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HS 5509.61

Synthetic staple fiber yarn (not sewing thread), not for retail sale, under 85% (wt.) of acrylics or modacrylics mixed with wool or fine animal hair

In short

  • The US imported $1.5M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 230% on the year before.
  • Peru is the largest supplier, with 57.5% of US imports; Guatemala is next, with 39.9%.
  • Guatemala is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $8.90/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 7.5% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 15.7 points on a year earlier.
  • Guatemala is gaining share: 70.8% over the last 12 months, up from 65.7%.
  • US exports were $7K over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 100.0%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$199K

↑ +748% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$1.5M

↑ +230% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

7.5%

↓ −15.7 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Peru

57.5% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugGuatemala ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$23K
September 2025$16K
October 2025$153K
November 2025$139K
December 2025$160K
January 2026$122K
February 2026$19K
March 2026$214K
April 2026$158K
May 2026$104K
June 2026$185K
July 2026$75K
August 2026$199K

What changed

  • US imports were $199K in August 2026, up 166% from July 2026 and up 748% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $1.5M, up 230% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Peru up from 5.7% to 57.5%, Guatemala down from 71.4% to 39.9%.
  • Average price from Guatemala fell 54% since July 2026, to $6.61/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from Peru fell from 23.2% to 12.5% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Germany fell from 23.2% to 13.2% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $1.5M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 2251% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $7K, down 96%. 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Guatemala ↓
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$66K
12 months to Aug 2018$85K
12 months to Aug 2019$44K
12 months to Aug 2020$336K
12 months to Aug 2021$415K
12 months to Aug 2022$288K
12 months to Aug 2023$301K
12 months to Aug 2024$396K
12 months to Aug 2025$467K
12 months to Aug 2026$1.5M
  • Guatemala
  • Peru
  • China
  • Turkey
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodGuatemalaPeruChinaTurkey
12 months to Aug 20170.0%31.4%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%7.3%0.4%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%18.0%4.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%9.8%1.7%0.3%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%29.8%5.8%0.6%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%9.5%2.3%1.9%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%23.2%1.0%0.2%
12 months to Aug 20246.2%67.9%0.9%0.2%
12 months to Aug 202565.7%14.5%0.0%0.3%
12 months to Aug 202670.8%15.9%5.0%3.9%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodGuatemalaPeruChinaTurkeyAll countries
12 months to Aug 2017n/a0.0%n/an/a7.6%
12 months to Aug 2018n/a0.0%13.2%n/a7.4%
12 months to Aug 2019n/a0.0%38.2%n/a11.8%
12 months to Aug 2020n/a0.0%32.5%13.2%11.6%
12 months to Aug 2021n/a0.0%36.9%13.2%10.6%
12 months to Aug 2022n/a0.0%2.4%13.2%11.3%
12 months to Aug 2023n/a0.0%38.2%13.2%4.0%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.2%38.2%13.3%3.8%
12 months to Aug 20252.3%9.9%n/a23.2%6.5%
12 months to Aug 20263.8%15.4%48.2%26.1%9.4%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$1.5M+230%9.4%+2.9 pts$7K−88%
12 months to Aug 2025$467K+18%6.5%+2.7 pts$59K+23%
12 months to Aug 2024$396K+32%3.8%−0.2 pts$47K−11%
12 months to Aug 2023$301K+4.5%4.0%−7.3 pts$54K−23%
12 months to Aug 2022$288K−31%11.3%+0.7 pts$70K+39%
12 months to Aug 2021$415K+24%10.6%−1.0 pts$50K−5.6%
12 months to Aug 2020$336K+668%11.6%−0.2 pts$53K−53%
12 months to Aug 2019$44K−49%11.8%+4.4 pts$114K−41%
12 months to Aug 2018$85K+30%7.4%−0.3 pts$194K+25%
12 months to Aug 2017$66K7.6%$156K

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
Peru$115K57.5%+43.7 pts$21.00/kg−27%12.5%−10.7 pts
Guatemala$79K39.9%new$6.61/kg0.0%
Germany$4K1.9%−10.6 pts$47.00/kg+23%13.2%−10.0 pts
Romania$1K0.7%new$21.51/kg13.2%
All countries$199K100.0%$11.31/kg+111%7.5%−15.7 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 91.6% 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
Guatemala$8.51/kg$0.39/kg4.6% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$8.90/kg−1.1%
China$15.21/kg$0.90/kg5.9% of price$7.33/kg48.2% of price$23.45/kg
Peru$22.37/kg$0.40/kg1.8% of price$2.75/kg12.3% of price$25.52/kg−19%
Germany$47.59/kg$0.85/kg1.8% of price$9.87/kg20.7% of price$58.31/kg+30%
All countries$12.34/kg$0.48/kg3.9% of price$1.49/kg12.0% of price$14.30/kg+30%

Landed at a US port, Guatemala was cheapest, at $8.90/kg: 62.0% below China.

Landed cost from Germany rose 30% on a year earlier, to $58.31/kg, mostly on price: $35.85/kg then, $47.59/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Guatemala gained the most share: 70.8% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 65.7% in the 12 months before. Germany lost the most: 3.4%, down from 10.1%. 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.

