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

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Tall oil fatty acids

In short

  • The US imported $14.7M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 24% on the year before.
  • Finland is the largest supplier, with 64.6% of US imports; France is next, with 27.2%.
  • France has the lowest price, but landed at a US port with freight and duty Sweden is cheaper: $2.46/kg against $2.48/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 10.3% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 3.3 points on a year earlier.
  • Finland is gaining share: 67.1% over the last 12 months, up from 49.4%.
  • US exports were $58.7M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Australia, with 24.8%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$2.4M

↑ +65% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$14.7M

↓ −24% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

10.3%

↓ −3.3 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Finland

64.6% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$1.5M
September 2025$825K
October 2025$866K
November 2025$1.3M
December 2025$1.2M
January 2026$1.1M
February 2026$802K
March 2026$1.3M
April 2026$726K
May 2026$1.4M
June 2026$1.7M
July 2026$1.2M
August 2026$2.4M

What changed

  • US imports were $2.4M in August 2026, up 106% from July 2026 and up 65% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $14.7M, down 24% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: France up from 3.4% to 27.2%, Sweden down from 19.7% to 6.3%.
  • Average price from Finland rose 9.0% since July 2026, to $2.24/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from France fell from 13.2% to 10.0% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $14.7M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 75% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $58.7M, down 27%. 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$8.4M
12 months to Aug 2018$10.4M
12 months to Aug 2019$8.7M
12 months to Aug 2020$9.8M
12 months to Aug 2021$6.8M
12 months to Aug 2022$10.7M
12 months to Aug 2023$18.1M
12 months to Aug 2024$32.0M
12 months to Aug 2025$19.3M
12 months to Aug 2026$14.7M
  • Finland
  • Sweden
  • France
  • Netherlands
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodFinlandSwedenFranceNetherlands
12 months to Aug 20176.0%52.8%0.0%20.6%
12 months to Aug 20187.6%53.5%0.0%16.8%
12 months to Aug 201923.4%18.7%2.1%28.1%
12 months to Aug 202030.2%19.8%5.0%23.3%
12 months to Aug 202114.6%37.0%0.0%30.7%
12 months to Aug 202213.0%33.1%0.3%37.3%
12 months to Aug 202335.6%17.8%5.3%28.5%
12 months to Aug 202452.1%40.4%2.1%4.2%
12 months to Aug 202549.4%12.9%20.5%12.4%
12 months to Aug 202667.1%17.2%13.2%1.2%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodFinlandSwedenFranceNetherlandsAll countries
12 months to Aug 20173.2%3.2%n/a3.2%3.2%
12 months to Aug 20183.2%3.2%n/a3.2%3.2%
12 months to Aug 20193.2%3.2%3.2%3.2%3.2%
12 months to Aug 20203.2%3.2%3.2%3.2%3.6%
12 months to Aug 20213.2%3.2%n/a3.2%3.4%
12 months to Aug 20223.2%3.2%3.2%3.2%3.5%
12 months to Aug 20233.2%3.2%3.2%3.2%3.4%
12 months to Aug 20243.2%3.2%3.2%3.2%3.2%
12 months to Aug 20256.6%9.1%9.9%4.4%7.3%
12 months to Aug 202612.8%13.6%12.8%13.6%13.1%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$14.7M−24%13.1%+5.7 pts$58.7M+18%
12 months to Aug 2025$19.3M−40%7.3%+4.1 pts$49.9M−18%
12 months to Aug 2024$32.0M+76%3.2%−0.1 pts$60.8M−25%
12 months to Aug 2023$18.1M+69%3.4%−0.1 pts$80.7M−10%
12 months to Aug 2022$10.7M+57%3.5%+0.1 pts$90.1M+17%
12 months to Aug 2021$6.8M−30%3.4%−0.2 pts$77.1M+21%
12 months to Aug 2020$9.8M+13%3.6%+0.4 pts$63.6M−6.8%
12 months to Aug 2019$8.7M−16%3.2%0.0 pts$68.2M−11%
12 months to Aug 2018$10.4M+24%3.2%0.0 pts$76.8M−4.5%
12 months to Aug 2017$8.4M3.2%$80.4M

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
Finland$1.6M64.6%−6.2 pts$2.24/kg+27%10.0%−3.5 pts
France$664K27.2%+8.5 pts$2.08/kg+5.3%10.0%−3.2 pts
Sweden$154K6.3%−2.3 pts$1.93/kg−39%10.0%−5.0 pts
China$47K1.9%new$2.84/kg23.2%
All countries$2.4M100.0%$2.18/kg+16%10.3%−3.3 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 97.4% 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
CountryPriceFreight and insuranceDutyLanded costMake-up
Sweden$2.08/kg$0.15/kg7.4% of price$0.23/kg11.2% of price$2.46/kg+6.5%
France$2.07/kg$0.20/kg9.7% of price$0.21/kg10.4% of price$2.48/kg+0.4%
Finland$2.12/kg$0.18/kg8.5% of price$0.23/kg10.7% of price$2.53/kg+17%
All countries$2.11/kg$0.18/kg8.5% of price$0.23/kg10.8% of price$2.52/kg+9.0%

Landed at a US port, Sweden was cheapest, at $2.46/kg: 0.8% below France.

