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

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Kraft paper and paperboard (not for writing, printing or other graphic purposes), clay coated, unbleached, in rolls or sheets

In short

  • The US imported $180.6M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.1% on the year before.
  • Finland is the largest supplier, with 99.7% of US imports; Canada is next, with 0.2%.
  • Duty paid averaged 10.0% of the value of imports in August 2026, the same as a year earlier.
  • US exports were $376.2M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 31.6%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$26.0M

↑ +146% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$180.6M

↓ −7.1% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

10.0%

0.0 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Finland

99.7% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugDuty ↑Duty ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$10.6M
September 2025$1.1M
October 2025$11.8M
November 2025$25.0M
December 2025$14.0M
January 2026$18.9M
February 2026$12.0M
March 2026$7.5M
April 2026$7.0M
May 2026$21.0M
June 2026$26.0M
July 2026$10.2M
August 2026$26.0M

What changed

  • US imports were $26.0M in August 2026, up 157% from July 2026 and up 146% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $180.6M, down 7.1% 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 price from Finland stayed within 5% of July 2026, at $0.85/kg.
  • Duty paid by the main suppliers held within 2 points of July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $180.6M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 22% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $376.2M, down 6.0%. 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$148.6M
12 months to Aug 2018$142.9M
12 months to Aug 2019$133.1M
12 months to Aug 2020$133.1M
12 months to Aug 2021$171.5M
12 months to Aug 2022$170.6M
12 months to Aug 2023$177.6M
12 months to Aug 2024$168.0M
12 months to Aug 2025$194.4M
12 months to Aug 2026$180.6M
  • Finland
  • Sweden
  • Brazil
  • Mexico
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodFinlandSwedenBrazilMexico
12 months to Aug 201794.4%3.0%0.5%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201893.5%4.5%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201995.7%2.1%0.1%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202095.8%1.7%0.4%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202196.3%1.0%0.6%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202295.7%2.1%0.6%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202396.5%2.7%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202495.3%3.3%1.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202596.1%3.2%0.2%0.2%
12 months to Aug 202696.5%1.6%0.8%0.5%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodFinlandSwedenBrazilMexicoAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%0.0%n/an/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.1%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%0.0%n/a0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20252.0%3.6%5.9%0.0%2.1%
12 months to Aug 202612.2%15.0%50.0%24.1%12.6%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$180.6M−7.1%12.6%+10.5 pts$376.2M−3.3%
12 months to Aug 2025$194.4M+16%2.1%+2.1 pts$389.0M−14%
12 months to Aug 2024$168.0M−5.4%0.0%0.0 pts$451.7M+12%
12 months to Aug 2023$177.6M+4.1%0.0%−0.1 pts$403.0M+3.1%
12 months to Aug 2022$170.6M−0.5%0.1%0.0 pts$391.0M−5.5%
12 months to Aug 2021$171.5M+29%0.1%0.0 pts$413.5M−3.9%
12 months to Aug 2020$133.1M0.0%0.1%0.0 pts$430.2M+11%
12 months to Aug 2019$133.1M−6.9%0.1%+0.1 pts$388.3M−10%
12 months to Aug 2018$142.9M−3.8%0.0%0.0 pts$433.4M+8.3%
12 months to Aug 2017$148.6M0.0%$400.3M

Who supplies the US

August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025.

CountryUS importsShareAverage priceDuty paidLast 13 months
Finland$26.0M99.7%+5.2 pts$0.85/kg−11%10.0%0.0 pts
Canada$64K0.2%−0.6 pts$1.26/kg−59%0.8%+0.8 pts
China$7K0.0%−0.1 pts$1.96/kg+362%37.5%−17.5 pts
Switzerland$4K0.0%0.0 pts$21.88/kg+61%12.5%+2.5 pts
Germany$3K0.0%new$33.53/kg10.0%
All countries$26.0M100.0%$0.85/kg−11%10.0%0.0 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 98.9% of US imports over the last 12 months.

