.0%89.8%7.6%0.0%
October 20248.5%77.7%10.0%3.8%
November 202492.4%6.8%0.5%0.0%
December 202482.5%17.5%0.0%0.0%
January 20250.0%96.5%0.7%0.0%
February 20250.0%93.4%5.9%0.7%
March 202571.9%25.2%0.5%0.0%
April 202597.1%2.6%0.1%0.0%
May 20250.0%94.8%4.7%0.0%
June 20250.0%89.7%7.7%0.0%
July 20250.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%
August 202514.5%82.1%0.0%0.0%
September 20250.0%99.1%0.0%0.0%
October 202510.2%89.8%0.0%0.0%
November 202562.9%35.3%0.0%0.0%
December 202595.4%4.2%0.5%0.0%
January 20260.0%96.2%0.0%0.0%
February 202674.8%25.2%0.0%0.0%
March 202668.0%29.4%1.6%0.0%
April 202612.5%84.1%1.1%0.0%
May 20260.0%96.1%3.9%0.0%
June 202695.3%4.7%0.0%0.0%
July 20260.0%96.6%3.4%0.0%
August 202694.6%4.8%0.0%0.6%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthChileGermanyMexicoCanadaAll countries
September 2024n/a0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
October 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
November 20240.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
December 20240.0%0.0%n/an/a0.0%
January 2025n/a0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
February 2025n/a0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
March 20250.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
April 20258.2%2.5%0.0%n/a8.1%
May 2025n/a6.0%0.0%n/a5.8%
June 2025n/a10.0%0.0%n/a9.2%
July 2025n/a9.0%n/an/a9.0%
August 20250.0%5.9%n/an/a6.7%
September 2025n/a10.4%n/an/a10.7%
October 202510.0%15.0%n/an/a14.5%
November 202510.0%11.9%n/an/a10.9%
December 20250.0%11.1%0.0%n/a0.5%
January 2026n/a1.9%n/an/a1.8%
February 20260.1%0.0%n/an/a0.1%
March 20260.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
April 202610.0%0.0%0.0%n/a1.8%
May 2026n/a0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
June 20260.0%0.0%n/an/a0.0%
July 2026n/a0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
August 20260.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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. December 2025–February 2026 · Duty paid: Germany 11.5% → 0.0%, all countries 10.8% → 0.3%.
  2. April–June 2025 · Duty paid: Germany 1.2% → 9.5%, all countries 0.0% → 8.5%.

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 3102.50

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Wilmington, DE$20.6M · 66.4%
  2. Stockton, CA$2.7M · 8.8%
  3. Houston, TX$2.2M · 7.2%
  4. Norfolk-Newport News, VA$1.9M · 6.0%
  5. Newark, NJ$1.6M · 5.3%

Where US exports go

US exports were $905K in August 2026, up 3.4% from August 2025, and $11.7M over the last 12 months, down 2.7% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Mexico, up 10%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$7.0M60.1%−4.5%
Mexico$3.7M31.9%+10%
Costa Rica$518K4.4%−20%
Belize$166K1.4%new
Dominican Republic$122K1.0%−37%
Korea, South$97K0.8%−69%
Croatia$19K0.2%new
Netherlands$5K0.0%−37%
All countries$11.7M100.0%−2.7%

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; 106 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
Canada$9.0Min 2025−2.3%$609KUS records $7.0M6.8%
Brazil$8.9Min 2025−12%$42K0.5%
Netherlands$8.2Min 2025−17%$3310.0%
Peru$8.0Min 2025+27%$00.0%
Japan$6.5Min 2025−50%$00.0%
France$5.2Min 2025−8.5%$1K0.0%
Malaysia$4.5Min 2025+51%$1960.0%
Turkey$3.9Min 2025+17%$5700.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Canada, which imported $9.0M of this product in 2025, 6.8% of that from the US by its own count; the US records $7.0M of exports there.

Of these, imports into Malaysia grew fastest: up 51% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 3102: mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous. 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 (tonnes), 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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