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

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Nonalloy pig iron containing 0.5% (wt.) or less phosphorus, in primary forms

In short

  • The US imported $2.18B of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 8.8% on the year before.
  • India is the largest supplier, with 58.7% of US imports; Brazil is next, with 23.4%.
  • South Africa is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $486.04/tonne.
  • Duty paid averaged 0.0% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 9.8 points on a year earlier.
  • India is gaining share: 11.0% over the last 12 months, up from 5.0%.
  • 2 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.

US imports, Aug 2026

$185.5M

↓ −8.0% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$2.18B

↓ −8.8% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

0.0%

↓ −9.8 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

India

58.7% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$201.5M
September 2025$118.0M
October 2025$228.1M
November 2025$115.2M
December 2025$140.4M
January 2026$109.5M
February 2026$234.2M
March 2026$141.0M
April 2026$200.6M
May 2026$229.5M
June 2026$234.7M
July 2026$241.7M
August 2026$185.5M

What changed

  • US imports were $185.5M in August 2026, down 23% from July 2026 and down 8.0% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $2.18B, down 8.8% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: India up from 32.9% to 58.7%, Brazil down from 56.9% to 23.4%.
  • Average price from India rose 9.4% since July 2026, to $473.50/tonne.
  • Duty paid on imports from India fell from 6.8% to 0.0% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Brazil fell from 5.4% to 0.0% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $2.18B in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 47% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $2.4M, down 89%. 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$1.48B
12 months to Aug 2018$2.03B
12 months to Aug 2019$2.15B
12 months to Aug 2020$1.53B
12 months to Aug 2021$2.72B
12 months to Aug 2022$3.04B
12 months to Aug 2023$2.52B
12 months to Aug 2024$1.93B
12 months to Aug 2025$2.39B
12 months to Aug 2026$2.18B
  • Brazil
  • Ukraine
  • India
  • Canada
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodBrazilUkraineIndiaCanada
12 months to Aug 201716.6%20.6%1.7%1.1%
12 months to Aug 201812.5%31.2%0.0%0.8%
12 months to Aug 201919.3%24.4%0.0%1.0%
12 months to Aug 202023.9%37.2%0.0%1.4%
12 months to Aug 202122.2%32.1%6.0%1.6%
12 months to Aug 202241.8%17.6%10.6%3.1%
12 months to Aug 202364.0%21.8%4.2%2.9%
12 months to Aug 202472.3%17.9%1.4%2.5%
12 months to Aug 202565.0%24.7%5.0%2.1%
12 months to Aug 202655.0%24.6%11.0%3.6%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodBrazilUkraineIndiaCanadaAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%0.0%n/a0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%0.0%n/a0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%0.0%n/a0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20253.5%3.4%3.2%0.0%3.4%
12 months to Aug 20268.4%9.2%4.4%0.0%7.8%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$2.18B−8.8%7.8%+4.4 pts$2.4M−38%
12 months to Aug 2025$2.39B+24%3.4%+3.4 pts$3.8M−28%
12 months to Aug 2024$1.93B−23%0.0%0.0 pts$5.3M−67%
12 months to Aug 2023$2.52B−17%0.0%0.0 pts$16.3M−7.8%
12 months to Aug 2022$3.04B+12%0.0%0.0 pts$17.7M+44%
12 months to Aug 2021$2.72B+78%0.0%0.0 pts$12.3M+579%
12 months to Aug 2020$1.53B−29%0.0%0.0 pts$1.8M−64%
12 months to Aug 2019$2.15B+5.6%0.0%0.0 pts$5.0M−65%
12 months to Aug 2018$2.03B+38%0.0%0.0 pts$14.4M−34%
12 months to Aug 2017$1.48B0.0%$21.9M

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
India$108.9M58.7%new$473.50/tonne0.0%
Brazil$43.5M23.4%−49.3 pts$470.76/tonne+12%0.0%−10.0 pts
Ukraine$23.7M12.8%−10.5 pts$478.47/tonne+17%0.0%−10.0 pts
Canada$5.2M2.8%+1.0 pts$523.41/tonne+1.2%0.0%0.0 pts
United Kingdom$4.2M2.3%new$384.98/tonne0.0%
All countries$185.5M100.0%$472.28/tonne+13%0.0%−9.8 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 90.6% 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
South Africa$418.56/tonne$44.90/tonne10.7% of price$22.59/tonne5.4% of price$486.04/tonne−9.1%
India$452.26/tonne$31.39/tonne6.9% of price$16.84/tonne3.7% of price$500.50/tonne+0.7%
Brazil$467.62/tonne$14.78/tonne3.2% of price$29.19/tonne6.2% of price$511.59/tonne+5.9%
Ukraine$467.48/tonne$27.81/tonne5.9% of price$34.91/tonne7.5% of price$530.20/tonne+12%
All countries$455.71/tonne$26.56/tonne5.8% of price$25.27/tonne5.5% of price$507.54/tonne+5.0%

Landed at a US port, South Africa was cheapest, at $486.04/tonne: 2.9% below India.

