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

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HS 7215.10

Bars and rods of free-cutting nonalloy steel, old-formed or cold-finished

In short

  • The US imported $38.1M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 24% on the year before.
  • Germany is the largest supplier, with 46.4% of US imports; Canada is next, with 38.1%.
  • Spain is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $1.59/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 30.9% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 1.2 points on a year earlier.
  • Canada is gaining share: 33.2% over the last 12 months, up from 24.5%.
  • US exports were $17.7M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Mexico, with 54.6%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$4.1M

↑ +60% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$38.1M

↓ −24% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

30.9%

↓ −1.2 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Germany

46.4% 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$2.6M
September 2025$2.9M
October 2025$2.8M
November 2025$2.9M
December 2025$2.3M
January 2026$3.3M
February 2026$2.9M
March 2026$3.3M
April 2026$3.9M
May 2026$3.2M
June 2026$3.1M
July 2026$3.4M
August 2026$4.1M

What changed

  • US imports were $4.1M in August 2026, up 19% from July 2026 and up 60% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $38.1M, down 24% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Spain up from 5.8% to 9.3%, Germany down from 51.1% to 46.4%.
  • Average prices from the top 3 suppliers stayed within 5% of July 2026.
  • Duty paid by the main suppliers held within 2 points of July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $38.1M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 55% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $17.7M, down 25%. 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 ↑Duty ↓Duty ↓Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$84.4M
12 months to Aug 2018$91.9M
12 months to Aug 2019$64.7M
12 months to Aug 2020$49.8M
12 months to Aug 2021$66.4M
12 months to Aug 2022$66.1M
12 months to Aug 2023$69.8M
12 months to Aug 2024$74.7M
12 months to Aug 2025$50.0M
12 months to Aug 2026$38.1M
  • Germany
  • Canada
  • Spain
  • Italy
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodGermanyCanadaSpainItaly
12 months to Aug 201749.5%36.2%4.4%2.8%
12 months to Aug 201852.6%34.7%3.7%3.3%
12 months to Aug 201958.5%24.2%5.7%3.1%
12 months to Aug 202045.6%38.9%5.6%5.1%
12 months to Aug 202133.1%54.8%4.9%3.4%
12 months to Aug 202251.1%36.1%3.7%6.5%
12 months to Aug 202354.7%33.9%3.1%5.7%
12 months to Aug 202465.7%22.4%6.8%3.8%
12 months to Aug 202566.6%24.5%3.8%3.2%
12 months to Aug 202657.7%33.2%4.1%3.8%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodGermanyCanadaSpainItalyAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20185.3%4.6%4.7%5.7%5.1%
12 months to Aug 201924.6%17.6%25.0%25.0%22.7%
12 months to Aug 202024.3%0.0%24.7%18.4%14.2%
12 months to Aug 202123.8%0.0%24.9%9.2%9.9%
12 months to Aug 202212.5%0.0%9.7%11.0%7.8%
12 months to Aug 20230.1%0.0%0.7%4.7%0.6%
12 months to Aug 20240.6%0.0%5.7%4.5%1.0%
12 months to Aug 202510.9%0.3%15.1%7.3%8.4%
12 months to Aug 202649.9%0.1%50.0%37.5%32.7%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$38.1M−24%32.7%+24.3 pts$17.7M+15%
12 months to Aug 2025$50.0M−33%8.4%+7.3 pts$15.4M−14%
12 months to Aug 2024$74.7M+7.0%1.0%+0.5 pts$18.0M−5.6%
12 months to Aug 2023$69.8M+5.6%0.6%−7.2 pts$19.1M−20%
12 months to Aug 2022$66.1M−0.5%7.8%−2.1 pts$24.0M+50%
12 months to Aug 2021$66.4M+33%9.9%−4.3 pts$16.0M+37%
12 months to Aug 2020$49.8M−23%14.2%−8.5 pts$11.7M−27%
12 months to Aug 2019$64.7M−30%22.7%+17.6 pts$16.0M−36%
12 months to Aug 2018$91.9M+8.9%5.1%+5.1 pts$25.2M+7.1%
12 months to Aug 2017$84.4M0.0%$23.5M

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
Germany$1.9M46.4%−12.9 pts$1.78/kg+11%49.9%−0.1 pts
Canada$1.6M38.1%+2.5 pts$1.83/kg+11%0.0%−0.9 pts
Spain$381K9.3%+5.9 pts$0.93/kg−40%50.0%0.0 pts
Italy$249K6.1%+5.0 pts$1.39/kg−1.7%50.0%0.0 pts
China$4K0.1%new$8.63/kg75.0%
India$3K0.1%−0.1 pts$1.00/kg−37%0.0%0.0 pts
All countries$4.1M100.0%$1.63/kg+0.8%30.9%−1.2 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 95.0% 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
Spain$0.91/kg$0.22/kg24.5% of price$0.46/kg50.0% of price$1.59/kg−11%
Canada$1.80/kg$0.02/kg0.9% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$1.82/kg+8.7%
Italy$1.34/kg$0.56/kg41.6% of price$0.67/kg50.0% of price$2.56/kg+0.7%
Germany$1.77/kg$0.03/kg1.5% of price$0.88/kg49.7% of price$2.67/kg+13%
All countries$1.65/kg$0.08/kg5.1% of price$0.52/kg31.4% of price$2.25/kg+6.2%

Landed at a US port, Spain was cheapest, at $1.59/kg: 12.3% below Canada.

