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HS 5502.10

Artificial filament tow of cellulose acetate

In short

  • The US imported $4.1M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 16% on the year before.
  • Germany is the largest supplier, with 71.5% of US imports; Thailand is next, with 22.5%.
  • Switzerland has the lowest price, but landed at a US port with freight and duty Germany is cheaper: $9.13/kg against $9.20/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 12.2% of the value of imports in August 2026.
  • Thailand is gaining share: 10.4% over the last 12 months, up from 0.0%.
  • US exports were $600.9M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Netherlands, with 17.2%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$381K

Last 12 months

$4.1M

↓ −16% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

12.2%

Top supplier

Germany

71.5% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugGermany ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$0
September 2025$594K
October 2025$294K
November 2025$144K
December 2025$296K
January 2026$379K
February 2026$819K
March 2026$194K
April 2026$2K
May 2026$272K
June 2026$280K
July 2026$423K
August 2026$381K

What changed

  • US imports were $381K in August 2026, down 10% from July 2026.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $4.1M, down 16% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Germany up from 45.3% to 71.5%, Switzerland down from 33.9% to 0.0%.
  • Average prices from the top 2 suppliers stayed within 5% of July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Thailand rose from 17.5% to 20.0% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $4.1M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 104% on the 12 months to Aug 2018. US exports were $600.9M, down 3.4%. This code began with the HS 2017 revision in January 2017, taking goods from 5502.00, so its history starts there. 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.

201820192020202120222023202420252026Duty ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2018$2.0M
12 months to Aug 2019$1.0M
12 months to Aug 2020$2.0M
12 months to Aug 2021$976K
12 months to Aug 2022$2.1M
12 months to Aug 2023$9.2M
12 months to Aug 2024$2.2M
12 months to Aug 2025$4.9M
12 months to Aug 2026$4.1M
  • Germany
  • Thailand
  • China
  • Switzerland
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodGermanyThailandChinaSwitzerland
12 months to Aug 201835.7%0.0%0.2%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201943.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202025.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202167.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202265.9%0.0%0.0%8.4%
12 months to Aug 202350.3%0.0%20.8%1.1%
12 months to Aug 202481.7%0.0%12.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202579.9%0.0%0.0%5.3%
12 months to Aug 202676.3%10.4%6.3%3.5%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodGermanyThailandChinaSwitzerlandAll countries
12 months to Aug 20187.5%n/a7.5%n/a7.5%
12 months to Aug 20197.5%n/an/an/a7.3%
12 months to Aug 20207.5%n/an/an/a5.4%
12 months to Aug 20217.5%n/an/an/a6.1%
12 months to Aug 20227.5%n/an/a7.5%7.0%
12 months to Aug 20237.5%n/a32.5%7.5%12.5%
12 months to Aug 20247.5%n/a32.5%n/a10.2%
12 months to Aug 202510.9%n/an/a7.5%11.9%
12 months to Aug 202614.6%18.0%32.5%17.5%16.2%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$4.1M−16%16.2%+4.3 pts$600.9M−26%
12 months to Aug 2025$4.9M+119%11.9%+1.8 pts$809.6M−3.6%
12 months to Aug 2024$2.2M−76%10.2%−2.4 pts$840.3M+8.3%
12 months to Aug 2023$9.2M+344%12.5%+5.5 pts$776.1M+43%
12 months to Aug 2022$2.1M+111%7.0%+0.9 pts$544.6M−0.1%
12 months to Aug 2021$976K−52%6.1%+0.7 pts$545.4M−3.0%
12 months to Aug 2020$2.0M+96%5.4%−1.9 pts$562.5M−4.4%
12 months to Aug 2019$1.0M−48%7.3%−0.2 pts$588.7M−5.4%
12 months to Aug 2018$2.0M7.5%$622.2M

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
Germany$272K71.5%new$7.79/kg10.0%
Thailand$86K22.5%new$10.57/kg20.0%
Netherlands$23K6.0%new$12.11/kg10.0%
All countries$381K100.0%$8.47/kg12.2%

The 3 largest suppliers had 93.1% 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
Germany$7.97/kg$0.19/kg2.3% of price$0.97/kg12.2% of price$9.13/kg+8.5%
Switzerland$7.69/kg$0.16/kg2.1% of price$1.35/kg17.5% of price$9.20/kg
Thailand$10.64/kg$0.63/kg5.9% of price$1.95/kg18.3% of price$13.22/kg
All countries$8.50/kg$0.27/kg3.2% of price$1.22/kg14.3% of price$10.00/kg+45%

Landed at a US port, Germany was cheapest, at $9.13/kg: 0.7% below Switzerland.