Landed cost from Ukraine rose 12% on a year earlier, to $530.20/tonne, mostly on price: $417.54/tonne then, $467.48/tonne now.

How the market is shifting

India gained the most share: 11.0% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 5.0% in the 12 months before. Brazil lost the most: 55.0%, down from 65.0%. 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.

  • Brazil
  • Ukraine
  • India
  • Canada
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthBrazilUkraineIndiaCanada
September 202475.4%23.1%0.0%0.6%
October 202466.5%17.7%11.8%2.8%
November 202466.5%27.5%0.0%4.8%
December 202478.9%14.8%0.0%1.8%
January 202555.6%28.8%8.5%0.0%
February 202549.2%29.9%0.0%0.1%
March 202571.7%22.4%0.0%2.6%
April 202548.1%43.3%8.6%0.0%
May 202569.1%17.8%9.5%0.7%
June 202563.9%11.8%16.2%7.0%
July 202554.9%39.0%0.0%3.4%
August 202572.7%23.3%0.0%1.8%
September 202552.2%39.0%0.0%6.9%
October 202554.4%28.7%0.0%6.1%
November 202557.2%36.4%0.0%6.4%
December 202591.5%0.0%0.0%8.5%
January 202692.6%0.0%0.0%7.4%
February 202660.2%32.4%0.0%1.0%
March 202666.7%31.9%0.0%1.4%
April 202647.3%49.0%0.0%3.7%
May 202645.2%30.4%10.9%2.4%
June 202643.1%29.8%11.1%0.0%
July 202656.9%0.0%32.9%2.7%
August 202623.4%12.8%58.7%2.8%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthBrazilUkraineIndiaCanadaAll countries
September 20240.0%0.0%n/a0.0%0.0%
October 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
November 20240.0%0.0%n/a0.0%0.0%
December 20240.0%0.0%n/a0.0%0.0%
January 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
February 20250.0%0.0%n/a0.0%0.0%
March 20250.0%0.0%n/a0.0%0.0%
April 20251.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%
May 20258.9%10.0%3.3%0.0%8.4%
June 202510.0%10.0%10.0%0.0%9.3%
July 202510.0%10.0%n/a0.0%9.7%
August 202510.0%10.0%n/a0.0%9.8%
September 202510.0%10.0%n/a0.0%9.3%
October 20259.9%10.0%n/a0.0%9.5%
November 202510.0%10.0%n/a0.0%9.4%
December 202510.0%n/an/a0.0%9.1%
January 202610.0%n/an/a0.0%9.3%
February 20264.9%7.4%n/a0.0%5.8%
March 20269.3%10.0%n/a0.0%9.4%
April 202610.0%9.8%n/a0.0%9.5%
May 202610.0%10.0%10.0%0.0%9.3%
June 202610.0%10.0%10.0%0.0%10.0%
July 20265.4%n/a6.8%0.0%5.5%
August 20260.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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 2025 · Duty paid: Brazil 0.0% → 10.0%, Ukraine 0.0% → 10.0%, all countries 0.0% → 9.5%.

Federal Register notices from the last 12 months that list this product's tariff codes. A notice can add a duty, exclude products from one or only mention them, so read each for what it changes. Search the Federal Register for 7201.10

Where it enters the US

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

  1. New Orleans, LA$753.2M · 34.6%
  2. Gramercy, LA$444.2M · 20.4%
  3. Charleston, SC$330.9M · 15.2%
  4. Mobile, AL$298.2M · 13.7%
  5. Corpus Christi, TX$189.0M · 8.7%

Where US exports go

US exports were $52K in August 2026, down 60% from August 2025, and $2.4M over the last 12 months, down 38% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Germany, up 67%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Mexico$565K24.0%+15%
Germany$487K20.6%+67%
Canada$470K19.9%−6.0%
Korea, South$361K15.3%new
Brazil$285K12.1%−6.5%
China$75K3.2%−80%
Hong Kong$27K1.1%new
United Arab Emirates$21K0.9%new
Other countries (10)$67K2.9%−92%
All countries$2.4M100.0%−38%

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; 85 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Turkey$821.5Min 2025+36%$00.0%
Italy$634.7Min 2025+17%$00.0%
Spain$123.9Min 2025+34%$2220.0%
Taiwan$99.4Min 2024−46%$00.0%
Germany$90.7Min 2025−30%$00.0%
Saudi Arabia$75.9Min 2025+17293%$00.0%
Korea, South$69.8Min 2025−9.3%$10K0.0%
Poland$67.0Min 2025−7.8%$00.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Turkey, which imported $821.5M of this product in 2025, none of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Turkey grew fastest: up 36% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 7201: pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms. 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 (tonnes), 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.
  • Tariff notices are from the Federal Register, matched to this product by the HTS numbers in their text.
  • 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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