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HS 3206.42

Lithopone and other pigments and preparations based on zinc sulfide

In short

  • The US imported $3.3M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 412% on the year before.
  • Slovakia is the largest supplier, with 80.1% of US imports; China is next, with 17.1%.
  • China is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $7.16/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 15.1% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 12.8 points on a year earlier.
  • Slovakia is gaining share: 71.2% over the last 12 months, up from 51.3%.
  • US exports were $1.5M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Mexico, with 83.7%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$184K

↑ +665% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$3.3M

↑ +412% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

15.1%

↓ −12.8 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Slovakia

80.1% 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$24K
September 2025$230K
October 2025$331K
November 2025$136K
December 2025$10K
January 2026$351K
February 2026$344K
March 2026$417K
April 2026$178K
May 2026$397K
June 2026$244K
July 2026$496K
August 2026$184K

What changed

  • US imports were $184K in August 2026, down 63% from July 2026 and up 665% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $3.3M, up 412% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: China up from 0.0% to 17.1%, Slovakia down from 100.0% to 80.1%.
  • Average price from Slovakia fell 11% since July 2026, to $7.82/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from Slovakia fell from 12.2% to 10.0% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $3.3M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 42% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $1.5M, down 75%. 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$2.3M
12 months to Aug 2018$1.3M
12 months to Aug 2019$3.4M
12 months to Aug 2020$3.6M
12 months to Aug 2021$5.1M
12 months to Aug 2022$4.2M
12 months to Aug 2023$3.1M
12 months to Aug 2024$576K
12 months to Aug 2025$648K
12 months to Aug 2026$3.3M
  • Slovakia
  • Germany
  • China
  • Netherlands
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodSlovakiaGermanyChinaNetherlands
12 months to Aug 20170.0%68.3%30.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%44.6%54.9%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%83.3%8.6%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20208.3%79.5%5.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20216.5%77.2%10.8%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202212.4%68.2%11.5%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202324.4%64.7%9.4%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202456.8%27.9%12.7%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202551.3%16.6%28.9%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202671.2%13.7%10.0%4.2%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodSlovakiaGermanyChinaNetherlandsAll countries
12 months to Aug 2017n/a2.2%2.2%n/a2.2%
12 months to Aug 2018n/a2.2%2.2%n/a2.2%
12 months to Aug 2019n/a2.2%7.8%n/a2.6%
12 months to Aug 20202.2%2.2%11.8%2.2%2.7%
12 months to Aug 20212.2%2.2%19.2%n/a4.0%
12 months to Aug 20222.2%2.2%26.0%n/a4.9%
12 months to Aug 20232.2%2.2%27.2%n/a4.5%
12 months to Aug 20242.2%2.2%27.2%n/a5.4%
12 months to Aug 20257.3%5.7%39.5%n/a16.1%
12 months to Aug 202613.1%13.9%50.9%12.2%16.9%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$3.3M+412%16.9%+0.8 pts$1.5M−34%
12 months to Aug 2025$648K+13%16.1%+10.7 pts$2.2M+38%
12 months to Aug 2024$576K−82%5.4%+0.8 pts$1.6M+15%
12 months to Aug 2023$3.1M−26%4.5%−0.4 pts$1.4M−36%
12 months to Aug 2022$4.2M−18%4.9%+0.9 pts$2.2M−17%
12 months to Aug 2021$5.1M+42%4.0%+1.3 pts$2.6M+87%
12 months to Aug 2020$3.6M+7.4%2.7%+0.1 pts$1.4M+31%
12 months to Aug 2019$3.4M+152%2.6%+0.4 pts$1.1M−47%
12 months to Aug 2018$1.3M−43%2.2%0.0 pts$2.0M−66%
12 months to Aug 2017$2.3M2.2%$5.9M

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
Slovakia$148K80.1%new$7.82/kg10.0%
China$31K17.1%−17.8 pts$3.83/kg−80%39.7%−17.5 pts
Germany$5K2.8%−62.3 pts$2.57/kg−35%10.0%−2.2 pts
All countries$184K100.0%$6.33/kg+17%15.1%−12.8 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 94.8% 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
China$4.71/kg$0.61/kg12.9% of price$1.85/kg39.2% of price$7.16/kg−78%
Germany$6.45/kg$0.55/kg8.5% of price$0.78/kg12.1% of price$7.78/kg+60%
Slovakia$8.55/kg$0.21/kg2.5% of price$1.01/kg11.8% of price$9.77/kg
All countries$8.05/kg$0.28/kg3.4% of price$1.05/kg13.0% of price$9.37/kg+71%

Landed at a US port, China was cheapest, at $7.16/kg: 8.0% below Germany.

