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HS 5206.31

Cotton yarn not elsewhere specified, less than 85% (wt.) cotton, not for retail sale, multiple or cabled uncombed yarn, not over 14 nm per single yarn

In short

  • The US imported $964K of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 20% on the year before.
  • Spain is the largest supplier, with 35.8% of US imports; China is next, with 17.0%.
  • Turkey is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $2.91/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 17.9% of the value of imports in August 2026, up 0.3 points on a year earlier.
  • Spain is gaining share: 50.5% over the last 12 months, up from 31.1%.
  • US exports were $92K over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 100.0%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$102K

↑ +153% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$964K

↑ +20% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

17.9%

↑ +0.3 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Spain

35.8% 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$40K
September 2025$19K
October 2025$34K
November 2025$116K
December 2025$66K
January 2026$100K
February 2026$2K
March 2026$97K
April 2026$65K
May 2026$114K
June 2026$45K
July 2026$205K
August 2026$102K

What changed

  • US imports were $102K in August 2026, down 50% from July 2026 and up 153% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $964K, up 20% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: China up from 0.0% to 17.0%, Spain down from 73.2% to 35.8%.
  • Average price from Spain rose 9.5% since July 2026, to $3.35/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from Thailand rose from 12.3% to 21.7% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Spain fell from 16.3% to 10.0% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $964K in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 41% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $92K, up 62%.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$1.6M
12 months to Aug 2018$1.8M
12 months to Aug 2019$2.0M
12 months to Aug 2020$1.3M
12 months to Aug 2021$1.5M
12 months to Aug 2022$2.1M
12 months to Aug 2023$1.6M
12 months to Aug 2024$696K
12 months to Aug 2025$805K
12 months to Aug 2026$964K
  • Spain
  • Thailand
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodSpainThailandTurkeyUnited Kingdom
12 months to Aug 201723.4%9.8%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201832.9%7.9%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201925.7%9.3%0.0%2.4%
12 months to Aug 202014.4%10.4%1.6%10.9%
12 months to Aug 202113.8%11.2%2.9%11.1%
12 months to Aug 202218.1%5.6%0.0%7.0%
12 months to Aug 202311.6%12.3%0.0%7.8%
12 months to Aug 202426.9%18.8%0.0%9.7%
12 months to Aug 202531.1%21.1%0.0%15.1%
12 months to Aug 202650.5%14.8%12.6%11.2%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodSpainThailandTurkeyUnited KingdomAll countries
12 months to Aug 20179.2%9.2%n/a9.1%5.9%
12 months to Aug 20189.2%9.2%n/an/a6.5%
12 months to Aug 20199.2%9.2%n/a9.2%6.5%
12 months to Aug 20209.2%9.2%9.2%9.2%6.8%
12 months to Aug 20219.2%9.2%9.2%9.2%8.2%
12 months to Aug 20229.2%9.2%9.2%9.2%7.2%
12 months to Aug 20239.2%9.2%9.2%9.2%4.7%
12 months to Aug 20249.2%9.2%n/a9.2%7.9%
12 months to Aug 202510.1%12.5%n/a11.8%12.2%
12 months to Aug 202616.5%22.7%22.0%19.2%19.0%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$964K+20%19.0%+6.8 pts$92K−3.4%
12 months to Aug 2025$805K+16%12.2%+4.3 pts$95K−72%
12 months to Aug 2024$696K−56%7.9%+3.3 pts$339K−30%
12 months to Aug 2023$1.6M−24%4.7%−2.5 pts$486K+19%
12 months to Aug 2022$2.1M+40%7.2%−1.1 pts$409K+63%
12 months to Aug 2021$1.5M+12%8.2%+1.4 pts$251K+16%
12 months to Aug 2020$1.3M−34%6.8%+0.3 pts$215K−2.6%
12 months to Aug 2019$2.0M+9.3%6.5%0.0 pts$221K+14%
12 months to Aug 2018$1.8M+12%6.5%+0.6 pts$194K+242%
12 months to Aug 2017$1.6M5.9%$57K

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
Spain$37K35.8%−25.7 pts$3.35/kg−6.3%10.0%−6.5 pts
China$17K17.0%new$4.61/kg46.7%
Mexico$15K14.3%new$3.05/kg0.0%
United Kingdom$14K14.1%new$25.84/kg19.2%
Thailand$14K14.0%−24.5 pts$3.12/kg−1.9%21.7%+2.5 pts
Peru$4K3.7%new$37.89/kg12.5%
Sweden$1K1.1%new$94.58/kg10.0%
All countries$102K100.0%$4.13/kg+21%17.9%+0.3 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 77.9% 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
CountryPriceFreight and insuranceDutyLanded costMake-up
Turkey$2.43/kg$0.00/kg0.1% of price$0.47/kg19.2% of price$2.91/kg
Mexico$3.09/kg$0.12/kg4.0% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$3.21/kg
Pakistan$2.77/kg$0.09/kg3.2% of price$0.53/kg19.2% of price$3.39/kg
Thailand$2.84/kg$0.17/kg6.1% of price$0.47/kg16.4% of price$3.47/kg−20%
Spain$3.11/kg$0.27/kg8.5% of price$0.47/kg15.0% of price$3.85/kg−17%
China$4.13/kg$0.01/kg0.1% of price$1.89/kg45.8% of price$6.03/kg−19%
United Kingdom$26.39/kg$0.87/kg3.3% of price$5.07/kg19.2% of price$32.33/kg+6.9%
All countries$3.40/kg$0.21/kg6.2% of price$0.58/kg17.0% of price$4.19/kg−44%

Landed at a US port, Turkey was cheapest, at $2.91/kg: 9.6% below Mexico.

