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

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Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross section (v-belts), v-ribbed, of circumference exceeding 180cm but not exceeding 240 cm

In short

  • The US imported $35.9M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.2% on the year before.
  • Mexico is the largest supplier, with 46.4% of US imports; Romania is next, with 12.4%.
  • Mexico is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $15.43/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 7.5% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 4.3 points on a year earlier.
  • Romania is gaining share: 5.6% over the last 12 months, up from 1.3%.
  • US exports were $12.3M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 46.1%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$3.2M

↑ +6.6% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$35.9M

↑ +7.2% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

7.5%

↓ −4.3 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Mexico

46.4% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugChina ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$3.0M
September 2025$2.9M
October 2025$3.7M
November 2025$2.9M
December 2025$2.9M
January 2026$3.2M
February 2026$3.2M
March 2026$2.9M
April 2026$2.6M
May 2026$2.6M
June 2026$3.5M
July 2026$2.4M
August 2026$3.2M

What changed

  • US imports were $3.2M in August 2026, up 29% from July 2026 and up 6.6% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $35.9M, up 7.2% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Romania up from 6.2% to 12.4%, Mexico down from 52.0% to 46.4%.
  • Average price from Thailand fell 24% since July 2026, to $22.02/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from China rose from 37.2% to 40.2% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Germany fell from 12.5% to 10.0% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $35.9M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 24% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $12.3M, down 44%. 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026China ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$29.0M
12 months to Aug 2018$31.5M
12 months to Aug 2019$34.6M
12 months to Aug 2020$27.8M
12 months to Aug 2021$27.3M
12 months to Aug 2022$34.5M
12 months to Aug 2023$35.7M
12 months to Aug 2024$36.4M
12 months to Aug 2025$33.5M
12 months to Aug 2026$35.9M
  • Mexico
  • Japan
  • Thailand
  • China
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodMexicoJapanThailandChina
12 months to Aug 201751.7%13.7%7.1%1.7%
12 months to Aug 201852.0%16.3%6.6%1.3%
12 months to Aug 201943.0%14.8%7.3%5.4%
12 months to Aug 202047.4%11.6%7.4%5.9%
12 months to Aug 202146.3%10.2%8.0%14.1%
12 months to Aug 202245.0%13.3%6.6%15.2%
12 months to Aug 202351.3%11.6%5.8%8.5%
12 months to Aug 202453.2%10.1%6.5%10.0%
12 months to Aug 202548.9%11.5%4.3%15.5%
12 months to Aug 202652.1%9.1%6.1%5.8%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodMexicoJapanThailandChinaAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.2%3.3%3.4%3.4%1.3%
12 months to Aug 20180.1%3.3%3.4%3.3%1.3%
12 months to Aug 20190.4%3.2%3.4%15.7%2.4%
12 months to Aug 20200.2%3.3%3.4%28.3%3.2%
12 months to Aug 20210.3%3.1%3.4%28.3%5.4%
12 months to Aug 20220.4%3.2%3.4%28.2%5.7%
12 months to Aug 20230.4%3.1%3.3%28.2%3.8%
12 months to Aug 20240.4%3.1%3.3%28.1%4.1%
12 months to Aug 20250.9%6.4%8.0%40.0%9.2%
12 months to Aug 20260.5%13.8%17.3%46.2%8.9%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$35.9M+7.2%8.9%−0.3 pts$12.3M−25%
12 months to Aug 2025$33.5M−7.9%9.2%+5.1 pts$16.4M+18%
12 months to Aug 2024$36.4M+1.8%4.1%+0.3 pts$13.9M−3.7%
12 months to Aug 2023$35.7M+3.5%3.8%−1.8 pts$14.4M−7.2%
12 months to Aug 2022$34.5M+27%5.7%+0.3 pts$15.6M+25%
12 months to Aug 2021$27.3M−1.9%5.4%+2.2 pts$12.5M−11%
12 months to Aug 2020$27.8M−20%3.2%+0.7 pts$14.1M−13%
12 months to Aug 2019$34.6M+10%2.4%+1.1 pts$16.2M−22%
12 months to Aug 2018$31.5M+8.5%1.3%0.0 pts$20.9M−4.3%
12 months to Aug 2017$29.0M1.3%$21.8M

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
Mexico$1.5M46.4%+2.3 pts$14.73/kg+19%0.0%−0.3 pts
Romania$392K12.4%+10.2 pts$32.22/kg+49%4.3%−10.2 pts
Thailand$321K10.2%+5.3 pts$22.02/kg−7.5%15.3%+1.0 pts
Japan$201K6.4%−3.1 pts$35.06/kg−15%12.3%−1.4 pts
China$193K6.1%−1.9 pts$20.98/kg+154%40.2%−17.3 pts
Germany$134K4.2%+2.3 pts$21.50/kg−41%10.0%−4.2 pts
Korea, South$121K3.8%−0.9 pts$21.16/kg−5.8%12.5%+2.2 pts
Malaysia$108K3.4%−16.6 pts$89.68/kg+226%13.4%−2.9 pts
Other countries (10)$219K6.9%+2.7 pts$35.47/kg+6.8%10.6%−2.4 pts
All countries$3.2M100.0%$19.65/kg+22%7.5%−4.3 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 67.2% 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
Mexico$15.13/kg$0.26/kg1.7% of price$0.04/kg0.3% of price$15.43/kg+35%
Thailand$23.06/kg$0.50/kg2.2% of price$3.26/kg14.1% of price$26.81/kg+11%
Spain$25.98/kg$1.83/kg7.0% of price$2.70/kg10.4% of price$30.50/kg−4.7%
Germany$27.06/kg$0.96/kg3.5% of price$3.23/kg11.9% of price$31.25/kg−40%
China$22.59/kg$1.47/kg6.5% of price$8.70/kg38.5% of price$32.75/kg+67%
Japan$30.14/kg$1.02/kg3.4% of price$3.79/kg12.6% of price$34.95/kg−18%
Romania$33.07/kg$0.34/kg1.0% of price$1.57/kg4.8% of price$34.98/kg+22%
Malaysia$32.47/kg$0.01/kg0.0% of price$4.35/kg13.4% of price$36.83/kg+25%
All countries$19.65/kg$0.46/kg2.3% of price$1.47/kg7.5% of price$21.57/kg+27%

Landed at a US port, Mexico was cheapest, at $15.43/kg: 42.4% below Thailand.

