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

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In short

  • The US imported $7.4M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 17% on the year before.
  • Switzerland is the largest supplier, with 88.6% of US imports; China is next, with 11.4%.
  • Switzerland is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $1.15 each.
  • Duty paid averaged 13.3% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 22.0 points on a year earlier.
  • Switzerland is gaining share: 83.3% over the last 12 months, up from 57.8%.
  • US exports were $2.9M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Mexico, with 35.4%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$864K

↑ +663% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$7.4M

↓ −17% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

13.3%

↓ −22.0 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Switzerland

88.6% 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$113K
September 2025$164K
October 2025$576K
November 2025$820K
December 2025$297K
January 2026$778K
February 2026$743K
March 2026$566K
April 2026$486K
May 2026$662K
June 2026$944K
July 2026$544K
August 2026$864K

What changed

  • US imports were $864K in August 2026, up 59% from July 2026 and up 663% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $7.4M, down 17% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Switzerland up from 80.1% to 88.6%, China down from 18.7% to 11.4%.
  • Average price from China fell 39% since July 2026, to $1.43 each.
  • Duty paid by the main suppliers held within 2 points of July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $7.4M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 67% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $2.9M, down 17%. 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$4.5M
12 months to Aug 2018$4.3M
12 months to Aug 2019$5.3M
12 months to Aug 2020$5.1M
12 months to Aug 2021$5.6M
12 months to Aug 2022$6.4M
12 months to Aug 2023$6.7M
12 months to Aug 2024$8.3M
12 months to Aug 2025$9.0M
12 months to Aug 2026$7.4M
  • Switzerland
  • China
  • Germany
  • Canada
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodSwitzerlandChinaGermanyCanada
12 months to Aug 201759.2%20.7%7.5%0.4%
12 months to Aug 201863.2%21.4%5.3%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201959.0%22.3%14.5%0.3%
12 months to Aug 202057.0%27.5%13.4%0.2%
12 months to Aug 202156.1%36.2%4.0%0.4%
12 months to Aug 202268.1%24.6%3.4%0.2%
12 months to Aug 202356.5%32.6%4.8%0.4%
12 months to Aug 202457.0%18.5%22.1%0.6%
12 months to Aug 202557.8%14.4%15.1%0.7%
12 months to Aug 202683.3%13.0%2.2%0.6%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodSwitzerlandChinaGermanyCanadaAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%6.1%0.0%0.0%1.8%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%3.9%0.0%0.0%1.4%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%4.7%0.0%0.0%1.2%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%2.4%0.0%0.0%0.8%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%3.4%0.0%0.0%0.6%
12 months to Aug 20253.5%20.1%0.0%0.0%5.1%
12 months to Aug 202618.2%24.6%15.0%0.0%18.8%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$7.4M−17%18.8%+13.7 pts$2.9M−29%
12 months to Aug 2025$9.0M+8.3%5.1%+4.4 pts$4.0M+2.1%
12 months to Aug 2024$8.3M+23%0.6%−0.1 pts$4.0M+9.0%
12 months to Aug 2023$6.7M+4.6%0.8%−0.4 pts$3.6M+27%
12 months to Aug 2022$6.4M+15%1.2%−0.2 pts$2.9M−26%
12 months to Aug 2021$5.6M+8.9%1.4%−0.4 pts$3.9M+2.9%
12 months to Aug 2020$5.1M−3.8%1.8%+1.8 pts$3.8M+26%
12 months to Aug 2019$5.3M+23%0.0%0.0 pts$3.0M−22%
12 months to Aug 2018$4.3M−2.5%0.0%0.0 pts$3.8M+10%
12 months to Aug 2017$4.5M0.0%$3.5M

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
Switzerland$765K88.6%+52.7 pts$0.97 each−99%12.5%−24.9 pts
China$98K11.4%−47.8 pts$1.43 each−16%19.6%−16.6 pts
All countries$864K100.0%$1.01 each−64%13.3%−22.0 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 98.5% 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
Switzerland$1.03 each$0.01 each0.8% of price$0.11 each10.9% of price$1.15 each−8.3%
China$1.81 each$0.07 each3.7% of price$0.34 each18.6% of price$2.21 each−41%
All countries$1.09 each$0.01 each1.2% of price$0.13 each11.8% of price$1.23 each−19%

Landed at a US port, Switzerland was cheapest, at $1.15 each: 47.9% below China.

Landed cost from China fell 41% on a year earlier, to $2.21 each, mostly on price: $2.66 each then, $1.81 each now.

How the market is shifting

Switzerland gained the most share: 83.3% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 57.8% in the 12 months before. Germany lost the most: 2.2%, down from 15.1%. 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.

