Official data Source: US Census Bureau international trade data Data through August 2026 · updated monthly

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Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibers, containing 85% or more by weight of polyester staple fibers, unbleached or bleached

In short

  • The US imported $7.5M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 14% on the year before.
  • India is the largest supplier, with 31.7% of US imports; China is next, with 17.1%.
  • China is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $1.07/m².
  • Duty paid averaged 23.9% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 7.7 points on a year earlier.
  • Pakistan is gaining share: 12.7% over the last 12 months, up from 6.2%.
  • US exports were $4.4M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Honduras, with 37.2%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$825K

↑ +15% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$7.5M

↓ −14% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

23.9%

↓ −7.7 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

India

31.7% 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 ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$720K
September 2025$736K
October 2025$423K
November 2025$389K
December 2025$432K
January 2026$513K
February 2026$568K
March 2026$878K
April 2026$720K
May 2026$893K
June 2026$611K
July 2026$543K
August 2026$825K

What changed

  • US imports were $825K in August 2026, up 52% from July 2026 and up 15% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $7.5M, down 14% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Turkey up from 0.0% to 6.0%, Pakistan down from 24.2% to 10.0%.
  • Average price from China rose 126% since July 2026, to $0.89/m².
  • Duty paid on imports from Italy fell from 22.0% to 11.8% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Taiwan fell from 22.0% to 12.0% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $7.5M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 19% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $4.4M, down 68%. 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026China ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$9.2M
12 months to Aug 2018$13.5M
12 months to Aug 2019$10.0M
12 months to Aug 2020$6.0M
12 months to Aug 2021$9.0M
12 months to Aug 2022$12.6M
12 months to Aug 2023$8.5M
12 months to Aug 2024$6.9M
12 months to Aug 2025$8.8M
12 months to Aug 2026$7.5M
  • India
  • China
  • Germany
  • Pakistan
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodIndiaChinaGermanyPakistan
12 months to Aug 201714.5%53.0%5.8%7.3%
12 months to Aug 201814.8%54.1%4.6%3.6%
12 months to Aug 20199.3%54.3%6.2%4.2%
12 months to Aug 202022.3%19.8%8.5%7.7%
12 months to Aug 202130.3%17.2%9.4%6.8%
12 months to Aug 202232.9%13.2%6.9%9.2%
12 months to Aug 202327.4%18.3%12.8%15.5%
12 months to Aug 202413.6%22.5%13.2%12.6%
12 months to Aug 202524.1%16.5%12.8%6.2%
12 months to Aug 202622.3%17.4%12.9%12.7%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodIndiaChinaGermanyPakistanAll countries
12 months to Aug 201712.0%12.0%12.0%12.0%11.9%
12 months to Aug 201812.0%12.0%12.0%12.0%11.9%
12 months to Aug 201912.0%20.3%12.0%12.0%16.5%
12 months to Aug 202012.0%35.7%12.0%12.0%16.3%
12 months to Aug 202112.0%33.3%12.0%12.0%15.6%
12 months to Aug 202212.0%36.0%12.0%12.0%14.9%
12 months to Aug 202312.0%36.1%12.0%12.0%16.3%
12 months to Aug 202412.0%36.0%12.0%12.0%17.3%
12 months to Aug 202515.4%48.7%14.1%14.5%20.6%
12 months to Aug 202632.1%51.4%16.5%25.1%28.9%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$7.5M−14%28.9%+8.4 pts$4.4M−24%
12 months to Aug 2025$8.8M+26%20.6%+3.2 pts$5.8M−30%
12 months to Aug 2024$6.9M−19%17.3%+1.0 pts$8.3M+1.7%
12 months to Aug 2023$8.5M−32%16.3%+1.4 pts$8.2M+21%
12 months to Aug 2022$12.6M+39%14.9%−0.7 pts$6.8M+4.7%
12 months to Aug 2021$9.0M+52%15.6%−0.7 pts$6.5M−12%
12 months to Aug 2020$6.0M−41%16.3%−0.2 pts$7.4M+7.9%
12 months to Aug 2019$10.0M−25%16.5%+4.6 pts$6.8M−40%
12 months to Aug 2018$13.5M+46%11.9%0.0 pts$11.3M−19%
12 months to Aug 2017$9.2M11.9%$14.0M

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
India$262K31.7%+7.2 pts$3.09/m²−8.4%22.0%0.0 pts
China$141K17.1%−4.1 pts$0.89/m²−27%49.5%−17.5 pts
Germany$123K14.9%+9.7 pts$4.31/m²−63%12.0%−8.5 pts
Taiwan$83K10.1%+1.8 pts$2.66/m²−0.4%12.0%−10.2 pts
Pakistan$82K10.0%+2.8 pts$0.97/m²+128%22.0%0.0 pts
United Kingdom$54K6.6%−3.8 pts$2.53/m²+54%22.0%0.0 pts
Turkey$49K6.0%+0.6 pts$2.84/m²−17%24.5%−2.5 pts
Italy$25K3.0%−3.5 pts$2.04/m²−24%11.8%−9.6 pts
Other countries (4)$5K0.6%+0.3 pts$4.61/m²+58%9.0%−2.0 pts
All countries$825K100.0%$1.87/m²+72%23.9%−7.7 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 52.6% 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
China$0.69/m²$0.05/m²6.8% of price$0.33/m²47.6% of price$1.07/m²−42%
Pakistan$1.06/m²$0.03/m²2.7% of price$0.23/m²22.0% of price$1.33/m²+62%
Taiwan$2.41/m²$0.28/m²11.6% of price$0.45/m²18.9% of price$3.14/m²−7.2%
India$2.45/m²$0.22/m²9.1% of price$0.52/m²21.0% of price$3.19/m²−52%
United Kingdom$2.59/m²$0.08/m²3.1% of price$0.57/m²22.0% of price$3.24/m²+18%
Italy$4.03/m²$0.17/m²4.2% of price$0.73/m²18.0% of price$4.92/m²+21%
Germany$4.26/m²$0.07/m²1.7% of price$0.64/m²15.0% of price$4.97/m²−6.6%
All countries$1.55/m²$0.10/m²6.7% of price$0.39/m²25.4% of price$2.05/m²−12%

Landed at a US port, China was cheapest, at $1.07/m²: 19.5% below Pakistan.

