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

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In short

  • The US imported $244.7M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 13% on the year before.
  • Thailand is the largest supplier, with 26.3% of US imports; India is next, with 19.0%.
  • China is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $3.20/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 16.3% of the value of imports in August 2026, up 0.1 points on a year earlier.
  • Thailand is gaining share: 22.0% over the last 12 months, up from 17.7%.
  • US exports were $27.9M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 48.0%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$27.4M

↑ +45% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$244.7M

↑ +13% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

16.3%

↑ +0.1 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Thailand

26.3% 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$18.9M
September 2025$18.2M
October 2025$18.6M
November 2025$17.7M
December 2025$19.4M
January 2026$21.3M
February 2026$16.9M
March 2026$21.2M
April 2026$17.4M
May 2026$23.9M
June 2026$20.0M
July 2026$22.8M
August 2026$27.4M

What changed

  • US imports were $27.4M in August 2026, up 20% from July 2026 and up 45% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $244.7M, up 13% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Thailand up from 18.6% to 26.3%, India down from 22.1% to 19.0%.
  • Average price from Vietnam rose 9.7% since July 2026, to $3.04/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from Canada rose from 0.0% to 9.8% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from China rose from 23.1% to 27.7% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $244.7M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 39% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $27.9M, up 47%. 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$175.4M
12 months to Aug 2018$184.9M
12 months to Aug 2019$213.2M
12 months to Aug 2020$191.8M
12 months to Aug 2021$193.0M
12 months to Aug 2022$223.8M
12 months to Aug 2023$171.6M
12 months to Aug 2024$193.4M
12 months to Aug 2025$216.6M
12 months to Aug 2026$244.7M
  • Thailand
  • India
  • Vietnam
  • Mexico
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodThailandIndiaVietnamMexico
12 months to Aug 20170.3%11.1%25.3%15.9%
12 months to Aug 20181.0%9.7%26.9%15.5%
12 months to Aug 201912.9%14.3%6.6%11.9%
12 months to Aug 202016.8%14.7%5.6%10.0%
12 months to Aug 20216.4%21.7%6.7%7.0%
12 months to Aug 20224.6%21.8%5.5%6.2%
12 months to Aug 20235.9%21.4%5.3%9.0%
12 months to Aug 202413.8%21.8%5.0%6.7%
12 months to Aug 202517.7%25.2%6.7%5.8%
12 months to Aug 202622.0%20.0%10.0%7.4%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodThailandIndiaVietnamMexicoAll countries
12 months to Aug 20178.4%8.4%8.4%0.0%6.1%
12 months to Aug 20188.4%8.4%8.4%0.0%6.0%
12 months to Aug 20198.4%8.4%8.4%0.1%6.4%
12 months to Aug 20208.4%8.4%8.4%0.0%8.2%
12 months to Aug 20218.4%8.4%8.4%0.0%7.9%
12 months to Aug 20228.4%8.4%8.4%0.0%8.1%
12 months to Aug 20238.4%8.4%8.4%0.0%6.4%
12 months to Aug 20248.4%8.4%8.4%0.0%6.4%
12 months to Aug 202511.4%11.4%13.0%0.3%10.0%
12 months to Aug 202622.3%33.6%22.4%0.6%20.3%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$244.7M+13%20.3%+10.2 pts$27.9M−9.2%
12 months to Aug 2025$216.6M+12%10.0%+3.7 pts$30.7M+23%
12 months to Aug 2024$193.4M+13%6.4%0.0 pts$24.9M−31%
12 months to Aug 2023$171.6M−23%6.4%−1.7 pts$36.0M−7.3%
12 months to Aug 2022$223.8M+16%8.1%+0.3 pts$38.8M+15%
12 months to Aug 2021$193.0M+0.6%7.9%−0.3 pts$33.7M+25%
12 months to Aug 2020$191.8M−10%8.2%+1.8 pts$27.0M+11%
12 months to Aug 2019$213.2M+15%6.4%+0.4 pts$24.4M+14%
12 months to Aug 2018$184.9M+5.4%6.0%−0.2 pts$21.3M+13%
12 months to Aug 2017$175.4M6.1%$18.9M

