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

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HS 4804.21

Sack kraft paper, uncoated, unbleached, in rolls or sheets

In short

  • The US imported $128.4M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.6% on the year before.
  • Canada is the largest supplier, with 82.6% of US imports; Mexico is next, with 16.6%.
  • Mexico is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $0.86/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 0.1% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 0.3 points on a year earlier.
  • Canada is gaining share: 86.5% over the last 12 months, up from 74.0%.
  • US exports were $104.0M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Mexico, with 46.7%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$9.8M

↓ −32% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$128.4M

↓ −1.6% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

0.1%

↓ −0.3 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Canada

82.6% 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$14.3M
September 2025$8.8M
October 2025$9.0M
November 2025$6.2M
December 2025$11.5M
January 2026$7.7M
February 2026$11.8M
March 2026$10.5M
April 2026$12.4M
May 2026$13.1M
June 2026$14.9M
July 2026$12.8M
August 2026$9.8M

What changed

  • US imports were $9.8M in August 2026, down 24% from July 2026 and down 32% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $128.4M, down 1.6% on the 12 months before.
  • Market shares barely moved since July 2026: no supplier with 3% or more of the market gained or lost 2 points.
  • Average prices from the top 2 suppliers stayed within 5% of July 2026.
  • Duty paid by the main suppliers held within 2 points of July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $128.4M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 62% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $104.0M, down 26%. 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Sweden ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$79.0M
12 months to Aug 2018$103.8M
12 months to Aug 2019$113.1M
12 months to Aug 2020$115.1M
12 months to Aug 2021$117.7M
12 months to Aug 2022$158.8M
12 months to Aug 2023$171.7M
12 months to Aug 2024$126.2M
12 months to Aug 2025$130.5M
12 months to Aug 2026$128.4M
  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • Sweden
  • China
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodCanadaMexicoSwedenChina
12 months to Aug 201767.3%11.3%9.5%0.1%
12 months to Aug 201862.9%21.1%6.4%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201964.2%20.1%5.8%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202060.0%18.9%10.1%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202162.6%21.9%10.5%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202271.7%19.9%4.6%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202367.1%18.7%10.2%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202476.3%7.0%12.0%0.4%
12 months to Aug 202574.0%8.1%11.0%0.4%
12 months to Aug 202686.5%9.1%3.8%0.2%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodCanadaMexicoSwedenChinaAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%0.0%0.0%15.6%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20250.0%0.0%0.3%38.2%0.2%
12 months to Aug 20260.0%0.0%0.1%42.6%0.2%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$128.4M−1.6%0.2%−0.1 pts$104.0M−11%
12 months to Aug 2025$130.5M+3.3%0.2%+0.1 pts$116.9M+3.1%
12 months to Aug 2024$126.2M−26%0.1%+0.1 pts$113.3M−21%
12 months to Aug 2023$171.7M+8.1%0.0%0.0 pts$142.6M−25%
12 months to Aug 2022$158.8M+35%0.0%0.0 pts$189.3M+47%
12 months to Aug 2021$117.7M+2.3%0.0%0.0 pts$129.2M+12%
12 months to Aug 2020$115.1M+1.7%0.0%0.0 pts$115.4M−28%
12 months to Aug 2019$113.1M+8.9%0.0%0.0 pts$159.7M−4.0%
12 months to Aug 2018$103.8M+31%0.0%0.0 pts$166.4M+19%
12 months to Aug 2017$79.0M0.0%$139.8M

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
Canada$8.1M82.6%+16.7 pts$1.22/kg+6.9%0.0%0.0 pts
Mexico$1.6M16.6%+13.5 pts$0.89/kg+10%0.0%0.0 pts
India$27K0.3%new$0.90/kg10.0%
Estonia$24K0.3%−0.1 pts$1.46/kg−48%10.0%0.0 pts
Brazil$14K0.1%new$0.74/kg37.5%
China$10K0.1%−0.4 pts$0.30/kg+4.8%37.5%−17.5 pts
Poland$3K0.0%new$1.24/kg10.0%
All countries$9.8M100.0%$1.14/kg−4.2%0.1%−0.3 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 99.5% 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$0.86/kg$0.00/kg0.0% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$0.86/kg+4.3%
Canada$1.17/kg$0.01/kg0.5% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$1.17/kg+4.0%
All countries$1.11/kg$0.01/kg0.6% of price$0.00/kg0.1% of price$1.12/kg−1.8%

Landed at a US port, Mexico was cheapest, at $0.86/kg: 26.3% below Canada.

How the market is shifting

Canada gained the most share: 86.5% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 74.0% in the 12 months before. Sweden lost the most: 3.8%, down from 11.0%. 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.