Landed cost from China rose 67% on a year earlier, to $32.75/kg, mostly on price: $11.95/kg then, $22.59/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Romania gained the most share: 5.6% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 1.3% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 5.8%, down from 15.5%. 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.

  • Mexico
  • Japan
  • Thailand
  • China
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthMexicoJapanThailandChina
September 202447.1%12.6%5.0%14.6%
October 202450.4%17.2%2.6%16.5%
November 202453.6%12.5%2.1%15.5%
December 202441.0%10.6%1.2%31.8%
January 202541.8%11.1%5.3%19.5%
February 202561.0%9.6%2.8%14.1%
March 202549.6%11.0%2.8%22.0%
April 202543.9%9.4%5.2%14.6%
May 202554.5%13.0%6.3%7.3%
June 202554.7%8.6%7.4%8.6%
July 202548.2%13.0%6.4%10.5%
August 202544.1%9.5%4.9%8.1%
September 202555.6%8.9%8.7%8.0%
October 202555.0%8.9%4.0%7.0%
November 202553.4%8.8%5.3%4.5%
December 202552.6%10.8%6.0%3.8%
January 202642.9%8.7%8.0%8.9%
February 202661.2%8.1%2.6%4.1%
March 202653.3%7.8%4.0%5.8%
April 202651.3%10.3%6.3%3.9%
May 202655.9%10.7%3.4%6.0%
June 202646.4%9.0%8.9%5.3%
July 202652.0%11.4%4.8%6.4%
August 202646.4%6.4%10.2%6.1%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthMexicoJapanThailandChinaAll countries
September 20240.2%3.2%3.3%28.4%5.4%
October 20240.4%3.2%3.3%28.1%5.8%
November 20240.3%3.1%2.9%28.3%5.5%
December 20240.6%3.1%3.1%28.4%10.1%
January 20250.9%3.1%3.3%28.4%7.0%
February 20250.4%3.0%3.2%29.1%5.1%
March 20253.3%3.1%3.2%47.7%13.2%
April 20252.1%5.1%3.8%55.5%11.0%
May 20251.4%12.7%11.6%93.8%12.5%
June 20250.3%13.0%13.3%57.7%9.9%
July 20250.2%12.9%13.3%58.0%11.5%
August 20250.3%13.7%14.2%57.5%11.8%
September 20250.2%15.2%16.8%58.0%10.5%
October 20250.0%15.0%22.2%57.9%10.7%
November 20250.2%15.0%22.4%52.8%9.8%
December 20250.0%14.9%22.3%48.2%9.2%
January 20261.2%14.7%22.3%47.9%13.0%
February 20261.8%14.4%21.2%47.3%8.8%
March 20260.8%12.7%12.8%39.0%7.5%
April 20260.7%12.8%13.3%37.6%7.1%
May 20260.7%12.7%13.2%38.1%6.9%
June 20260.5%12.7%13.3%37.9%7.9%
July 20260.2%12.6%13.3%37.2%6.9%
August 20260.0%12.3%15.3%40.2%7.5%

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 2026 · Duty paid: China 50.5% → 39.0%.
  2. March–May 2025 · Duty paid: Japan 3.1% → 13.0%, China 28.8% → 57.8%, all countries 6.0% → 11.9%.
  3. July 2019 · Duty paid: China 12.9% → 27.9%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Eagle Pass, TX$9.7M · 27.0%
  2. Los Angeles, CA$6.4M · 17.7%
  3. Laredo, TX$5.2M · 14.5%
  4. Ysleta, TX$3.8M · 10.5%
  5. Newark, NJ$1.4M · 4.0%

Where US exports go

US exports were $987K in August 2026, down 19% from August 2025, and $12.3M over the last 12 months, down 25% on the 12 months before.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$5.7M46.1%−8.1%
Mexico$1.6M13.3%−60%
United Arab Emirates$1.1M8.8%−3.8%
Germany$776K6.3%−30%
Brazil$564K4.6%−47%
Australia$449K3.7%−8.9%
Guatemala$308K2.5%+127%
South Africa$249K2.0%+8.7%
Other countries (40)$1.6M12.8%−23%
All countries$12.3M100.0%−25%

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; 118 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.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Germany$22.2Min 2025−1.6%$944K4.2%
Turkey$12.3Min 2025+0.2%$5K0.0%
Belgium$8.9Min 2025+8.7%$24K0.3%
Brazil$8.0Min 2025+2.6%$1.7MUS records $801K21.3%
Canada$7.4Min 2025+7.6%$2.1MUS records $6.0M27.8%
Korea, South$6.7Min 2025−29%$30K0.5%
France$5.5Min 2025−6.7%$334K6.0%
Mexico$5.2Min 2025−30%$2.0M38.2%

The biggest market outside the US is Germany, which imported $22.2M of this product in 2025, 4.2% of that from the US.

The US supplies 38.2% of imports into Mexico, but under 10% into Germany, Turkey and Belgium.

Other products under heading 4010: conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanized rubber. 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.
  • 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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