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

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Flat-rolled iron or nonalloy steel products, under 600 mm wide, plated or coated, not elsewhere specified

In short

  • The US imported $14.2M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 54% on the year before.
  • Korea, South is the largest supplier, with 26.3% of US imports; Japan is next, with 26.0%.
  • Korea, South is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $1.91/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 48.6% of the value of imports in August 2026, up 10.1 points on a year earlier.
  • Korea, South is gaining share: 30.7% over the last 12 months, up from 13.8%.
  • 13 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.

US imports, Aug 2026

$1.2M

↑ +4.6% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$14.2M

↓ −54% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

48.6%

↑ +10.1 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Korea, South

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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$1.2M
September 2025$1.1M
October 2025$1.1M
November 2025$1.1M
December 2025$1.3M
January 2026$866K
February 2026$707K
March 2026$1.5M
April 2026$1.4M
May 2026$1.2M
June 2026$1.2M
July 2026$1.6M
August 2026$1.2M

What changed

  • US imports were $1.2M in August 2026, down 24% from July 2026 and up 4.6% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $14.2M, down 54% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Mexico up from 1.8% to 9.2%, Germany down from 42.9% to 21.0%.
  • Average price from Japan fell 31% since July 2026, to $8.37/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from Canada fell from 50.0% to 0.0% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Mexico rose from 16.0% to 33.3% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $14.2M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 64% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $55.2M, down 39%. 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Japan ↑Japan ↑Japan ↓Duty ↓Japan ↓Duty ↑↓
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$39.3M
12 months to Aug 2018$27.0M
12 months to Aug 2019$13.9M
12 months to Aug 2020$15.0M
12 months to Aug 2021$17.1M
12 months to Aug 2022$21.6M
12 months to Aug 2023$26.7M
12 months to Aug 2024$26.4M
12 months to Aug 2025$31.1M
12 months to Aug 2026$14.2M
  • Korea, South
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • United Kingdom
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodKorea, SouthGermanyJapanUnited Kingdom
12 months to Aug 20176.8%10.2%15.3%0.4%
12 months to Aug 20183.7%17.1%19.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20197.9%26.3%29.0%0.3%
12 months to Aug 202012.5%43.2%28.4%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202116.2%49.6%18.6%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202210.8%53.9%15.3%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202316.0%53.9%12.5%0.7%
12 months to Aug 202414.1%41.3%16.5%2.3%
12 months to Aug 202513.8%37.3%21.7%1.8%
12 months to Aug 202630.7%25.6%23.1%6.5%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodKorea, SouthGermanyJapanUnited KingdomAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%5.4%6.1%0.0%5.1%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%18.7%6.5%25.0%13.3%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%12.4%7.8%10.3%10.6%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%15.1%7.0%0.0%9.8%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%5.1%8.6%0.0%5.3%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%1.0%2.8%0.0%1.3%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.7%2.0%0.0%1.6%
12 months to Aug 202517.2%17.3%6.8%12.7%12.5%
12 months to Aug 202649.8%49.9%50.1%29.4%47.7%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$14.2M−54%47.7%+35.2 pts$55.2M−15%
12 months to Aug 2025$31.1M+18%12.5%+10.9 pts$65.0M−9.8%
12 months to Aug 2024$26.4M−1.1%1.6%+0.3 pts$72.0M−8.6%
12 months to Aug 2023$26.7M+24%1.3%−4.0 pts$78.8M+15%
12 months to Aug 2022$21.6M+26%5.3%−4.5 pts$68.8M+12%
12 months to Aug 2021$17.1M+14%9.8%−0.8 pts$61.4M+8.6%
12 months to Aug 2020$15.0M+7.6%10.6%−2.7 pts$56.5M−5.3%
12 months to Aug 2019$13.9M−48%13.3%+8.2 pts$59.7M−42%
12 months to Aug 2018$27.0M−31%5.1%+5.1 pts$102.9M+14%
12 months to Aug 2017$39.3M0.0%$90.4M

