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

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In short

  • The US imported $25.4M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 47% on the year before.
  • Mexico is the largest supplier, with 81.3% of US imports; Japan is next, with 7.6%.
  • Mexico is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $0.90/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 49.3% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 0.2 points on a year earlier.
  • Mexico is gaining share: 57.7% over the last 12 months, up from 50.9%.
  • US exports were $44.1M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 42.8%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$2.3M

↑ +44% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$25.4M

↓ −47% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

49.3%

↓ −0.2 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Mexico

81.3% 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. 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugGermany ↑
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$1.6M
September 2025$2.5M
October 2025$1.2M
November 2025$478K
December 2025$2.0M
January 2026$3.1M
February 2026$1.8M
March 2026$2.9M
April 2026$2.3M
May 2026$1.7M
June 2026$3.7M
July 2026$1.4M
August 2026$2.3M

What changed

  • US imports were $2.3M in August 2026, up 65% from July 2026 and up 44% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $25.4M, down 47% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Mexico up from 42.9% to 81.3%, Canada down from 31.1% to 5.5%.
  • Average price from Canada fell 16% since July 2026, to $1.68/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from Germany rose from 35.1% to 47.4% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Canada fell from 48.3% to 44.5% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $25.4M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 56% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $44.1M, up 11%. 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 ↓Germany ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$58.3M
12 months to Aug 2018$43.3M
12 months to Aug 2019$22.6M
12 months to Aug 2020$37.2M
12 months to Aug 2021$45.9M
12 months to Aug 2022$99.4M
12 months to Aug 2023$92.5M
12 months to Aug 2024$97.5M
12 months to Aug 2025$47.6M
12 months to Aug 2026$25.4M
  • Mexico
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • Canada
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodMexicoGermanyJapanCanada
12 months to Aug 201743.9%6.7%6.8%26.2%
12 months to Aug 201842.9%4.6%4.0%35.2%
12 months to Aug 201960.7%6.5%14.1%12.4%
12 months to Aug 202063.4%3.1%3.9%20.0%
12 months to Aug 202151.9%1.2%4.4%35.1%
12 months to Aug 202251.0%1.0%1.9%45.1%
12 months to Aug 202347.3%4.4%6.2%39.6%
12 months to Aug 202446.3%7.3%6.1%36.1%
12 months to Aug 202550.9%10.4%4.9%29.2%
12 months to Aug 202657.7%15.5%9.6%6.4%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodMexicoGermanyJapanCanadaAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20184.1%13.9%23.2%1.0%3.7%
12 months to Aug 201915.9%24.0%25.0%7.1%16.9%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%24.4%24.9%0.0%3.1%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%22.7%24.9%0.0%1.5%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%7.3%9.7%0.0%0.3%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%4.9%0.3%0.0%0.4%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%1.8%0.6%0.0%0.3%
12 months to Aug 20258.4%13.6%5.9%1.4%7.3%
12 months to Aug 202649.5%44.4%50.0%46.2%47.4%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$25.4M−47%47.4%+40.1 pts$44.1M−13%
12 months to Aug 2025$47.6M−51%7.3%+7.0 pts$50.5M−6.8%
12 months to Aug 2024$97.5M+5.4%0.3%−0.1 pts$54.2M−13%
12 months to Aug 2023$92.5M−7.0%0.4%+0.1 pts$62.0M−6.4%
12 months to Aug 2022$99.4M+116%0.3%−1.2 pts$66.2M+11%
12 months to Aug 2021$45.9M+24%1.5%−1.6 pts$59.8M+80%
12 months to Aug 2020$37.2M+64%3.1%−13.8 pts$33.3M+3.2%
12 months to Aug 2019$22.6M−48%16.9%+13.2 pts$32.3M−36%
12 months to Aug 2018$43.3M−26%3.7%+3.7 pts$50.2M+26%
12 months to Aug 2017$58.3M0.0%$39.8M

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
Mexico$1.9M81.3%+12.0 pts$0.58/kg+12%50.0%0.0 pts
Japan$173K7.6%+7.4 pts$0.91/kg−43%50.0%0.0 pts
Canada$126K5.5%−11.7 pts$1.68/kg−11%44.5%−5.5 pts
United Kingdom$51K2.2%−0.2 pts$1.88/kg+2.3%25.0%0.0 pts
Korea, South$32K1.4%−9.5 pts$1.08/kg+35%50.0%0.0 pts
China$24K1.1%new$1.10/kg75.0%
Germany$15K0.7%new$1.05/kg−25%47.4%−2.6 pts
Czech Republic$5K0.2%new$2.46/kg0.0%
All countries$2.3M100.0%$0.64/kg−7.0%49.3%−0.2 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 82.8% 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
Mexico$0.58/kg$0.03/kg5.4% of price$0.29/kg50.0% of price$0.90/kg+11%
Turkey$0.71/kg$0.09/kg13.4% of price$0.35/kg50.0% of price$1.16/kg−43%
Korea, South$0.83/kg$0.06/kg7.8% of price$0.41/kg50.0% of price$1.30/kg+9.6%
Germany$1.43/kg$0.28/kg19.7% of price$0.61/kg42.8% of price$2.33/kg+12%
Canada$1.92/kg$0.01/kg0.6% of price$0.92/kg48.0% of price$2.86/kg+7.9%
All countries$0.68/kg$0.04/kg6.5% of price$0.34/kg49.3% of price$1.06/kg+1.4%

Landed at a US port, Mexico was cheapest, at $0.90/kg: 22.8% below Turkey.