How the market is shifting

Sweden lost the most share: 1.6% of US imports over the last 12 months, down from 3.2% in the 12 months before. 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
  • Brazil
  • Mexico
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthFinlandSwedenBrazilMexico
September 202495.8%3.8%0.3%0.0%
October 202448.7%45.8%0.6%0.0%
November 202499.4%0.5%0.0%0.0%
December 202496.7%3.1%0.1%0.0%
January 202599.1%0.8%0.0%0.0%
February 202596.2%3.1%0.2%0.0%
March 202592.8%4.5%0.0%2.5%
April 202594.4%5.3%0.0%0.0%
May 202593.3%6.1%0.3%0.0%
June 202595.8%3.3%0.2%0.3%
July 20250.0%47.9%17.0%0.0%
August 202594.5%4.5%0.0%0.0%
September 20250.0%78.7%0.0%0.0%
October 202591.1%3.1%5.0%0.0%
November 202597.2%1.5%1.0%0.1%
December 202581.0%8.2%3.7%6.6%
January 202698.4%0.7%0.0%0.0%
February 202699.1%0.6%0.0%0.1%
March 202699.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
April 202698.5%0.2%0.0%0.0%
May 202699.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%
June 202699.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
July 202699.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%
August 202699.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthFinlandSwedenBrazilMexicoAll countries
September 20240.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
October 20240.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
November 20240.0%0.0%n/an/a0.0%
December 20240.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
January 20250.0%0.0%n/an/a0.0%
February 20250.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
March 20250.0%0.0%n/a0.0%0.1%
April 20250.0%0.0%n/an/a0.0%
May 202510.0%10.0%10.0%0.0%10.0%
June 202510.0%10.0%10.0%0.0%10.0%
July 2025n/a10.0%10.0%n/a9.3%
August 202510.0%10.3%n/an/a10.0%
September 2025n/a15.0%n/an/a16.0%
October 202515.0%15.0%50.0%n/a16.7%
November 202515.0%15.0%50.0%0.0%15.4%
December 202515.0%15.0%50.0%25.0%17.0%
January 202615.0%15.0%n/a0.0%15.0%
February 202615.0%15.0%n/a25.0%15.0%
March 202610.0%n/an/an/a10.0%
April 202610.0%10.0%n/an/a9.9%
May 202610.0%n/an/an/a10.0%
June 202610.0%10.0%n/an/a10.0%
July 202610.0%n/an/an/a10.0%
August 202610.0%n/an/an/a10.0%

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. March 2026 · Duty paid: all countries 15.2% → 10.0%.
  2. October 2025 · Duty paid: all countries 10.0% → 16.0%.
  3. May 2025 · Duty paid: Finland 0.0% → 10.0%, all countries 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. Baltimore, MD$155.7M · 86.2%
  2. Green Bay, WI$18.3M · 10.1%
  3. Houston, TX$4.7M · 2.6%
  4. Laredo, TX$947K · 0.5%
  5. Sweetgrass, MT$151K · 0.1%

Where US exports go

US exports were $34.2M in August 2026, up 24% from August 2025, and $376.2M over the last 12 months, down 3.3% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Czech Republic, up 37%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$119.0M31.6%−1.9%
Czech Republic$38.6M10.3%+37%
Mexico$38.2M10.1%−17%
United Kingdom$26.0M6.9%−18%
Germany$25.0M6.6%+4.9%
Japan$20.1M5.4%−3.8%
Spain$19.9M5.3%−6.8%
China$15.8M4.2%−0.9%
Other countries (33)$73.5M19.5%−7.5%
All countries$376.2M100.0%−3.3%

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; 113 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
Canada$118.7Min 2025−9.5%$118.2M99.5%
Japan$76.1Min 2025−14%$60.0MUS records $18.0M78.8%
Turkey$72.9Min 2025+6.6%$506K0.7%
China$72.4Min 2025−8.8%$44.1MUS records $14.8M60.9%
Germany$57.2Min 2025−15%$2.0MUS records $21.3M3.5%
Netherlands$52.8Min 2025−28%$16.7M31.5%
United Kingdom$46.1Min 2025−12%$39.5M85.7%
Mexico$45.6Min 2025−6.9%$45.4M99.5%

The biggest market outside the US is Canada, which imported $118.7M of this product in 2025, 99.5% of that from the US.

The US supplies 99.5% of imports into Canada and 31.5% into the Netherlands, but under 10% into Turkey.

Other products under heading 4810: paper and paperboard, coated on one or both sides with kaolin (china clay) or other inorganic substances (with no other coating), in rolls or sheets. 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.
  • 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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