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
Korea, South$326K26.3%−4.9 pts$1.18/kg−3.4%50.0%+3.2 pts
Japan$322K26.0%+6.8 pts$8.37/kg+42%50.0%−1.2 pts
Germany$261K21.0%+6.5 pts$2.32/kg−15%50.0%0.0 pts
Mexico$114K9.2%+6.6 pts$13.08/kg+195%33.3%+14.9 pts
China$106K8.6%+6.9 pts$7.94/kg+45%75.0%−20.0 pts
France$69K5.5%+3.9 pts$6.65/kg−41%50.0%0.0 pts
Canada$43K3.4%+2.2 pts$2.10/kg+194%0.0%0.0 pts
All countries$1.2M100.0%$2.57/kg+13%48.6%+10.1 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 79.4% 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
Korea, South$1.12/kg$0.23/kg20.1% of price$0.56/kg50.0% of price$1.91/kg−3.1%
Germany$2.29/kg$0.11/kg5.0% of price$1.15/kg50.0% of price$3.55/kg+5.2%
China$5.04/kg$0.80/kg15.9% of price$3.78/kg75.0% of price$9.61/kg+28%
France$6.77/kg$0.99/kg14.6% of price$3.38/kg50.0% of price$11.13/kg+89%
Japan$9.40/kg$0.42/kg4.4% of price$4.70/kg50.0% of price$14.52/kg+97%
Mexico$14.41/kg$0.04/kg0.2% of price$5.36/kg37.2% of price$19.81/kg+90%
All countries$2.24/kg$0.21/kg9.4% of price$1.11/kg49.5% of price$3.56/kg+3.8%

Landed at a US port, Korea, South was cheapest, at $1.91/kg: 46.2% below Germany.

Landed cost from Japan rose 97% on a year earlier, to $14.52/kg, mostly on price: $4.80/kg then, $9.40/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Korea, South gained the most share: 30.7% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 13.8% in the 12 months before. Germany lost the most: 25.6%, down from 37.3%. 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.

  • Korea, South
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • United Kingdom
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthKorea, SouthGermanyJapanUnited Kingdom
September 202412.2%51.3%11.2%0.0%
October 202410.5%61.5%18.1%2.0%
November 20249.8%30.8%7.4%1.5%
December 20244.9%34.1%7.9%1.5%
January 202511.8%38.7%20.9%1.4%
February 20259.6%9.5%63.5%2.0%
March 202516.6%32.9%34.4%0.0%
April 20255.2%57.4%14.5%0.1%
May 202538.3%45.6%7.8%0.0%
June 202513.5%46.4%17.2%5.0%
July 202514.0%34.5%17.8%0.0%
August 202531.2%14.5%19.1%15.7%
September 202541.8%21.0%20.7%0.0%
October 202539.1%11.6%21.1%22.9%
November 202545.6%10.1%16.5%19.7%
December 202528.6%10.4%42.2%11.9%
January 202637.7%28.8%23.3%0.0%
February 202645.6%11.0%25.6%0.0%
March 202621.6%27.3%25.4%4.1%
April 202625.8%49.0%11.1%4.3%
May 202623.6%25.1%24.5%10.9%
June 202627.3%31.8%19.6%5.5%
July 202622.9%42.9%21.5%0.0%
August 202626.3%21.0%26.0%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthKorea, SouthGermanyJapanUnited KingdomAll countries
September 20240.0%10.8%3.5%n/a5.5%
October 20240.0%2.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%
November 20240.0%9.7%0.0%0.0%4.2%
December 20240.0%23.5%0.0%0.0%5.8%
January 20250.0%6.6%1.0%0.0%4.2%
February 20250.0%2.9%0.4%0.0%0.5%
March 202510.9%11.0%1.1%n/a8.0%
April 202525.0%24.2%2.9%25.0%18.6%
May 202525.0%25.0%20.7%n/a23.8%
June 202550.0%48.1%42.3%25.0%43.5%
July 202547.5%50.1%48.0%n/a47.3%
August 202546.8%50.0%51.2%25.0%38.5%
September 202547.7%52.6%50.0%n/a47.2%
October 202550.0%50.0%52.3%25.0%43.4%
November 202550.0%50.0%50.0%21.9%44.5%
December 202550.0%50.0%50.0%24.7%46.7%
January 202650.0%50.0%50.0%n/a46.3%
February 202650.0%50.0%50.0%n/a47.8%
March 202650.0%47.8%49.7%25.0%47.7%
April 202650.0%50.0%50.0%50.0%49.1%
May 202650.0%50.0%50.0%37.9%49.0%
June 202650.0%50.0%50.0%49.2%50.3%
July 202650.0%50.0%50.0%n/a49.6%
August 202650.0%50.0%50.0%n/a48.6%

