Mixtures and preparations containing oxirane (ethylene oxide)

US trade by year

US imports were $81K in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 97% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $30.2M, up 121%.

• Germany
• Switzerland
• Mexico
• Norway
• 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 96.9% 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, Mexico was cheapest, at $5.32/kg: 99.8% below Switzerland.

Landed cost from Switzerland rose 37749% on a year earlier, to $2,938/kg, mostly on price: $5.39/kg then, $2,552/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Germany gained the most share: 42.2% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 0.0% in the 12 months before. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months.

• Germany
• Switzerland
• Mexico
• Norway
• All countries

Tariff actions touching this product

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 3824.81

• Notice of Action: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal DeforestationJul 20, 2026 · Office of the US Trade Representative
• Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the Framework for a United States-Switzerland-Liechtenstein Agreement on Fair, Balanced, and Reciprocal TradeDec 18, 2025 · 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; 78 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 Egypt, which imported $6.4M of this product in 2025, 9.5% of that from the US.

The US supplies 97.2% of imports into Canada and 83.0% into Saudi Arabia, but under 10% into Egypt, Spain and Malaysia.

Of these, imports into Saudi Arabia grew fastest: up 103% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 3824: binders made for foundry molds or cores; chemical products and preparations, including residual products, of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.