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

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Wood charcoal of bamboo

In short

  • The US imported $3.0M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 44% on the year before.
  • Mexico is the largest supplier, with 74.9% of US imports; China is next, with 25.1%.
  • Mexico is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $424.87/tonne.
  • Duty paid averaged 6.5% of the value of imports in August 2026, up 6.2 points on a year earlier.
  • China is gaining share: 9.8% over the last 12 months, up from 7.1%.
  • US exports were $292K over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 37.3%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$149K

↓ −60% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$3.0M

↓ −44% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

6.5%

↑ +6.2 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Mexico

74.9% 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$372K
September 2025$324K
October 2025$317K
November 2025$346K
December 2025$345K
January 2026$324K
February 2026$198K
March 2026$203K
April 2026$154K
May 2026$303K
June 2026$156K
July 2026$213K
August 2026$149K

What changed

  • US imports were $149K in August 2026, down 30% from July 2026 and down 60% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $3.0M, down 44% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: China up from 21.6% to 25.1%, Indonesia down from 3.6% to 0.0%.
  • Average price from China fell 43% since July 2026, to $520.83/tonne.
  • Duty paid by the main suppliers held within 2 points of July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $3.0M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 31% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $292K, up 58%. 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 ↑China ↓
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$4.4M
12 months to Aug 2018$4.6M
12 months to Aug 2019$6.2M
12 months to Aug 2020$4.8M
12 months to Aug 2021$3.7M
12 months to Aug 2022$7.3M
12 months to Aug 2023$9.9M
12 months to Aug 2024$7.6M
12 months to Aug 2025$5.5M
12 months to Aug 2026$3.0M
  • Mexico
  • China
  • Poland
  • Indonesia
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodMexicoChinaPolandIndonesia
12 months to Aug 201757.1%37.3%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201840.4%51.7%0.0%2.0%
12 months to Aug 201937.5%55.8%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202055.1%42.1%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202166.6%25.1%0.0%1.0%
12 months to Aug 202280.9%10.2%0.0%1.8%
12 months to Aug 202389.3%5.2%0.0%2.5%
12 months to Aug 202490.2%7.0%0.0%0.9%
12 months to Aug 202588.4%7.1%1.8%0.3%
12 months to Aug 202684.0%9.8%2.8%1.8%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodMexicoChinaPolandIndonesiaAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%n/an/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%0.0%n/a0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%7.4%n/a0.0%4.1%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%17.3%n/an/a7.3%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%22.0%n/a0.0%5.5%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%22.4%n/a0.0%2.3%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%22.6%n/a0.0%1.2%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%17.0%n/a0.0%1.2%
12 months to Aug 20250.0%26.6%0.0%0.0%2.0%
12 months to Aug 20260.0%23.3%10.0%16.2%3.0%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$3.0M−44%3.0%+1.0 pts$292K+33%
12 months to Aug 2025$5.5M−28%2.0%+0.8 pts$219K−16%
12 months to Aug 2024$7.6M−23%1.2%0.0 pts$261K+32%
12 months to Aug 2023$9.9M+35%1.2%−1.1 pts$197K−26%
12 months to Aug 2022$7.3M+98%2.3%−3.2 pts$268K+37%
12 months to Aug 2021$3.7M−23%5.5%−1.8 pts$195K−11%
12 months to Aug 2020$4.8M−22%7.3%+3.1 pts$221K+16%
12 months to Aug 2019$6.2M+36%4.1%+4.1 pts$190K−65%
12 months to Aug 2018$4.6M+3.8%0.0%0.0 pts$550K+197%
12 months to Aug 2017$4.4M0.0%$185K

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$112K74.9%−8.3 pts$387.60/tonne−31%0.0%0.0 pts
China$38K25.1%+23.5 pts$520.83/tonne−75%26.0%+26.0 pts
All countries$149K100.0%$414.24/tonne−35%6.5%+6.2 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 96.6% 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$399.45/tonne$25.42/tonne6.4% of price$0.00/tonne0.0% of price$424.87/tonne−24%
China$592.50/tonne$165.25/tonne27.9% of price$166.37/tonne28.1% of price$924.13/tonne+32%
All countries$431.86/tonne$47.55/tonne11.0% of price$25.38/tonne5.9% of price$504.79/tonne−19%

Landed at a US port, Mexico was cheapest, at $424.87/tonne: 54.0% below China.

Landed cost from China rose 32% on a year earlier, to $924.13/tonne, mostly on price: $437.77/tonne then, $592.50/tonne now.

How the market is shifting

China gained the most share: 9.8% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 7.1% in the 12 months before. Mexico lost the most: 84.0%, down from 88.4%. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months.