France had the lowest price before freight and duty, $2.07/kg, but they added 20.0% to it.

Landed cost from Finland rose 17% on a year earlier, to $2.53/kg, mostly on price: $1.77/kg then, $2.12/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Finland gained the most share: 67.1% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 49.4% in the 12 months before. Netherlands lost the most: 1.2%, down from 12.4%. 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.

  • Finland
  • Sweden
  • France
  • Netherlands
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthFinlandSwedenFranceNetherlands
September 202460.8%4.7%3.7%25.0%
October 202431.4%2.8%9.4%39.3%
November 202435.1%6.0%8.5%42.0%
December 202440.6%50.8%0.0%0.0%
January 202578.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
February 202572.2%20.8%0.0%0.0%
March 202567.5%12.4%20.1%0.0%
April 202554.0%14.5%27.3%0.0%
May 202556.3%20.9%8.4%12.9%
June 202527.1%26.6%46.3%0.0%
July 202535.9%0.0%62.2%0.0%
August 202570.8%8.6%18.6%0.0%
September 202571.5%7.5%21.1%0.0%
October 202570.1%13.6%16.2%0.0%
November 202560.0%19.4%20.6%0.0%
December 202576.1%18.1%0.0%3.0%
January 202680.2%5.4%14.5%0.0%
February 202645.5%54.5%0.0%0.0%
March 202653.1%22.9%21.6%0.0%
April 202656.3%11.9%25.7%0.0%
May 202653.8%34.2%0.0%9.9%
June 202686.9%9.1%2.4%0.0%
July 202676.9%19.7%3.4%0.0%
August 202664.6%6.3%27.2%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthFinlandSwedenFranceNetherlandsAll countries
September 20243.2%3.2%3.2%3.2%3.4%
October 20243.2%3.2%3.2%3.2%3.2%
November 20243.2%3.2%3.2%3.2%3.2%
December 20243.2%3.2%n/an/a3.2%
January 20253.2%n/an/an/a4.3%
February 20253.2%3.2%n/an/a3.5%
March 20253.2%3.2%3.2%n/a3.2%
April 20254.3%3.2%3.2%n/a4.9%
May 202511.0%13.2%3.2%13.2%10.9%
June 20259.8%13.2%13.2%n/a12.3%
July 202513.2%n/a13.2%n/a13.0%
August 202513.5%15.0%13.2%n/a13.6%
September 202514.6%15.0%13.9%n/a14.5%
October 202515.0%15.0%15.0%n/a15.0%
November 202515.0%15.0%15.0%n/a15.0%
December 202515.0%15.0%n/a15.0%15.3%
January 202615.0%15.0%15.0%n/a15.0%
February 202613.9%15.0%n/an/a14.5%
March 202611.9%13.2%13.6%n/a12.8%
April 202613.2%13.2%13.2%n/a13.7%
May 202613.2%13.2%n/a13.2%13.2%
June 202610.9%13.2%13.2%n/a11.2%
July 202611.8%10.7%13.2%n/a11.6%
August 202610.0%10.0%10.0%n/a10.3%

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. May–July 2025 · Duty paid: Finland 3.7% → 13.3%, Sweden 3.2% → 13.2%, France 3.2% → 13.6%, all countries 4.2% → 13.3%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Houston, TX$6.8M · 46.3%
  2. Charleston, SC$1.7M · 11.5%
  3. Savannah, GA$1.4M · 9.8%
  4. Detroit, MI$1.4M · 9.2%
  5. Los Angeles, CA$1.2M · 8.2%

Where US exports go

US exports were $4.0M in August 2026, down 5.0% from August 2025, and $58.7M over the last 12 months, up 18% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Australia, up 72%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Australia$14.5M24.8%+72%
Mexico$8.8M15.1%−4.9%
Finland$7.2M12.2%new
Canada$5.7M9.7%−2.4%
Korea, South$5.7M9.7%−13%
Singapore$5.0M8.5%+3.0%
Colombia$3.9M6.7%+56%
Brazil$2.3M3.9%+53%
Other countries (24)$5.5M9.4%−46%
All countries$58.7M100.0%+18%

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; 77 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Netherlands$47.0Min 2025−26%$55K0.1%
Sweden$33.8Min 2025+309%$00.0%
Saudi Arabia$20.3Min 2025+2.9%$698K3.4%
Germany$20.2Min 2025−36%$835K4.1%
Belgium$16.2Min 2025−26%$4K0.0%
Australia$15.1Min 2025−37%$10.8M71.5%
United Kingdom$13.9Min 2025−31%$248K1.8%
France$13.5Min 2025−58%$74K0.6%

The biggest market outside the US is the Netherlands, which imported $47.0M of this product in 2025, 0.1% of that from the US.

The US supplies 71.5% of imports into Australia, but under 10% into the Netherlands, Sweden and Saudi Arabia.

Of these, imports into Sweden grew fastest: up 309% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 3823: industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Industrial fatty alcoholsHS 3823.70$324.8M$363.2M
Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids, not elsewhere specified; acid oils from refiningHS 3823.19$394.8M$66.1M
Stearic acidHS 3823.11$80.4M$32.4M
Oleic acidHS 3823.12$30.3M$16.1M
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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