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–June 2025 · Duty paid: Korea, South 5.4% → 47.2%, Germany 9.0% → 48.7%, Japan 2.1% → 48.9%, all countries 5.9% → 41.4%.
  2. September–November 2024 · Duty paid: Germany 0.2% → 10.4%, France 13.6% → 0.0%.
  3. February 2023 · Duty paid: Japan 6.2% → 0.1%.
  4. September 2022 · Duty paid: Japan 11.3% → 0.6%.
  5. January–February 2022 · Duty paid: Germany 14.2% → 1.9%, all countries 10.2% → 2.4%.
  6. December 2020 · Duty paid: Germany 12.2% → 21.2%.
  7. June 2020 · Duty paid: Japan 11.8% → 4.5%.
  8. November 2019–February 2020 · Duty paid: Germany 8.0% → 16.7%, Japan 5.4% → 11.8%, all countries 7.6% → 14.2%.
  9. May 2019 · Duty paid: Germany 25.2% → 8.5%, all countries 16.5% → 8.8%.
  10. February 2019 · Duty paid: Japan 1.6% → 9.7%.
  11. November 2018 · Duty paid: all countries 20.5% → 12.9%.
  12. May–August 2018 · Duty paid: Germany 0.2% → 24.4%, Japan 21.7% → 1.6%, Belgium 0.0% → 24.7%, all countries 0.0% → 19.0%.
  13. February 2018 · Duty paid: Japan 0.0% → 22.2%.

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. These are the 5 newest of 13. Search the Federal Register for 7212.50

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Savannah, GA$3.7M · 25.9%
  2. Tacoma, WA$1.8M · 13.0%
  3. Chicago, IL$1.8M · 12.9%
  4. Baltimore, MD$1.8M · 12.5%
  5. Chester, PA$984K · 6.9%

Where US exports go

US exports were $6.8M in August 2026, up 19% from August 2025, and $55.2M over the last 12 months, down 15% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Italy, up 44%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Korea, South$21.2M38.4%−7.1%
Canada$8.6M15.7%−40%
Mexico$8.0M14.5%−1.4%
Italy$6.3M11.4%+44%
China$3.4M6.1%−41%
Slovakia$1.8M3.2%+14%
Thailand$1.4M2.6%−11%
Vietnam$997K1.8%−39%
Other countries (29)$3.5M6.3%−19%
All countries$55.2M100.0%−15%

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; 112 have reported 2025 so far. Where a country's figure for imports from the US is under half or over double what the US recorded exporting there that year, the US figure is shown under it.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Philippines$344.1Min 2025+15%$00.0%
Indonesia$153.9Min 2025+7.2%$20.0%
China$84.5Min 2025−19%$4.2M4.9%
Malaysia$68.1Min 2025+57%$32K0.0%
Poland$49.4Min 2025+45%$00.0%
Germany$47.6Min 2025−13%$17.9MUS records $1.3M37.6%
Italy$46.3Min 2025+34%$5.4M11.6%
France$41.8Min 2025−11%$23K0.1%

The biggest market outside the US is the Philippines, which imported $344.1M of this product in 2025, none of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Malaysia grew fastest: up 57% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 7212: flat-rolled iron or nonalloy steel products, less than 600 mm (23.6 in.) wide, clad, plated or coated. 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.
  • 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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