Landed cost from China fell 78% on a year earlier, to $7.16/kg, mostly on price: $18.70/kg then, $4.71/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Slovakia gained the most share: 71.2% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 51.3% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 10.0%, down from 28.9%. 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.

  • Slovakia
  • Germany
  • China
  • Netherlands
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthSlovakiaGermanyChinaNetherlands
September 2024n/an/an/an/a
October 2024n/an/an/an/a
November 2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
December 20240.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
January 20250.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%
February 20250.0%0.0%80.9%0.0%
March 20250.0%15.9%84.1%0.0%
April 20250.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
May 202595.6%4.4%0.0%0.0%
June 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
July 20250.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%
August 20250.0%65.1%34.9%0.0%
September 202576.2%0.0%23.8%0.0%
October 202553.0%6.7%38.1%0.0%
November 20250.0%80.6%19.4%0.0%
December 20250.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
January 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
February 202651.3%42.7%6.0%0.0%
March 202683.3%11.2%0.0%0.0%
April 202691.5%0.0%6.7%0.0%
May 202642.0%12.7%10.6%34.7%
June 202667.2%29.6%3.2%0.0%
July 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
August 202680.1%2.8%17.1%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthSlovakiaGermanyChinaNetherlandsAll countries
September 2024n/an/an/an/an/a
October 2024n/an/an/an/an/a
November 20242.2%n/an/an/a2.2%
December 2024n/an/a27.2%n/a27.2%
January 2025n/a2.2%n/an/a2.2%
February 2025n/an/a27.2%n/a22.0%
March 2025n/a2.2%47.2%n/a40.1%
April 2025n/an/a53.4%n/a53.4%
May 202512.2%12.2%n/an/a12.2%
June 2025n/an/an/an/a0.0%
July 2025n/a12.2%n/an/a12.2%
August 2025n/a12.2%57.2%n/a27.9%
September 202515.0%n/a57.2%n/a25.0%
October 202515.0%15.0%57.2%n/a31.0%
November 2025n/a15.0%57.2%n/a23.2%
December 2025n/an/a47.2%n/a47.2%
January 202615.0%n/an/an/a15.0%
February 202615.0%15.0%47.2%n/a16.9%
March 202612.2%12.2%n/an/a12.2%
April 202612.2%n/a37.2%n/a13.9%
May 202612.2%12.2%37.2%12.2%14.9%
June 202612.2%12.2%37.2%n/a13.0%
July 202612.2%n/an/an/a12.2%
August 202610.0%10.0%39.7%n/a15.1%

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. January 2026 · Duty paid: all countries 25.1% → 14.5%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Norfolk-Newport News, VA$2.2M · 66.5%
  2. Newark, NJ$571K · 17.2%
  3. Charleston, SC$181K · 5.5%
  4. Los Angeles, CA$126K · 3.8%
  5. Long Beach, CA$75K · 2.3%

Where US exports go

US exports were $29K in August 2026, down 65% from August 2025, and $1.5M over the last 12 months, down 34% on the 12 months before.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Mexico$1.2M83.7%−39%
Germany$100K6.8%+2.1%
Switzerland$56K3.8%−27%
Malaysia$29K2.0%new
Colombia$27K1.8%new
Canada$25K1.7%new
Japan$3K0.2%−83%
All countries$1.5M100.0%−34%

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; 80 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Spain$3.0Min 2025+22%$4K0.1%
Austria$2.2Min 2025+14%$00.0%
Italy$2.1Min 2025+18%$00.0%
Thailand$2.0Min 2025−28%$148K7.6%
India$1.6Min 2025+3.9%$00.0%
Egypt$1.5Min 2025+12%$4K0.2%
Belgium$1.3Min 2025+14%$34K2.5%
Poland$1.3Min 2025+6.3%$2K0.1%

The biggest market outside the US is Spain, which imported $3.0M of this product in 2025, 0.1% of that from the US.

Of these, imports into Spain grew fastest: up 22% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 3206: coloring matter not elsewhere specified; coloring preparations not elsewhere specified; inorganic products used as luminophores. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Pigments and preparations containing 80% or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matterHS 3206.11$461.2M$834.4M
Coloring matter of a kind used for coloring any material or used in the manufacture of coloring preparations (other than paints or enamels), not elsewhere specifiedHS 3206.49$301.1M$507.6M
Pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide, not elsewhere specifiedHS 3206.19$89.2M$84.9M
Ultramarine and preparations based thereonHS 3206.41$21.7M$6.1M
Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophoresHS 3206.50$4.1M$16.4M
Pigments and preparations based on chromium compoundsHS 3206.20$10.5M$6.4M
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.
  • 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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