Synthetic staple fiber yarn (except sewing thread), not for retail sale, under 85% (wt.) of polyester mixed mainly with cotton

US trade by year

US imports were $5.2M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 66% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $246.8M, down 20%. 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.

• Mexico
• India
• Indonesia
• Nicaragua
• All countries

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.

The 3 largest suppliers had 79.8% 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

Landed at a US port, Mexico was cheapest, at $3.14/kg: 9.1% below Honduras.

Pakistan had the lowest price before freight and duty, $2.76/kg, but they added 28.1% to it.

Landed cost from India rose 27% on a year earlier, to $4.04/kg, mostly on price: $2.48/kg then, $3.59/kg now.

How the market is shifting

India gained the most share: 21.0% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 5.0% in the 12 months before. Indonesia lost the most: 12.9%, down from 26.6%. 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.

• Mexico
• India
• Indonesia
• Nicaragua
• All countries

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. May 2026 · Duty paid: all countries 13.5% → 7.7%.
2. December 2025 · Duty paid: all countries 7.5% → 13.8%.
3. January 2024 · Duty paid: Mexico 10.7% → 5.2%.
4. August 2023 · Duty paid: Mexico 0.0% → 10.7%.
5. November 2022 · Duty paid: all countries 10.3% → 4.8%.
6. March 2022 · Duty paid: all countries 4.7% → 11.0%.
7. June 2019 · Duty paid: China 23.2% → 38.2%.
8. October 2018 · Duty paid: China 13.2% → 23.2%, all countries 9.4% → 16.4%.
   • Request for Comments Concerning Proposed Modification of Action Pursuant to Section 301: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and InnovationJul 17, 2018 · Office of the US Trade Representative

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; 92 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.

The biggest market outside the US is Colombia, which imported $93.7M of this product in 2025, none of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Brazil grew fastest: up 28% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 5509: yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibers, not put up for retail sale. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.