Landed cost from Pakistan rose 62% on a year earlier, to $1.33/m², mostly on price: $0.66/m² then, $1.06/m² now.

How the market is shifting

Pakistan gained the most share: 12.7% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 6.2% in the 12 months before. Malaysia lost the most: 0.6%, down from 4.4%. 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.

  • India
  • China
  • Germany
  • Pakistan
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthIndiaChinaGermanyPakistan
September 202430.5%11.8%12.7%5.1%
October 202417.3%15.4%30.9%10.7%
November 202419.7%6.2%5.8%0.0%
December 20246.8%24.6%10.6%0.0%
January 202510.5%29.1%8.3%1.2%
February 202530.8%16.8%14.3%3.1%
March 202540.8%27.1%15.5%0.0%
April 202520.1%6.2%19.0%18.9%
May 202537.0%11.7%5.1%25.7%
June 202529.2%23.4%10.6%1.4%
July 202528.1%13.7%7.5%7.5%
August 202524.5%21.1%5.2%7.2%
September 202524.3%9.2%7.9%22.5%
October 20255.8%13.4%11.4%15.2%
November 202516.7%17.8%14.1%5.2%
December 20254.2%19.3%20.7%2.7%
January 202637.3%18.3%8.1%14.4%
February 202635.3%7.1%27.5%10.5%
March 202613.5%12.5%5.0%8.1%
April 202613.5%15.7%23.9%12.7%
May 202619.5%30.4%2.9%20.2%
June 202631.4%31.1%16.5%0.8%
July 202629.4%13.3%9.9%24.2%
August 202631.7%17.1%14.9%10.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthIndiaChinaGermanyPakistanAll countries
September 202412.0%32.4%12.0%12.0%14.4%
October 202412.0%37.0%12.0%12.0%15.8%
November 202412.0%36.2%12.0%n/a13.5%
December 202412.0%34.1%12.0%n/a17.4%
January 202512.0%32.0%12.0%12.0%17.8%
February 202512.0%38.0%12.0%12.0%16.4%
March 202512.0%49.1%12.0%n/a22.0%
April 202512.0%61.1%13.9%12.0%16.1%
May 202514.7%70.3%22.0%12.0%22.4%
June 202522.0%67.0%22.0%22.0%32.5%
July 202522.0%67.0%22.0%22.0%27.7%
August 202522.0%67.0%20.5%22.0%31.6%
September 202532.0%67.0%15.0%27.3%26.9%
October 202558.4%67.0%15.0%31.0%32.6%
November 202546.0%59.7%15.0%31.0%34.1%
December 202562.0%57.0%15.0%31.0%30.8%
January 202662.0%57.0%15.0%31.0%44.6%
February 202647.1%57.0%13.3%31.0%32.2%
March 202622.0%46.0%22.0%22.0%24.6%
April 202622.0%47.0%22.0%22.0%25.8%
May 202622.0%47.0%22.0%22.0%29.1%
June 202622.0%47.0%22.0%22.0%29.8%
July 202618.3%45.7%8.7%22.0%22.7%
August 202622.0%49.5%12.0%22.0%23.9%

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–May 2026 · Duty paid: India 47.1% → 22.0%, all countries 33.1% → 27.9%.
  2. May–June 2025 · Duty paid: India 12.0% → 22.0%, China 37.9% → 66.9%, all countries 17.2% → 29.5%.
  3. May–June 2019 · Duty paid: China 17.8% → 36.1%, all countries 14.6% → 20.0%.
  4. October 2018 · Duty paid: China 11.9% → 19.3%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Newark, NJ$2.3M · 30.0%
  2. Norfolk-Newport News, VA$1.2M · 16.0%
  3. Savannah, GA$970K · 12.9%
  4. Charleston, SC$917K · 12.2%
  5. Chicago, IL$541K · 7.2%

Where US exports go

US exports were $362K in August 2026, up 114% from August 2025, and $4.4M over the last 12 months, down 24% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Turkey, up 1904%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Honduras$1.6M37.2%−39%
Mexico$759K17.2%−15%
Vietnam$749K17.0%−41%
Canada$320K7.2%−11%
Turkey$220K5.0%+1904%
Nicaragua$213K4.8%new
Japan$179K4.1%+17%
Latvia$43K1.0%+3.4%
Other countries (20)$290K6.6%+97%
All countries$4.4M100.0%−24%

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; 102 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Germany$21.5Min 2025−0.4%$29K0.1%
Morocco$21.1Min 2025+18%$00.0%
Indonesia$13.2Min 2025+27%$1480.0%
Japan$12.7Min 2025−20%$8K0.1%
Korea, South$10.0Min 2025+1.3%$44K0.4%
China$9.8Min 2025−2.3%$214K2.2%
Turkey$8.6Min 2025+28%$430.0%
Egypt$8.3Min 2025−28%$00.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Germany, which imported $21.5M of this product in 2025, 0.1% of that from the US.

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

Other products under heading 5512: woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibers, containing 85% or more by weight of synthetic staple fibers. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

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 (square metres), 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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