Landed cost from Thailand fell 20% on a year earlier, to $3.47/kg, mostly on price: $3.49/kg then, $2.84/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Spain gained the most share: 50.5% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 31.1% in the 12 months before. Mexico lost the most: 2.8%, down from 12.0%. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months.

  • Spain
  • Thailand
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthSpainThailandTurkeyUnited Kingdom
September 20240.0%46.7%0.0%0.0%
October 20240.0%0.0%0.0%45.3%
November 202437.9%13.6%0.0%15.2%
December 202451.4%28.6%0.0%11.2%
January 202570.2%5.5%0.0%7.7%
February 202547.0%13.4%0.0%0.0%
March 202565.7%0.0%0.0%18.0%
April 20250.0%66.1%0.0%0.0%
May 20252.6%97.4%0.0%0.0%
June 20258.1%55.5%0.0%2.1%
July 20251.4%0.0%0.0%43.6%
August 202561.5%38.5%0.0%0.0%
September 20250.0%75.3%0.0%0.0%
October 20250.0%21.6%78.4%0.0%
November 202532.1%17.5%35.2%15.2%
December 20250.0%42.3%0.0%35.0%
January 202690.9%0.0%0.0%4.0%
February 20260.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
March 202650.1%17.1%0.0%32.2%
April 202672.1%0.0%17.2%0.9%
May 202667.9%4.6%27.3%0.0%
June 20260.0%23.7%26.4%0.0%
July 202673.2%12.4%0.0%8.6%
August 202635.8%14.0%0.0%14.1%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthSpainThailandTurkeyUnited KingdomAll countries
September 2024n/a9.2%n/an/a7.3%
October 2024n/an/an/a9.2%9.9%
November 20249.2%9.2%n/a9.2%7.9%
December 20249.2%9.2%n/a9.2%9.6%
January 20259.2%9.2%n/a9.2%10.0%
February 20259.2%9.2%n/an/a5.6%
March 20259.2%n/an/a9.2%10.2%
April 2025n/a9.2%n/an/a20.7%
May 202519.1%19.2%n/an/a19.2%
June 202519.2%19.2%n/a19.2%19.2%
July 202519.2%n/an/a19.2%29.9%
August 202516.5%19.2%n/an/a17.5%
September 2025n/a28.2%n/an/a24.9%
October 2025n/a28.2%24.2%n/a25.1%
November 202515.0%28.2%24.2%19.2%21.2%
December 2025n/a28.2%n/a19.2%25.7%
January 202615.0%n/an/a19.2%15.2%
February 2026n/an/an/an/a15.0%
March 202619.2%19.2%n/a19.2%19.2%
April 202619.2%n/a19.2%19.2%19.2%
May 202619.2%19.2%19.2%n/a19.2%
June 2026n/a19.2%19.2%n/a18.8%
July 202616.3%12.3%n/a19.2%16.2%
August 202610.0%21.7%n/a19.2%17.9%

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Charleston, SC$499K · 51.7%
  2. Savannah, GA$122K · 12.6%
  3. Long Beach, CA$107K · 11.1%
  4. Los Angeles, CA$68K · 7.1%
  5. Port Huron, MI$51K · 5.3%

Where US exports go

US exports were $17K in August 2026, and $92K over the last 12 months, down 3.4% on the 12 months before.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$92K100.0%−3.4%
All countries$92K100.0%−3.4%

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; 68 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Germany$12.3Min 2025+36%$00.0%
Italy$4.3Min 2025−16%$00.0%
United Kingdom$2.0Min 2025−21%$00.0%
Romania$1.2Min 2025+11%$00.0%
Korea, South$1.2Min 2025+25%$00.0%
Greece$893Kin 2025−57%$00.0%
Spain$601Kin 2025−29%$00.0%
Hungary$543Kin 2025+6.1%$00.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Germany, which imported $12.3M of this product in 2025, none of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Germany grew fastest: up 36% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 5206: cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85% (by wt.) cotton, not put up for retail sale. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Cotton yarn not elsewhere specified, less than 85% by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single uncombed yarn, over 14 nm but not over 43 nmHS 5206.12$2.0M$17.8M
Cotton yarn not elsewhere specified, less than 85% by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single combed yarn, not over 14 nmHS 5206.21$114K$8.1M
Cotton yarn not elsewhere specified, less than 85% by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single combed yarn, over 43 nm but not over 52 nmHS 5206.23$4.3Mnone
Cotton yarn not elsewhere specified, less than 85% by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single uncombed yarn, over 43 nm but not over 52 nmHS 5206.13$150K$3.8M
Cotton yarn not elsewhere specified, less than 85% by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single uncombed yarn, not over 14 nmHS 5206.11$2.2M$466K
Cotton yarn not elsewhere specified, less than 85% (wt.) cotton, not for retail sale, multiple or cabled uncombed yarn, over 80 nm per single yarnHS 5206.35$937$1.2M
Cotton yarn not elsewhere specified, less than 85% by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single combed yarn, over 14 nm but not over 43 nmHS 5206.22$551Knone
Cotton yarn not elsewhere specified, less than 85% (wt.) cotton, not for retail sale, multiple or cabled combed yarn, over 80 nm per single yarnHS 5206.45$203K$15K
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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