Bars and rods of iron or nonalloy steel, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including twisted after rolling, not elsewhere specified

US trade by year

US imports were $56.6M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 56% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $124.2M, down 4.8%. 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.

• Canada
• Japan
• Korea, South
• Brazil
• All countries

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.

The 3 largest suppliers had 85.1% 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

Landed at a US port, Mexico was cheapest, at $0.91/kg: 31.3% below Korea, South.

Landed cost from Mexico rose 11% on a year earlier, to $0.91/kg, mostly on duty: $0.24/kg then, $0.29/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Japan gained the most share: 28.1% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 22.3% in the 12 months before. Mexico lost the most: 4.1%, down from 8.9%. 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.

• Canada
• Japan
• Korea, South
• Brazil
• All countries

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. April 2026 · Duty paid: Mexico 36.0% → 50.0%.
2. October–November 2025 · Duty paid: Japan 33.2% → 50.0%, all countries 42.5% → 48.9%.
3. May–June 2025 · Duty paid: Canada 0.3% → 46.0%, Japan 2.8% → 32.3%, Mexico 0.0% → 42.3%, all countries 2.2% → 36.8%.
4. February 2025 · Duty paid: Korea, South 0.0% → 17.0%.
5. August 2024 · Duty paid: China 9.2% → 32.5%.
6. November 2022 · Duty paid: China 8.5% → 15.6%.
7. February–April 2022 · Duty paid: Japan 5.4% → 0.0%, China 20.3% → 13.5%.
   • Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products of Brazil: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty OrderJan 6, 2022 · International Trade Administration
8. October 2021 · Duty paid: Japan 21.4% → 8.3%.
9. August 2020 · Duty paid: all countries 7.6% → 1.1%.
   • Implementation of the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) Uniform Regulations Regarding Rules of OriginJul 1, 2020 · Treasury Department
10. May–June 2019 · Duty paid: Canada 25.0% → 0.0%, Mexico 25.0% → 0.0%, all countries 22.6% → 6.1%.
    • Request for Comments Concerning Proposed Modification of Action Pursuant to Section 301: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and InnovationMay 17, 2019 · Office of the US Trade Representative
11. July 2018 · Duty paid: Canada 0.0% → 25.0%, Japan 0.0% → 25.0%, Mexico 0.0% → 25.0%, all countries 0.1% → 25.1%.

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; 122 have reported 2025 so far.

The biggest market outside the US is Germany, which imported $297.0M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

The US supplies 65.4% of imports into Mexico, but under 10% into Germany, Thailand and the Czech Republic.

Of these, imports into the Czech Republic grew fastest: up 175% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 7214: bars and rods of iron or nonalloy steel not elsewhere specified, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn etc., but including those twisted after rolling. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.