Switzerland had the lowest price before freight and duty, $7.69/kg, but they added 19.6% to it.

How the market is shifting

Thailand gained the most share: 10.4% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 0.0% in the 12 months before. Chile lost the most: 1.3%, down from 9.4%. 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.

  • Germany
  • Thailand
  • China
  • Switzerland
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthGermanyThailandChinaSwitzerland
September 2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
October 2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
November 202498.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
December 2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
January 202575.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%
February 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
March 202596.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%
April 202546.7%0.0%0.0%29.2%
May 202564.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
June 202562.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
July 202584.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
August 2025n/an/an/an/a
September 202591.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
October 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
November 202599.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
December 202598.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%
January 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
February 202668.8%0.0%31.2%0.0%
March 202672.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
April 20260.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
May 202637.3%62.7%0.0%0.0%
June 202669.8%30.2%0.0%0.0%
July 202645.3%20.0%0.0%33.9%
August 202671.5%22.5%0.0%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthGermanyThailandChinaSwitzerlandAll countries
September 20247.5%n/an/an/a7.5%
October 20247.5%n/an/an/a7.5%
November 20247.5%n/an/an/a7.5%
December 20247.5%n/an/an/a7.5%
January 20257.5%n/an/a7.5%7.5%
February 20257.5%n/an/an/a7.5%
March 20257.5%n/an/an/a7.5%
April 20257.5%n/an/a7.5%7.8%
May 202517.5%n/an/an/a18.6%
June 202517.5%n/an/an/a20.5%
July 202517.5%n/an/an/a17.5%
August 2025n/an/an/an/an/a
September 202515.0%n/an/an/a15.2%
October 202515.0%n/an/an/a15.0%
November 202515.0%n/an/an/a15.0%
December 202515.0%n/an/an/a15.0%
January 202615.0%n/an/an/a15.0%
February 202615.0%n/a32.5%n/a20.5%
March 202617.5%n/an/an/a17.5%
April 2026n/an/an/an/a17.5%
May 202617.5%17.5%n/an/a17.5%
June 202617.5%17.5%n/an/a17.5%
July 202610.0%17.5%n/a17.5%14.1%
August 202610.0%20.0%n/an/a12.2%

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. June 2026 · Duty paid: Germany 17.5% → 10.0%.
  2. May–June 2025 · Duty paid: Germany 7.5% → 17.5%, all countries 7.8% → 18.2%.
  3. October 2023 · Duty paid: all countries 19.2% → 8.2%.
  4. May 2023 · Duty paid: all countries 9.3% → 21.4%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Norfolk-Newport News, VA$1.5M · 36.8%
  2. Wilmington, NC$1.2M · 30.3%
  3. Charleston, SC$958K · 23.5%
  4. Miami, FL$256K · 6.3%
  5. Laredo, TX$53K · 1.3%

Where US exports go

US exports were $51.5M in August 2026, down 1.8% from August 2025, and $600.9M over the last 12 months, down 26% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Mexico, up 22%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Netherlands$103.1M17.2%−41%
Indonesia$72.4M12.0%−3.1%
Mexico$64.3M10.7%+22%
Korea, South$57.6M9.6%−5.2%
Vietnam$56.7M9.4%−18%
Belgium$52.3M8.7%−29%
India$35.1M5.8%−16%
United Arab Emirates$27.6M4.6%−59%
Other countries (36)$131.9M22.0%−27%
All countries$600.9M100.0%−26%

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; 79 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
Poland$396.3Min 2025+27%$90.9MUS records $14.3M22.9%
Indonesia$301.6Min 2025+2.0%$66.6M22.1%
Turkey$183.8Min 2025−0.5%$3.0M1.6%
Germany$123.1Min 2025+3.7%$16.4MUS records $168K13.3%
Korea, South$105.2Min 2025−1.8%$51.5M49.0%
India$92.5Min 2025+3.8%$49.6M53.7%
Romania$81.6Min 2025−2.5%$321K0.4%
South Africa$74.7Min 2025+1.3%$42.2M56.4%

The biggest market outside the US is Poland, which imported $396.3M of this product in 2025, 22.9% of that from the US by its own count; the US records $14.3M of exports there.

The US supplies 49.0% of imports into South Korea and 53.7% into India, but under 10% into Turkey and Romania.

Other products under heading 5502: artificial filament tow. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Artificial filament tow other then of cellulose acetateHS 5502.90$544K$182K
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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