Landed cost from Turkey fell 43% on a year earlier, to $1.16/kg, mostly on price: $1.27/kg then, $0.71/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Mexico gained the most share: 57.7% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 50.9% in the 12 months before. Canada lost the most: 6.4%, down from 29.2%. 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.

  • Mexico
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • Canada
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthMexicoGermanyJapanCanada
September 202453.4%6.4%0.0%39.6%
October 202441.5%28.3%0.0%28.5%
November 202450.8%0.8%13.7%33.7%
December 202455.2%0.3%0.0%40.7%
January 202553.3%12.1%3.7%29.5%
February 202542.4%5.7%7.7%40.5%
March 202549.4%14.7%0.0%27.4%
April 202570.7%0.6%0.0%9.2%
May 202560.7%3.1%29.4%2.6%
June 202559.7%17.0%0.0%1.6%
July 202546.4%34.7%0.0%5.4%
August 202569.2%0.0%0.2%17.3%
September 202541.5%29.2%27.1%1.3%
October 202568.3%18.3%0.0%0.9%
November 202574.8%9.9%0.0%1.6%
December 202577.6%14.0%0.0%2.4%
January 202650.8%34.0%8.7%0.8%
February 202646.3%3.7%36.1%5.4%
March 202674.4%0.9%0.0%5.5%
April 202623.9%20.8%28.1%12.6%
May 202643.9%43.9%0.0%8.5%
June 202669.0%3.2%0.5%6.5%
July 202642.9%10.1%0.0%31.1%
August 202681.3%0.7%7.6%5.5%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthMexicoGermanyJapanCanadaAll countries
September 20240.0%23.8%n/a0.0%1.1%
October 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
November 20240.0%9.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
December 20240.0%3.8%n/a0.0%0.1%
January 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%
February 20250.0%23.9%0.0%0.0%0.4%
March 20250.0%24.6%n/a0.0%5.6%
April 202525.0%25.0%n/a20.6%24.6%
May 202524.3%25.7%25.0%18.7%25.0%
June 202545.2%50.3%n/a17.0%42.5%
July 202550.0%50.7%n/a17.9%44.1%
August 202550.0%50.0%50.0%50.0%49.5%
September 202546.6%37.9%50.0%50.0%47.4%
October 202546.1%36.6%n/a19.9%44.5%
November 202550.0%50.0%n/a50.0%47.8%
December 202550.0%39.2%n/a47.3%47.7%
January 202649.8%50.0%50.0%15.4%48.2%
February 202650.0%50.2%50.0%52.0%48.7%
March 202650.0%50.0%n/a45.3%45.5%
April 202650.0%14.7%50.0%48.1%43.2%
May 202650.0%45.1%n/a35.7%46.5%
June 202649.9%50.0%50.0%49.2%49.8%
July 202650.0%35.1%n/a48.3%47.7%
August 202650.0%47.4%50.0%44.5%49.3%

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. January 2026 · Duty paid: Germany 38.5% → 50.0%.
  2. May 2025 · Duty paid: Mexico 0.0% → 47.6%, Germany 24.6% → 50.3%, all countries 3.0% → 43.3%.
  3. February 2023 · Duty paid: Germany 0.0% → 19.1%.
  4. May–July 2019 · Duty paid: Mexico 24.8% → 0.0%, Canada 5.1% → 0.0%, all countries 23.9% → 1.2%.
  5. June–July 2018 · Duty paid: Mexico 0.0% → 25.0%, Canada 0.0% → 25.0%, all countries 0.0% → 23.5%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Eagle Pass, TX$10.9M · 42.8%
  2. Houston, TX$4.1M · 16.2%
  3. El Paso, TX$2.4M · 9.6%
  4. Mobile, AL$1.7M · 6.5%
  5. Chester, PA$1.2M · 4.7%

Where US exports go

US exports were $4.3M in August 2026, down 6.1% from August 2025, and $44.1M over the last 12 months, down 13% on the 12 months before.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$18.9M42.8%+1.9%
Mexico$17.0M38.6%−21%
United Kingdom$4.5M10.3%−20%
Vietnam$1.3M2.9%−20%
China$634K1.4%new
India$413K0.9%+277%
Australia$288K0.7%+1377%
Thailand$241K0.5%+21%
Other countries (26)$786K1.8%−66%
All countries$44.1M100.0%−13%

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; 124 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
Malaysia$79.8Min 2025+38%$18K0.0%
France$61.0Min 2025+4.7%$00.0%
Germany$58.8Min 2025+7.3%$1810.0%
Netherlands$58.4Min 2025+16%$00.0%
Singapore$54.4Min 2025+46%$48K0.1%
United Kingdom$51.9Min 2025−23%$967KUS records $7.3M1.9%
Australia$48.3Min 2025−16%$00.0%
Kazakhstan$43.4Min 2025−5.2%$00.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Malaysia, which imported $79.8M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Singapore grew fastest: up 46% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 7216: angles, shapes and sections of iron or nonalloy steel. 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.
  • 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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