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

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Mixtures of oligomers of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2-dihydro-quinoline (tmq)

In short

  • The US imported $29.5M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 30% on the year before.
  • Germany is the largest supplier, with 51.8% of US imports; Italy is next, with 29.6%.
  • China has the lowest price, but landed at a US port with freight and duty Germany is cheaper: $2.69/kg against $2.87/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 11.0% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 8.2 points on a year earlier.
  • Italy is gaining share: 22.7% over the last 12 months, up from 17.4%.
  • 2 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.

US imports, Aug 2026

$4.5M

↑ +15% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$29.5M

↓ −30% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

11.0%

↓ −8.2 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Germany

51.8% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugDuty ↑China ↓China ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$3.9M
September 2025$1.1M
October 2025$656K
November 2025$1.8M
December 2025$1.3M
January 2026$1.3M
February 2026$2.5M
March 2026$2.6M
April 2026$3.2M
May 2026$2.9M
June 2026$3.9M
July 2026$3.8M
August 2026$4.5M

What changed

  • US imports were $4.5M in August 2026, up 20% from July 2026 and up 15% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $29.5M, down 30% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Italy up from 7.2% to 29.6%, Germany down from 80.0% to 51.8%.
  • Average price from Italy rose 2621% since July 2026, to $20.21/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from China fell from 39.7% to 15.3% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Germany fell from 16.5% to 10.0% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $29.5M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 71% on the 12 months to Aug 2018. US exports were $6.7M, down 80%. This code began with the HS 2017 revision in January 2017, taking goods from 3812.30, so its history starts there. 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.

201820192020202120222023202420252026China ↑Duty ↓Duty ↓Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2018$17.2M
12 months to Aug 2019$17.3M
12 months to Aug 2020$20.2M
12 months to Aug 2021$36.3M
12 months to Aug 2022$44.0M
12 months to Aug 2023$43.5M
12 months to Aug 2024$37.8M
12 months to Aug 2025$42.2M
12 months to Aug 2026$29.5M
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • China
  • India
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodGermanyItalyChinaIndia
12 months to Aug 20181.7%21.2%65.9%0.8%
12 months to Aug 20191.6%20.9%71.2%1.6%
12 months to Aug 202054.3%11.1%32.1%1.2%
12 months to Aug 202150.9%7.9%39.4%1.2%
12 months to Aug 202251.7%10.9%34.9%2.0%
12 months to Aug 202362.2%12.3%24.7%0.8%
12 months to Aug 202464.5%4.2%29.6%1.3%
12 months to Aug 202563.8%17.4%15.5%3.2%
12 months to Aug 202655.1%22.7%19.6%2.5%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodGermanyItalyChinaIndiaAll countries
12 months to Aug 20186.5%6.5%6.5%0.0%6.2%
12 months to Aug 20196.5%6.5%18.4%2.8%14.8%
12 months to Aug 20206.5%6.5%31.5%6.5%14.5%
12 months to Aug 20216.5%6.5%30.9%6.5%16.1%
12 months to Aug 20226.5%6.5%31.5%6.5%15.4%
12 months to Aug 20236.5%6.5%31.5%6.5%12.7%
12 months to Aug 20246.5%6.5%30.9%6.5%13.6%
12 months to Aug 202511.2%10.9%40.3%12.4%15.2%
12 months to Aug 202615.0%14.4%37.6%45.0%20.0%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$29.5M−30%20.0%+4.8 pts$6.7M−31%
12 months to Aug 2025$42.2M+12%15.2%+1.7 pts$9.6M−4.9%
12 months to Aug 2024$37.8M−13%13.6%+0.8 pts$10.1M+37%
12 months to Aug 2023$43.5M−1.2%12.7%−2.7 pts$7.4M+8.5%
12 months to Aug 2022$44.0M+21%15.4%−0.7 pts$6.8M−51%
12 months to Aug 2021$36.3M+80%16.1%+1.6 pts$14.0M−56%
12 months to Aug 2020$20.2M+16%14.5%−0.2 pts$31.9M−13%
12 months to Aug 2019$17.3M+0.7%14.8%+8.5 pts$36.6M+8.3%
12 months to Aug 2018$17.2M6.2%$33.8M

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$2.3M51.8%−19.9 pts$2.34/kg+11%10.0%−6.0 pts
Italy$1.3M29.6%+16.1 pts$20.21/kg+84%10.0%−5.5 pts
China$841K18.6%+9.7 pts$2.10/kg+38%15.3%−45.7 pts
All countries$4.5M100.0%$3.08/kg+32%11.0%−8.2 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 97.5% 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
Germany$2.25/kg$0.11/kg5.1% of price$0.33/kg14.5% of price$2.69/kg+1.9%
China$2.10/kg$0.35/kg16.5% of price$0.42/kg20.1% of price$2.87/kg−1.2%
Italy$14.06/kg$0.35/kg2.5% of price$1.68/kg11.9% of price$16.08/kg−18%
All countries$2.56/kg$0.17/kg6.7% of price$0.39/kg15.2% of price$3.12/kg−0.4%

Landed at a US port, Germany was cheapest, at $2.69/kg: 6.2% below China.

China had the lowest price before freight and duty, $2.10/kg, but they added 36.6% to it.