Landed cost from Germany rose 13% on a year earlier, to $2.67/kg, mostly on price: $1.58/kg then, $1.77/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Canada gained the most share: 33.2% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 24.5% in the 12 months before. Germany lost the most: 57.7%, down from 66.6%. 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.

  • Germany
  • Canada
  • Spain
  • Italy
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthGermanyCanadaSpainItaly
September 202474.7%19.2%2.9%2.7%
October 202463.9%25.1%6.0%2.6%
November 202466.5%22.6%4.2%3.0%
December 202470.2%23.2%1.4%3.2%
January 202563.9%21.7%5.2%7.7%
February 202573.6%15.9%1.9%6.2%
March 202574.9%21.7%2.3%0.5%
April 202560.3%33.4%4.1%0.9%
May 202554.1%33.3%7.4%2.1%
June 202561.5%30.3%4.1%2.2%
July 202558.9%31.5%4.6%1.5%
August 202559.3%35.5%3.4%1.1%
September 202567.0%26.2%3.4%0.0%
October 202558.7%33.9%4.4%1.8%
November 202568.2%25.0%3.8%1.5%
December 202557.5%30.5%2.6%6.3%
January 202661.2%30.8%4.6%1.0%
February 202657.5%34.6%2.5%3.8%
March 202662.4%29.0%2.9%5.6%
April 202654.3%39.7%3.2%2.5%
May 202657.4%35.2%1.6%4.6%
June 202656.3%36.3%2.8%4.4%
July 202651.1%34.9%5.8%6.9%
August 202646.4%38.1%9.3%6.1%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthGermanyCanadaSpainItalyAll countries
September 20240.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%0.4%
October 20240.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.2%
November 20240.0%0.0%16.5%5.7%0.9%
December 20240.0%0.0%25.0%5.4%0.3%
January 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.2%
February 20250.0%0.0%1.3%4.3%0.7%
March 202512.6%0.0%17.4%0.0%9.9%
April 202525.0%0.2%25.0%25.0%16.6%
May 202525.0%0.0%25.0%25.0%16.3%
June 202542.8%1.1%44.5%50.0%29.9%
July 202549.7%1.6%50.0%50.0%34.3%
August 202550.0%0.9%50.0%50.0%32.1%
September 202550.0%0.5%50.0%n/a37.1%
October 202550.0%0.4%50.0%10.2%32.3%
November 202550.0%0.0%50.0%50.0%36.9%
December 202550.0%0.0%50.0%23.8%32.8%
January 202650.0%0.2%50.0%50.0%33.7%
February 202650.0%0.3%50.0%4.7%30.6%
March 202649.9%0.1%50.0%10.1%33.3%
April 202650.0%0.1%50.0%52.2%30.1%
May 202650.0%0.0%50.0%50.0%32.4%
June 202650.1%0.0%50.5%50.0%31.7%
July 202649.0%0.0%50.0%50.0%31.6%
August 202649.9%0.0%50.0%50.0%30.9%

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: Germany 6.3% → 46.1%, all countries 5.3% → 31.0%.
  2. April 2022 · Duty paid: Germany 24.4% → 2.6%, all countries 11.2% → 3.9%.
  3. May–June 2019 · Duty paid: Canada 25.0% → 0.0%, all countries 24.5% → 17.3%.
  4. May–July 2018 · Duty paid: Germany 0.0% → 24.8%, Canada 0.0% → 25.0%, all countries 0.0% → 24.8%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY$19.1M · 50.0%
  2. Detroit, MI$7.5M · 19.7%
  3. Port Huron, MI$6.9M · 18.2%
  4. Newark, NJ$1.5M · 4.0%
  5. New York, NY$1.0M · 2.6%

Where US exports go

US exports were $2.1M in August 2026, up 84% from August 2025, and $17.7M over the last 12 months, up 15% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Mexico, up 51%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Mexico$9.7M54.6%+51%
Canada$5.2M29.3%−25%
Singapore$382K2.2%−20%
Brazil$372K2.1%−40%
Germany$315K1.8%+1119%
India$307K1.7%+145%
Bahamas$297K1.7%+100%
China$230K1.3%−13%
Other countries (20)$951K5.4%+155%
All countries$17.7M100.0%+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; 107 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Iraq$138.0Min 2024+5936034%$00.0%
Germany$105.4Min 2025−0.1%$564K0.5%
France$92.9Min 2025−0.6%$9K0.0%
Poland$35.8Min 2025−4.3%$00.0%
Mexico$28.1Min 2025−20%$6.1M21.6%
China$27.2Min 2025−13%$238K0.9%
Italy$25.5Min 2025+8.0%$5K0.0%
Czech Republic$19.8Min 2025+4.2%$1770.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Iraq, which imported $138.0M of this product in 2024, none of it from the US.

Other products under heading 7215: bars and rods of iron or nonalloy steel not elsewhere specified. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Bars and rods of iron or nonalloy steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished, not elsewhere specifiedHS 7215.50$31.6M$60.3M
Bars and rods of iron or nonalloy steel, not elsewhere specifiedHS 7215.90$8.0M$37.9M
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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