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HS 5402.46

Yarn, single, untwisted or with a twist not exceeding 50 turns per meter, of polyesters, partially oriented, nes

In short

  • The US imported $8.3M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 42% on the year before.
  • Korea, South is the largest supplier, with 79.8% of US imports; Vietnam is next, with 12.5%.
  • Taiwan is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $1.28/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 13.8% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 1.3 points on a year earlier.
  • Korea, South is gaining share: 50.3% over the last 12 months, up from 36.2%.
  • US exports were $27.5M over the last 12 months; the largest market is El Salvador, with 80.6%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$503K

↓ −28% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$8.3M

↓ −42% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

13.8%

↓ −1.3 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Korea, South

79.8% 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. 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$702K
September 2025$807K
October 2025$642K
November 2025$458K
December 2025$490K
January 2026$501K
February 2026$573K
March 2026$579K
April 2026$920K
May 2026$903K
June 2026$928K
July 2026$1.0M
August 2026$503K

What changed

  • US imports were $503K in August 2026, down 51% from July 2026 and down 28% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $8.3M, down 42% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Korea, South up from 65.3% to 79.8%, Malaysia down from 16.0% to 0.0%.
  • Average prices from the top 3 suppliers stayed within 5% of July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Korea, South rose from 7.7% to 12.5% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $8.3M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 40% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $27.5M, down 33%. 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$14.0M
12 months to Aug 2018$16.3M
12 months to Aug 2019$15.0M
12 months to Aug 2020$12.2M
12 months to Aug 2021$13.2M
12 months to Aug 2022$14.9M
12 months to Aug 2023$18.4M
12 months to Aug 2024$18.1M
12 months to Aug 2025$14.3M
12 months to Aug 2026$8.3M
  • Korea, South
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Vietnam
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodKorea, SouthIndiaIndonesiaVietnam
12 months to Aug 20175.8%30.6%5.6%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201825.9%25.5%0.2%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201938.6%34.3%1.8%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202030.9%43.6%1.3%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202129.5%50.8%2.1%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202220.6%55.0%1.5%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202316.4%62.5%2.9%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202430.1%49.4%3.1%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202536.2%41.7%6.6%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202650.3%26.3%7.8%4.3%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodKorea, SouthIndiaIndonesiaVietnamAll countries
12 months to Aug 20173.5%8.8%8.8%n/a7.3%
12 months to Aug 20182.9%8.8%8.8%n/a6.2%
12 months to Aug 20191.9%8.8%8.8%n/a5.2%
12 months to Aug 20201.2%8.8%8.8%n/a5.8%
12 months to Aug 20210.3%8.8%8.8%n/a7.6%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%8.8%8.8%8.8%8.1%
12 months to Aug 20230.3%8.8%8.8%n/a7.9%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%8.8%8.8%n/a6.9%
12 months to Aug 20253.6%10.4%10.8%n/a8.1%
12 months to Aug 202611.3%36.2%20.1%21.0%20.1%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$8.3M−42%20.1%+12.0 pts$27.5M−20%
12 months to Aug 2025$14.3M−21%8.1%+1.3 pts$34.4M+6.9%
12 months to Aug 2024$18.1M−1.6%6.9%−1.0 pts$32.2M+18%
12 months to Aug 2023$18.4M+23%7.9%−0.2 pts$27.2M−37%
12 months to Aug 2022$14.9M+13%8.1%+0.5 pts$43.1M+6.3%
12 months to Aug 2021$13.2M+7.8%7.6%+1.9 pts$40.5M+58%
12 months to Aug 2020$12.2M−18%5.8%+0.6 pts$25.6M−33%
12 months to Aug 2019$15.0M−8.4%5.2%−1.0 pts$38.4M−11%
12 months to Aug 2018$16.3M+17%6.2%−1.2 pts$43.2M+4.8%
12 months to Aug 2017$14.0M7.3%$41.2M