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
Thailand$7.2M26.3%+6.7 pts$3.68/kg+12%20.8%+1.9 pts
India$5.2M19.0%−8.9 pts$2.89/kg+17%18.3%−0.2 pts
Vietnam$2.4M8.6%−1.1 pts$3.04/kg+15%20.3%+1.2 pts
Mexico$2.3M8.3%+1.4 pts$9.33/kg+66%0.0%0.0 pts
China$1.6M6.0%+1.0 pts$2.48/kg+3.4%27.7%−18.2 pts
Canada$1.6M5.8%+1.9 pts$4.96/kg+10%9.8%+9.8 pts
Philippines$1.2M4.5%+2.3 pts$4.41/kg+15%20.9%+2.5 pts
Indonesia$1.2M4.2%−0.2 pts$3.12/kg+34%17.9%−0.9 pts
Other countries (18)$4.7M17.3%−2.5 pts$3.65/kg+5.2%10.0%+0.3 pts
All countries$27.4M100.0%$3.55/kg+19%16.3%+0.1 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 52.0% 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$2.30/kg$0.31/kg13.6% of price$0.59/kg25.5% of price$3.20/kg−14%
India$2.78/kg$0.20/kg7.3% of price$0.50/kg17.9% of price$3.48/kg+11%
Cambodia$2.78/kg$0.25/kg9.1% of price$0.48/kg17.1% of price$3.50/kg+2.7%
Indonesia$2.85/kg$0.25/kg8.8% of price$0.51/kg18.1% of price$3.61/kg+23%
Vietnam$2.95/kg$0.32/kg10.8% of price$0.55/kg18.7% of price$3.82/kg+19%
Thailand$3.65/kg$0.15/kg4.2% of price$0.71/kg19.4% of price$4.51/kg+7.1%
Canada$4.30/kg$0.14/kg3.2% of price$0.14/kg3.3% of price$4.58/kg−13%
Mexico$9.64/kg$0.04/kg0.4% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$9.68/kg+49%
All countries$3.40/kg$0.21/kg6.2% of price$0.51/kg14.9% of price$4.12/kg+9.8%

Landed at a US port, China was cheapest, at $3.20/kg: 8.0% below India.

Landed cost from Mexico rose 49% on a year earlier, to $9.68/kg, mostly on price: $6.45/kg then, $9.64/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Thailand gained the most share: 22.0% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 17.7% in the 12 months before. India lost the most: 20.0%, down from 25.2%. 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.