  • Mexico
  • China
  • Poland
  • Indonesia
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthMexicoChinaPolandIndonesia
September 202492.9%6.1%0.0%0.0%
October 202494.2%5.0%0.0%0.0%
November 202481.2%17.3%0.0%0.0%
December 202488.6%9.6%0.0%0.0%
January 202595.5%2.0%2.4%0.0%
February 202590.4%8.1%0.0%0.0%
March 202585.3%12.9%0.0%0.0%
April 202586.2%9.6%0.0%0.0%
May 202588.2%11.8%0.0%0.0%
June 202594.7%3.9%0.0%0.0%
July 202580.9%1.9%12.5%2.9%
August 202583.1%1.7%0.0%0.0%
September 202590.6%7.8%0.0%0.0%
October 202582.4%9.9%0.0%6.0%
November 202593.3%3.7%0.0%0.0%
December 202593.3%2.3%0.0%2.8%
January 202695.8%2.5%0.0%0.0%
February 202687.0%5.9%0.0%4.5%
March 202679.0%19.3%0.0%0.0%
April 202689.4%2.2%0.0%6.2%
May 202655.0%17.4%27.6%0.0%
June 202686.3%13.7%0.0%0.0%
July 202672.1%21.6%0.0%3.6%
August 202674.9%25.1%0.0%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthMexicoChinaPolandIndonesiaAll countries
September 20240.0%25.0%n/an/a1.5%
October 20240.0%21.8%n/an/a1.1%
November 20240.0%23.1%n/an/a4.0%
December 20240.0%23.6%n/an/a2.3%
January 20250.0%12.0%0.0%n/a0.2%
February 20250.0%10.0%n/an/a0.8%
March 20250.0%43.2%n/an/a5.6%
April 20250.0%31.3%n/an/a3.0%
May 20250.0%39.4%n/an/a4.7%
June 20250.0%6.5%n/an/a0.4%
July 20250.0%55.0%0.0%0.0%1.2%
August 20250.0%0.0%n/an/a0.3%
September 20250.0%23.4%n/an/a2.0%
October 20250.0%39.5%n/a19.0%5.2%
November 20250.0%0.0%n/an/a0.0%
December 20250.0%0.0%n/a19.0%0.7%
January 20260.0%0.0%n/an/a0.2%
February 20260.0%45.0%n/a19.0%3.8%
March 20260.0%14.3%n/an/a2.8%
April 20260.0%35.0%n/a10.0%1.4%
May 20260.0%18.0%10.0%n/a5.9%
June 20260.0%35.0%n/an/a4.8%
July 20260.0%26.5%n/a10.0%6.2%
August 20260.0%26.0%n/an/a6.5%

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. August 2020 · Duty paid: China 15.7% → 20.9%.
  2. November 2019 · Duty paid: China 23.3% → 14.3%.
  3. June–July 2019 · Duty paid: China 5.2% → 23.3%, all countries 3.4% → 11.1%.
  4. October 2018 · Duty paid: China 0.0% → 5.4%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Roma, TX$1.1M · 36.1%
  2. San Luis, AZ$939K · 31.0%
  3. Otay Mesa, CA$401K · 13.2%
  4. Newark, NJ$193K · 6.4%
  5. Los Angeles, CA$125K · 4.1%

Where US exports go

US exports were $19K in August 2026, up 43% from August 2025, and $292K over the last 12 months, up 33% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Dominican Republic, up 538%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$109K37.3%+237%
Turks and Caicos Islands$48K16.6%+208%
Barbados$36K12.5%−27%
Dominican Republic$28K9.5%+538%
Bahamas$26K8.8%−22%
Cayman Islands$11K3.8%+156%
Anguilla$10K3.5%+28%
Guyana$7K2.4%new
Other countries (4)$16K5.6%+441%
All countries$292K100.0%+33%

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; 89 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Japan$11.3Min 2025+21%$00.0%
Korea, South$10.9Min 2025−3.5%$00.0%
Netherlands$2.5Min 2025−47%$6660.0%
Saudi Arabia$2.1Min 2025−36%$00.0%
South Africa$1.5Min 2025+88%$00.0%
Jordan$1.3Min 2024+295%$00.0%
Oman$1.3Min 2025+6.9%$420.0%
Qatar$1.2Min 2024−24%$00.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Japan, which imported $11.3M of this product in 2025, none of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Japan grew fastest: up 21% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 4402: wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Wood charcoal, whether or not agglomerated, not elsewhere specifiedHS 4402.90$97.3M$15.8M
Wood charcoal of shell or nutHS 4402.20$4.3M$339K
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 (tonnes), 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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