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
Korea, South$401K79.8%+39.1 pts$1.62/kg+11%12.5%+2.5 pts
Vietnam$63K12.5%new$1.71/kg21.3%
India$30K6.1%−34.3 pts$1.38/kg+39%18.8%0.0 pts
Mexico$9K1.7%+0.5 pts$2.70/kg−40%0.0%0.0 pts
All countries$503K100.0%$1.62/kg+33%13.8%−1.3 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 84.4% 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
Taiwan$0.88/kg$0.23/kg26.1% of price$0.17/kg18.8% of price$1.28/kg−71%
Malaysia$1.00/kg$0.15/kg14.8% of price$0.19/kg18.8% of price$1.34/kg
Indonesia$1.35/kg$0.17/kg13.0% of price$0.25/kg18.8% of price$1.77/kg+5.4%
India$1.43/kg$0.09/kg6.4% of price$0.27/kg18.8% of price$1.79/kg+31%
Korea, South$1.63/kg$0.21/kg12.8% of price$0.16/kg9.6% of price$1.99/kg+0.5%
Vietnam$1.71/kg$0.19/kg11.1% of price$0.36/kg21.3% of price$2.26/kg
All countries$1.49/kg$0.18/kg12.1% of price$0.19/kg13.0% of price$1.86/kg+3.1%

Landed at a US port, Taiwan was cheapest, at $1.28/kg: 4.7% below Malaysia.

Landed cost from Taiwan fell 71% on a year earlier, to $1.28/kg, mostly on price: $4.35/kg then, $0.88/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Korea, South gained the most share: 50.3% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 36.2% in the 12 months before. India lost the most: 26.3%, down from 41.7%. 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.

  • Korea, South
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Vietnam
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthKorea, SouthIndiaIndonesiaVietnam
September 202424.6%56.5%8.9%0.0%
October 202421.1%24.7%9.1%0.0%
November 202421.8%54.4%2.3%0.0%
December 202440.4%47.4%6.8%0.0%
January 202521.8%62.8%2.3%0.0%
February 202552.6%28.8%9.8%0.0%
March 202549.4%21.8%11.4%0.0%
April 202525.7%50.9%5.4%0.0%
May 202540.1%54.1%3.8%0.0%
June 202550.5%25.3%3.8%0.0%
July 202570.4%9.2%4.6%0.0%
August 202540.7%40.3%13.8%0.0%
September 202564.5%28.8%0.0%0.0%
October 202540.9%48.1%0.0%0.0%
November 202563.5%10.0%0.0%0.0%
December 202520.8%44.5%14.7%0.0%
January 202640.4%40.1%5.1%0.0%
February 202625.9%38.0%8.4%8.2%
March 202633.7%34.1%14.5%8.7%
April 202661.9%13.8%15.4%6.0%
May 202645.1%22.1%20.3%8.8%
June 202644.8%41.5%10.7%0.0%
July 202665.3%3.0%0.0%5.9%
August 202679.8%6.1%0.0%12.5%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthKorea, SouthIndiaIndonesiaVietnamAll countries
September 20240.0%8.8%8.8%n/a6.6%
October 20240.0%8.8%8.8%n/a6.6%
November 20240.0%8.8%8.8%n/a6.9%
December 20240.0%8.8%8.8%n/a5.3%
January 20250.0%8.8%8.8%n/a8.7%
February 20250.0%8.8%8.8%n/a5.5%
March 20250.0%8.8%8.8%n/a4.5%
April 20250.9%8.8%8.8%n/a6.7%
May 20257.4%13.3%12.1%n/a10.8%
June 202510.0%18.8%18.8%n/a14.1%
July 202510.0%18.8%18.8%n/a12.8%
August 202510.0%18.8%18.8%n/a15.0%
September 202512.7%41.3%n/an/a22.1%
October 202515.0%58.8%n/an/a36.6%
November 202515.0%58.8%n/an/a23.2%
December 202515.0%58.8%27.8%n/a38.2%
January 202615.0%58.8%27.8%n/a36.4%
February 202611.4%27.9%18.8%28.8%22.2%
March 202610.0%18.8%18.8%18.8%15.1%
April 202610.0%18.8%18.8%18.8%12.9%
May 202610.0%18.8%18.8%18.8%14.7%
June 202610.0%18.8%18.8%n/a14.6%
July 20267.7%18.8%n/a21.3%11.3%
August 202612.5%18.8%n/a21.3%13.8%

