Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified; prepared paint or varnish removers

US trade by year

US imports were $89.2M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 60% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $278.2M, up 43%. 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.

• Korea, South
• Taiwan
• Canada
• United Kingdom
• 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 63.9% 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, Taiwan was cheapest, at $4.81/kg: 15.9% below Canada.

Landed cost from Korea, South rose 41% on a year earlier, to $7.47/kg, mostly on price: $4.60/kg then, $6.38/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Korea, South gained the most share: 29.0% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 21.8% in the 12 months before. Canada lost the most: 16.7%, down from 23.3%. 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.

• Korea, South
• Taiwan
• Canada
• United Kingdom
• 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–March 2026 · Duty paid: Taiwan 26.0% → 16.0%, Korea, South 15.0% → 9.2%.
   • Acetone From Belgium, Singapore, the Republic of South Africa, the Republic of South Korea, and Spain: Continuation of Antidumping Duty OrdersFeb 6, 2026 · International Trade Administration
2. May–July 2025 · Duty paid: Taiwan 11.1% → 22.2%, Korea, South 0.1% → 10.5%, United Kingdom 6.1% → 16.1%, all countries 4.9% → 13.6%.
3. December 2016 · Duty paid: Korea, South 5.1% → 0.0%.

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 3814.00

• Acetone From Belgium, Singapore, the Republic of South Africa, the Republic of South Korea, and Spain: Continuation of Antidumping Duty OrdersFeb 6, 2026 · 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; 124 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 Mexico, which imported $119.5M of this product in 2025, 81.5% of that from the US.

The US supplies 81.5% of imports into Mexico and 86.0% into Canada, but under 10% into Germany, France and China.

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