  • Switzerland
  • China
  • Germany
  • Canada
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthSwitzerlandChinaGermanyCanada
September 202465.3%21.3%0.0%2.4%
October 202472.5%5.2%19.7%0.0%
November 202473.5%25.4%0.0%0.0%
December 202410.5%7.3%23.4%0.0%
January 202553.6%14.5%31.3%0.0%
February 202526.3%27.0%30.9%0.0%
March 202572.7%7.5%19.4%0.0%
April 202570.0%26.1%0.0%0.0%
May 202567.8%7.4%22.1%0.0%
June 202585.8%9.7%0.0%0.0%
July 202574.4%9.0%8.4%4.9%
August 202535.9%59.2%0.0%0.0%
September 202572.3%23.0%0.0%0.0%
October 202579.3%20.0%0.0%0.0%
November 202591.5%8.5%0.0%0.0%
December 202571.4%28.6%0.0%0.0%
January 202666.8%10.3%21.1%0.0%
February 202677.8%15.2%0.0%5.8%
March 202689.3%9.7%0.0%0.0%
April 202686.1%13.9%0.0%0.0%
May 202690.0%8.8%0.0%0.0%
June 202689.5%9.3%0.0%0.0%
July 202680.1%18.7%0.0%0.0%
August 202688.6%11.4%0.0%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthSwitzerlandChinaGermanyCanadaAll countries
September 20240.0%2.6%n/a0.0%0.6%
October 20240.0%5.3%0.0%n/a0.3%
November 20240.0%2.5%n/an/a0.6%
December 20240.0%7.5%0.0%n/a0.5%
January 20250.0%6.1%0.0%n/a0.7%
February 20250.0%7.8%0.0%n/a2.0%
March 20250.0%18.0%0.0%n/a1.4%
April 20251.3%54.1%n/an/a15.0%
May 202510.0%87.4%n/an/a15.7%
June 202510.0%35.4%n/an/a13.5%
July 20258.5%33.8%n/a0.0%10.6%
August 202537.3%36.2%n/an/a35.3%
September 202539.0%37.5%n/an/a38.1%
October 202539.0%36.8%n/an/a38.5%
November 202538.9%32.2%n/an/a38.5%
December 202536.3%27.5%n/an/a33.8%
January 202615.0%27.5%15.0%n/a15.9%
February 202614.1%25.5%n/a0.0%15.1%
March 202610.1%17.5%n/an/a10.9%
April 202610.0%17.0%n/an/a10.8%
May 202610.0%17.5%n/an/a10.6%
June 20269.3%17.5%n/an/a10.0%
July 202611.2%18.4%n/an/a12.4%
August 202612.5%19.6%n/an/a13.3%

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. February 2026 · Duty paid: Switzerland 37.6% → 10.1%, all countries 36.1% → 10.8%.
  2. July–August 2025 · Duty paid: Switzerland 5.7% → 39.0%, all countries 14.2% → 38.2%.
  3. March 2025 · Duty paid: all countries 0.7% → 14.2%.
  4. August 2019 · Duty paid: China 0.0% → 8.8%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Jfk International Airport, NY$5.5M · 73.6%
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth, TX$699K · 9.4%
  3. Newark, NJ$498K · 6.7%
  4. New Orleans, LA$199K · 2.7%
  5. Los Angeles International Airport, CA$103K · 1.4%

Where US exports go

US exports were $165K in August 2026, down 0.6% from August 2025, and $2.9M over the last 12 months, down 29% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Honduras, up 1450%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Mexico$1.0M35.4%−64%
Canada$459K15.9%+326%
China$265K9.2%+36%
Honduras$178K6.2%+1450%
Panama$147K5.1%−6.3%
Hong Kong$118K4.1%−27%
France$110K3.8%+208%
Guatemala$77K2.7%+46%
Other countries (23)$510K17.7%+79%
All countries$2.9M100.0%−29%

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; 113 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
China$19.3Min 2025−11%$3K0.0%
Hong Kong$18.0Min 2025−3.9%$940.0%
Thailand$17.2Min 2025+18%$4K0.0%
India$7.8Min 2025+32%$370.0%
Mexico$5.9Min 2025−26%$1.4M23.5%
Germany$3.9Min 2025+21%$23K0.6%
Italy$3.1Min 2025+37%$2K0.1%
France$3.0Min 2025−20%$15K0.5%

The biggest market outside the US is China, which imported $19.3M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Italy grew fastest: up 37% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 7015: clock or watch etc. glasses; glasses for spectacles, curved etc., not optically worked; hollow glass spheres etc. for the manufacture of such glasses. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Glasses for corrective spectacles, not optically workedHS 7015.10$4K$537K
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 (number of items), 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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