  • Guatemala
  • Peru
  • China
  • Turkey
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthGuatemalaPeruChinaTurkey
September 202491.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
October 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
November 202482.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%
December 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
January 202565.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
February 202550.2%8.0%0.0%0.0%
March 20250.0%26.4%0.0%0.0%
April 20250.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%
May 202588.8%2.3%0.0%0.0%
June 202585.2%4.7%0.0%0.0%
July 202558.6%36.1%0.0%1.0%
August 20250.0%13.8%0.0%0.0%
September 202531.0%44.2%0.0%0.0%
October 202589.6%4.0%0.0%5.6%
November 202579.3%0.0%0.0%18.9%
December 202595.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%
January 202689.2%4.4%0.0%0.0%
February 202695.3%1.7%0.0%0.0%
March 202652.1%34.6%6.4%2.9%
April 202688.0%1.7%0.0%7.4%
May 202689.5%1.4%0.0%0.0%
June 202645.3%15.9%33.9%0.0%
July 202671.4%5.7%0.0%9.9%
August 202639.9%57.5%0.0%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthGuatemalaPeruChinaTurkeyAll countries
September 20240.0%n/an/an/a1.1%
October 2024n/an/an/an/a13.2%
November 20240.0%n/an/an/a2.3%
December 2024n/an/an/an/a13.2%
January 20250.0%n/an/an/a4.5%
February 20250.0%0.0%n/an/a5.5%
March 2025n/a0.0%n/an/a9.7%
April 2025n/a0.0%n/an/a15.5%
May 20250.3%10.0%n/an/a2.6%
June 20251.2%10.0%n/an/a3.9%
July 20256.7%10.0%n/a23.2%8.8%
August 2025n/a23.2%n/an/a23.2%
September 20257.9%10.0%n/an/a10.9%
October 20259.4%10.0%n/a28.2%10.5%
November 20259.8%n/an/a28.2%13.4%
December 20257.1%n/an/an/a7.5%
January 20265.9%10.0%n/an/a6.6%
February 20263.3%10.2%n/an/a3.7%
March 20260.0%23.2%48.2%23.2%12.5%
April 20260.0%10.0%n/a23.2%2.6%
May 20260.0%10.0%n/an/a2.2%
June 20260.0%10.0%48.2%n/a19.1%
July 20260.0%23.2%n/a23.2%6.6%
August 20260.0%12.5%n/an/a7.5%

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. January 2026 · Duty paid: Guatemala 9.4% → 0.0%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Gulfport, MS$473K · 30.6%
  2. Wilmington, NC$454K · 29.4%
  3. Miami, FL$104K · 6.8%
  4. Atlanta, GA$96K · 6.2%
  5. Norfolk-Newport News, VA$77K · 5.0%

Where US exports go

US exports were $0 in August 2026, and $7K over the last 12 months, down 88% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Canada, up 25%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$7K100.0%+25%
All countries$7K100.0%−88%

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; 83 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Italy$13.0Min 2025−39%$00.0%
Turkey$6.8Min 2025−11%$590.0%
Portugal$5.9Min 2025+0.1%$200.0%
Romania$3.7Min 2025−12%$00.0%
Japan$3.7Min 2025−27%$00.0%
Korea, South$3.5Min 2025−21%$00.0%
Germany$3.2Min 2025+39%$00.0%
China$3.0Min 2025+3.0%$2450.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Italy, which imported $13.0M of this product in 2025, none of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Germany grew fastest: up 39% from 2024 to 2025.

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.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Synthetic staple fiber yarn (except sewing thread), not for retail sale, under 85% (wt.) of polyester mixed mainly with cottonHS 5509.53$5.2M$246.8M
Synthetic staple fiber yarn (not sewing thread), not for retail sale, under 85% (wt.) of synthetic staple fibers not elsewhere specified mixed mainly with cottonHS 5509.92$55K$52.6M
Synthetic staple fiber yarn (except sewing thread), not for retail sale, 85% or more (wt.) of polyesters, multiple or cabled yarnHS 5509.22$21.0M$4.4M
Synthetic staple fiber yarn (except sewing thread), not for retail sale, 85% or more (wt.) of polyesters, single yarnHS 5509.21$16.2M$6.2M
Synthetic staple fiber yarn (except sewing thread), not for retail sale, 85% or more (wt.) of acrylics or modacrylics, multiple or cabled yarnHS 5509.32$10.8M$278K
Synthetic staple fiber yarn (not sewing thread), not for retail sale, under 85% (wt.) of acrylics or modacrylics mixed mainly with cottonHS 5509.62$8.1M$76K
Synthetic staple fiber yarn (except sewing thread), not for retail sale, 85% or more (wt.) of nylon or other polyamides, single yarnHS 5509.11$6.4M$1.5M
Synthetic staple fiber yarn (except sewing thread), not for retail sale, 85% or more (wt.) of synthetic staple fibers not elsewhere specified, multiple or cabled yarnHS 5509.42$7.4M$207K
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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