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–April 2026 · Duty paid: India 58.8% → 18.8%, all countries 29.3% → 13.8%.
  2. October 2025 · Duty paid: India 18.8% → 58.8%, all countries 14.5% → 36.1%.
  3. May 2025 · Duty paid: Korea, South 0.0% → 10.0%, India 8.8% → 18.8%, all countries 6.4% → 13.4%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Savannah, GA$4.0M · 47.8%
  2. Charleston, SC$3.6M · 42.7%
  3. Norfolk-Newport News, VA$281K · 3.4%
  4. Newark, NJ$237K · 2.8%
  5. Laredo, TX$166K · 2.0%

Where US exports go

US exports were $3.2M in August 2026, up 92% from August 2025, and $27.5M over the last 12 months, down 20% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Guatemala, up 97%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
El Salvador$22.1M80.6%−23%
Guatemala$2.2M7.9%+97%
Mexico$1.4M5.0%−14%
Honduras$698K2.5%−66%
Hong Kong$506K1.8%−0.4%
Canada$321K1.2%+50%
Vietnam$136K0.5%new
China$67K0.2%+381%
Other countries (3)$68K0.2%new
All countries$27.5M100.0%−20%

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; 64 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Egypt$266.3Min 2025−0.3%$00.0%
Indonesia$147.7Min 2025+4.1%$160.0%
Turkey$114.6Min 2025−25%$00.0%
Korea, South$70.7Min 2025−12%$163K0.2%
Brazil$65.8Min 2025−21%$00.0%
Japan$60.8Min 2025+11%$00.0%
India$42.6Min 2025−30%$19K0.0%
El Salvador$28.2Min 2025+2.2%$28.1M99.8%

The biggest market outside the US is Egypt, which imported $266.3M of this product in 2025, none of it from the US.

The US supplies 99.8% of imports into El Salvador, but under 10% into Egypt, Indonesia and Turkey.

Of these, imports into Japan grew fastest: up 11% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 5402: synthetic filament yarn (other than sewing thread), not put up for retail sale, including synthetic monofilaments of less than 67 decitex. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Synthetic filament yarn, not put up for retail sale, high tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides of aramidsHS 5402.11$96.1M$139.3M
Synthetic filament yarn other than sewing thread, not put up for retail sale, high tenacity yarn of polyestersHS 5402.20$169.3M$37.2M
Synthetic filament yarn other than sewing thread, not put up for retail sale, textured yarn of polyestersHS 5402.33$104.4M$57.0M
Synthetic filament yarn, not put up for retail sale, high tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, nesHS 5402.19$84.6M$55.4M
Synthetic filament yarn except sewing thread, not for retail sale, single yarn not elsewhere specified, not over 50 turns per meter if twisted, of yarns not elsewhere specifiedHS 5402.49$22.0M$61.4M
Elastomeric yarn, single, untwisted or with a twist not exceeding 50 turns per meterHS 5402.44$33.9M$42.5M
Synthetic filament yarn other than sewing thread, not put up for retail sale, textured yarn of nylon or other polyamides, over 500 decitexHS 5402.32$20.3M$29.2M
Polyester filament yarn, single, untwisted or with a twist not exceeding 50 turns per meter, not put up for retail sale, not elsewhere specifiedHS 5402.47$32.4M$13.2M
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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