Landed cost from Italy fell 18% on a year earlier, to $16.08/kg, mostly on price: $16.70/kg then, $14.06/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Italy gained the most share: 22.7% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 17.4% in the 12 months before. Germany lost the most: 55.1%, down from 63.8%. 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.

  • Germany
  • Italy
  • China
  • India
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthGermanyItalyChinaIndia
September 202471.6%11.2%17.2%0.0%
October 202482.1%4.8%13.1%0.0%
November 202442.4%22.0%31.1%4.5%
December 202437.4%25.4%37.1%0.0%
January 202544.6%16.6%37.3%1.5%
February 202535.6%29.6%29.4%5.4%
March 202568.7%19.1%10.6%1.5%
April 202564.0%21.9%12.1%2.0%
May 202563.2%17.3%15.0%3.2%
June 202571.9%19.7%3.9%4.5%
July 202568.3%16.8%7.0%8.0%
August 202571.7%13.4%8.9%5.9%
September 202536.5%22.7%24.0%16.7%
October 20255.5%24.8%39.5%30.2%
November 20257.8%64.1%22.4%5.7%
December 202514.6%67.2%18.2%0.0%
January 202617.8%38.1%32.9%11.2%
February 202668.9%15.4%15.3%0.2%
March 202665.0%18.9%15.4%0.8%
April 202669.5%9.7%20.8%0.0%
May 202663.2%16.0%20.8%0.0%
June 202662.6%13.8%23.5%0.0%
July 202680.0%7.2%10.6%2.2%
August 202651.8%29.6%18.6%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthGermanyItalyChinaIndiaAll countries
September 20246.5%6.5%31.5%n/a10.6%
October 20246.5%6.5%31.5%n/a9.4%
November 20246.5%n/a31.5%6.5%15.4%
December 20246.5%6.5%31.5%n/a16.6%
January 20256.5%6.5%22.9%6.5%12.5%
February 20256.5%6.5%32.0%6.5%13.1%
March 20256.5%6.5%43.1%6.5%9.9%
April 202510.9%10.7%66.9%6.5%17.6%
May 202516.5%14.0%68.4%6.5%20.6%
June 202516.5%16.5%61.5%16.5%17.5%
July 202516.5%16.5%61.5%16.5%19.6%
August 202516.0%15.5%61.0%16.5%19.2%
September 202515.0%15.0%61.5%33.3%29.2%
October 202515.0%15.0%61.5%56.5%45.9%
November 202515.0%15.0%54.3%56.5%26.2%
December 202515.0%15.0%51.4%n/a21.6%
January 202615.0%15.0%51.5%56.5%31.7%
February 202612.4%15.0%49.3%31.5%18.5%
March 202616.5%16.5%39.8%16.5%19.5%
April 202616.5%16.5%41.5%n/a21.5%
May 202616.5%16.5%41.5%n/a21.2%
June 202616.5%16.5%16.0%n/a16.4%
July 202616.5%16.5%39.7%16.5%19.1%
August 202610.0%10.0%15.3%n/a11.0%

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. June 2026 · Duty paid: China 41.5% → 16.0%.
  2. January 2026 · Duty paid: China 57.9% → 45.4%.
  3. August–October 2025 · Duty paid: China 66.9% → 61.3%, all countries 19.3% → 28.6%.
  4. March–May 2025 · Duty paid: Germany 6.5% → 16.5%, Italy 6.5% → 16.0%, China 31.5% → 66.9%, all countries 13.1% → 19.3%.
  5. April 2022 · Duty paid: all countries 20.9% → 14.5%.
  6. December 2019 · Duty paid: all countries 26.2% → 12.0%.
  7. June–July 2019 · Duty paid: China 16.6% → 31.5%, all countries 14.4% → 26.2%.
  8. September 2018 · Duty paid: China 6.5% → 16.5%.

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 3812.31

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Charleston, SC$19.8M · 67.2%
  2. Norfolk-Newport News, VA$3.5M · 11.8%
  3. Savannah, GA$1.9M · 6.5%
  4. Los Angeles, CA$1.3M · 4.4%
  5. Port Huron, MI$774K · 2.6%

Where US exports go

US exports were $468K in August 2026, down 6.1% from August 2025, and $6.7M over the last 12 months, down 31% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: United Kingdom, up 18%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Mexico$3.8M56.7%−20%
Canada$1.4M21.0%−43%
United Kingdom$303K4.5%+18%
India$157K2.3%+72%
Switzerland$131K2.0%−50%
Australia$130K1.9%+263%
United Arab Emirates$118K1.8%+40%
China$85K1.3%+125%
Other countries (31)$564K8.4%−58%
All countries$6.7M100.0%−31%

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.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Thailand$22.7Min 2025−18%$68K0.3%
Indonesia$19.5Min 2025−9.7%$1.5M7.9%
Japan$18.3Min 2025+0.8%$2K0.0%
India$10.6Min 2025−4.9%$37K0.4%
Brazil$10.5Min 2025−2.6%$49K0.5%
France$7.0Min 2025+84%$24K0.3%
Turkey$6.9Min 2025−11%$00.0%
Spain$4.6Min 2025+40%$00.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Thailand, which imported $22.7M of this product in 2025, 0.3% of that from the US.

Of these, imports into France grew fastest: up 84% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 3812: prepared rubber accelerators: compound plasticizers not elsewhere specified and antioxidizing preparations and other compound stabilizers for rubber or plastics. 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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