  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • Sweden
  • China
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthCanadaMexicoSwedenChina
September 202476.1%9.5%1.0%0.2%
October 202479.0%5.8%10.9%0.4%
November 202480.7%12.0%5.1%0.4%
December 202480.0%8.4%3.0%0.4%
January 202584.6%6.1%7.5%0.3%
February 202571.5%7.9%19.5%0.2%
March 202572.3%4.7%22.7%0.2%
April 202517.9%16.7%63.3%0.8%
May 202539.7%36.9%19.2%0.9%
June 202575.0%9.9%2.8%0.5%
July 202585.6%13.5%0.0%0.6%
August 202566.0%3.1%0.0%0.5%
September 202591.9%7.6%0.0%0.5%
October 202586.9%12.5%0.0%0.4%
November 202587.5%12.2%0.0%0.2%
December 202572.0%7.1%20.5%0.4%
January 202693.1%5.6%0.0%0.2%
February 202675.8%2.2%21.7%0.1%
March 202691.3%8.3%0.0%0.2%
April 202691.4%8.3%0.0%0.3%
May 202692.3%7.4%0.0%0.1%
June 202693.0%6.4%0.0%0.0%
July 202681.8%17.5%0.0%0.5%
August 202682.6%16.6%0.0%0.1%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthCanadaMexicoSwedenChinaAll countries
September 20240.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%
October 20240.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.1%
November 20240.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.1%
December 20240.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.1%
January 20250.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.1%
February 20250.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%
March 20250.0%0.0%0.0%45.0%0.1%
April 20250.1%0.0%0.2%45.0%0.5%
May 20250.0%0.0%10.0%48.4%2.5%
June 20250.0%0.0%10.0%55.0%1.7%
July 20250.0%0.0%n/a55.0%0.3%
August 20250.0%0.0%n/a55.0%0.5%
September 20250.0%0.0%n/a55.0%0.3%
October 20250.0%0.0%n/a55.0%0.3%
November 20250.0%0.0%n/a45.0%0.1%
December 20250.0%0.0%0.0%45.0%0.2%
January 20260.1%0.0%n/a45.0%0.4%
February 20260.0%0.0%0.1%45.0%0.1%
March 20260.0%0.0%n/a33.6%0.1%
April 20260.0%0.0%n/a35.0%0.1%
May 20260.0%0.0%n/a35.0%0.0%
June 20260.0%0.0%n/an/a0.1%
July 20260.0%0.1%n/a34.4%0.2%
August 20260.0%0.0%n/a37.5%0.1%

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. April 2025 · Duty paid: Sweden 0.0% → 10.0%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Pembina, ND$56.5M · 44.0%
  2. International Falls-Ranier, MN$40.7M · 31.7%
  3. Brownsville, TX$8.4M · 6.5%
  4. Blaine, WA$5.9M · 4.6%
  5. Philadelphia, PA$4.9M · 3.8%

Where US exports go

US exports were $9.1M in August 2026, down 1.5% from August 2025, and $104.0M over the last 12 months, down 11% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Canada, up 32%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Mexico$48.6M46.7%−12%
Canada$26.7M25.6%+32%
Guatemala$11.2M10.7%−1.1%
Thailand$4.4M4.3%−51%
Dominican Republic$3.1M2.9%+10.0%
China$3.0M2.9%+118%
Malaysia$1.1M1.1%−77%
Vietnam$1.0M1.0%+34%
Other countries (29)$5.0M4.8%−52%
All countries$104.0M100.0%−11%

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; 102 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
China$249.7Min 2025+27%$992K0.4%
Germany$248.3Min 2025+11%$3K0.0%
Mexico$137.7Min 2025+6.8%$41.0M29.7%
Italy$106.3Min 2025+0.5%$69K0.1%
Morocco$102.1Min 2025+15%$215K0.2%
Poland$73.2Min 2025+2.1%$00.0%
Indonesia$63.7Min 2025+7.4%$457K0.7%
Egypt$55.3Min 2025−37%$00.0%

The biggest market outside the US is China, which imported $249.7M of this product in 2025, 0.4% of that from the US.

The US supplies 29.7% of imports into Mexico, but under 10% into China, Germany and Italy.

Of these, imports into China grew fastest: up 27% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 4804: kraft paper and paperboard, uncoated, not elsewhere specified, in rolls or sheets. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Kraftliner, uncoated, unbleached, in rolls or sheetsHS 4804.11$46.6M$1.82B
Kraftliner, uncoated, bleached, in rolls or sheetsHS 4804.19$240.8M$152.8M
Kraft paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified, weighing not over 150 g/m2, uncoated, unbleached, in rolls or sheetsHS 4804.31$92.7M$163.6M
Kraft paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified, weighing not over 150 g/m2, uncoated, bleached, in rolls or sheetsHS 4804.39$138.1M$86.3M
Kraft paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified, over 150 g/m2 but under 225 g/m2, uncoated, bleached, over 95% (wt.) wood fibers by chemical process, in rolls etc.HS 4804.42$14.7M$120.0M
Kraft paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified, weighing 225 g/m2 or over, uncoated, unbleached, in rolls or sheetsHS 4804.51$53.8M$59.2M
Kraft paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified, weighing over 150 g/m2 but less than 225 g/m2, uncoated, unbleached, in rolls or sheetsHS 4804.41$18.5M$72.8M
Sack kraft paper, uncoated, bleached, in rolls or sheetsHS 4804.29$53.0M$26.9M
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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