  • Thailand
  • India
  • Vietnam
  • Mexico
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthThailandIndiaVietnamMexico
September 202420.6%23.4%4.2%6.1%
October 202420.4%23.7%7.2%8.9%
November 202416.3%28.5%3.0%7.6%
December 202417.7%26.0%4.3%5.0%
January 202518.5%23.0%3.7%2.7%
February 202512.8%29.0%2.5%4.3%
March 202516.3%29.7%4.9%3.5%
April 202519.4%23.8%9.7%2.9%
May 202514.7%25.1%10.7%6.8%
June 202516.2%24.2%11.1%6.8%
July 202518.1%20.2%8.4%7.9%
August 202519.6%27.8%9.7%6.9%
September 202520.8%25.8%6.4%6.1%
October 202520.8%23.6%8.9%6.9%
November 202521.1%22.6%9.4%4.8%
December 202522.7%14.6%10.7%4.6%
January 202629.0%19.0%11.1%3.9%
February 202614.0%21.5%9.6%7.4%
March 202626.6%17.2%10.3%5.5%
April 202616.2%21.2%15.1%6.9%
May 202626.4%17.5%10.5%10.3%
June 202616.1%18.3%10.0%12.5%
July 202618.6%22.1%9.8%9.9%
August 202626.3%19.0%8.6%8.3%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthThailandIndiaVietnamMexicoAll countries
September 20248.4%8.4%8.4%0.0%6.7%
October 20248.4%8.4%8.4%0.4%6.7%
November 20248.4%8.4%8.4%0.0%6.7%
December 20248.4%8.4%8.4%0.0%7.0%
January 20258.4%8.4%8.4%0.0%7.5%
February 20258.4%8.4%8.4%0.0%7.0%
March 20258.4%8.4%8.4%0.8%7.9%
April 20258.6%8.4%8.4%0.0%9.2%
May 202513.4%13.9%13.7%2.2%12.6%
June 202518.2%18.4%18.4%0.0%15.8%
July 202518.2%18.4%18.4%0.0%16.1%
August 202518.8%18.5%19.1%0.0%16.3%
September 202525.0%33.1%26.1%0.0%22.4%
October 202527.4%58.0%28.0%8.2%29.7%
November 202526.8%58.4%28.3%0.1%28.6%
December 202526.9%58.4%28.3%0.1%26.2%
January 202627.4%58.4%28.4%0.0%29.6%
February 202626.8%38.6%24.7%0.1%22.5%
March 202616.9%18.0%18.6%0.0%14.6%
April 202618.4%18.4%18.4%0.1%15.0%
May 202618.4%18.4%18.4%0.0%14.9%
June 202618.4%18.4%18.4%0.0%13.9%
July 202617.9%17.1%17.2%0.0%14.0%
August 202620.8%18.3%20.3%0.0%16.3%

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–March 2026 · Duty paid: Thailand 27.2% → 18.4%, India 58.4% → 18.4%, Vietnam 28.3% → 18.4%, China 43.4% → 30.7%, all countries 29.0% → 15.0%.
  2. April–October 2025 · Duty paid: Thailand 11.0% → 21.9%, India 8.4% → 58.4%, Vietnam 11.0% → 22.6%, China 15.8% → 44.9%, Honduras 0.0% → 7.4%, all countries 7.2% → 27.4%.
  3. February 2020 · Duty paid: China 23.2% → 15.8%.
  4. September 2019 · Duty paid: China 8.4% → 23.2%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Long Beach, CA$48.4M · 19.8%
  2. Houston, TX$30.9M · 12.6%
  3. Los Angeles, CA$26.5M · 10.8%
  4. Newark, NJ$21.5M · 8.8%
  5. Savannah, GA$15.2M · 6.2%

Where US exports go

US exports were $2.0M in August 2026, down 15% from August 2025, and $27.9M over the last 12 months, down 9.2% on the 12 months before.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$13.4M48.0%+2.6%
Mexico$9.2M32.9%−6.9%
Vietnam$1.2M4.2%−21%
China$489K1.8%+995%
Ethiopia$400K1.4%−73%
Malaysia$360K1.3%+146%
Ireland$300K1.1%+36%
Chile$284K1.0%+40%
Other countries (44)$2.3M8.4%+43%
All countries$27.9M100.0%−9.2%

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; 124 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Netherlands$61.7Min 2025+31%$242K0.4%
Japan$52.0Min 2025+0.5%$00.0%
Italy$49.6Min 2025+20%$00.0%
Kazakhstan$47.3Min 2025+4.5%$00.0%
Taiwan$45.9Min 2024+9.6%$41K0.1%
Thailand$44.9Min 2025+24%$9580.0%
Canada$37.4Min 2025+33%$11.2M30.0%
Korea, South$36.1Min 2025−3.3%$58K0.2%

The biggest market outside the US is the Netherlands, which imported $61.7M of this product in 2025, 0.4% of that from the US.

The US supplies 30.0% of imports into Canada, but under 10% into the Netherlands, Japan and Italy.

Of these, imports into Canada grew fastest: up 33% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 6305: sacks and bags, of textile materials, used for the packing of goods. 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 (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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