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

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Wire of iron or nonalloy steel, plated or coated with base metal other than zinc

In short

  • The US imported $47.0M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.8% on the year before.
  • Korea, South is the largest supplier, with 38.1% of US imports; China is next, with 21.0%.
  • Thailand is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $1.02/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 24.8% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 12.5 points on a year earlier.
  • Vietnam is gaining share: 10.8% over the last 12 months, up from 7.9%.
  • 4 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.

US imports, Aug 2026

$4.0M

↓ −5.1% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$47.0M

↓ −7.8% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

24.8%

↓ −12.5 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Korea, South

38.1% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugDuty ↑↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$4.3M
September 2025$4.0M
October 2025$3.4M
November 2025$4.2M
December 2025$4.0M
January 2026$2.9M
February 2026$3.6M
March 2026$4.2M
April 2026$3.4M
May 2026$4.5M
June 2026$4.7M
July 2026$4.3M
August 2026$4.0M

What changed

  • US imports were $4.0M in August 2026, down 5.3% from July 2026 and down 5.1% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $47.0M, down 7.8% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Thailand up from 2.7% to 9.2%, China down from 35.7% to 21.0%.
  • Average price from Korea, South rose 82% since July 2026, to $3.23/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from Korea, South fell from 31.2% to 12.4% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Thailand fell from 8.0% to 0.0% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $47.0M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 38% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $25.8M, 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Duty ↑Japan ↑Duty ↓Japan ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$34.2M
12 months to Aug 2018$38.0M
12 months to Aug 2019$46.6M
12 months to Aug 2020$41.3M
12 months to Aug 2021$42.5M
12 months to Aug 2022$63.8M
12 months to Aug 2023$50.8M
12 months to Aug 2024$54.4M
12 months to Aug 2025$51.0M
12 months to Aug 2026$47.0M
  • Korea, South
  • China
  • Vietnam
  • India
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodKorea, SouthChinaVietnamIndia
12 months to Aug 201725.3%29.4%1.3%3.3%
12 months to Aug 201824.4%32.7%6.8%3.7%
12 months to Aug 201924.8%33.7%10.8%3.3%
12 months to Aug 202027.7%23.4%13.1%3.1%
12 months to Aug 202126.5%24.8%15.7%4.5%
12 months to Aug 202224.9%30.8%13.3%7.7%
12 months to Aug 202331.6%26.3%17.7%3.4%
12 months to Aug 202440.9%30.0%9.0%2.8%
12 months to Aug 202529.1%26.0%7.9%6.2%
12 months to Aug 202630.3%23.5%10.8%7.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodKorea, SouthChinaVietnamIndiaAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.1%6.9%0.0%2.6%4.4%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%21.2%0.0%25.0%13.6%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%32.6%0.0%24.5%14.2%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%28.7%0.0%17.3%11.8%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%29.0%0.0%21.3%12.7%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%28.3%0.0%24.4%9.9%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%28.9%0.0%24.8%10.2%
12 months to Aug 20257.5%43.9%0.0%34.2%20.0%
12 months to Aug 202626.6%62.2%0.0%47.6%34.9%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$47.0M−7.8%34.9%+14.9 pts$25.8M+9.5%
12 months to Aug 2025$51.0M−6.2%20.0%+9.8 pts$23.5M−15%
12 months to Aug 2024$54.4M+6.9%10.2%+0.3 pts$27.7M−6.9%
12 months to Aug 2023$50.8M−20%9.9%−2.7 pts$29.8M−6.0%
12 months to Aug 2022$63.8M+50%12.7%+0.9 pts$31.7M+24%
12 months to Aug 2021$42.5M+2.9%11.8%−2.4 pts$25.5M−11%
12 months to Aug 2020$41.3M−11%14.2%+0.6 pts$28.7M−23%
12 months to Aug 2019$46.6M+23%13.6%+9.1 pts$37.5M−3.2%
12 months to Aug 2018$38.0M+11%4.4%+4.4 pts$38.7M−7.7%
12 months to Aug 2017$34.2M0.0%$41.9M

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
Korea, South$1.5M38.1%+16.3 pts$3.23/kg+57%12.4%−9.6 pts
China$850K21.0%−3.6 pts$1.17/kg+2.4%57.8%−9.7 pts
Vietnam$402K10.0%+0.8 pts$0.91/kg−15%0.0%0.0 pts
Thailand$372K9.2%+3.6 pts$0.93/kg−20%0.0%0.0 pts
Mexico$229K5.7%−3.6 pts$2.17/kg+5.4%50.0%0.0 pts
Colombia$200K5.0%+2.4 pts$2.78/kg−7.1%0.0%0.0 pts
India$164K4.1%−11.3 pts$1.11/kg+2.4%50.0%+2.8 pts
Germany$146K3.6%+0.6 pts$4.94/kg+130%42.8%+7.9 pts
Other countries (6)$137K3.4%−3.3 pts$2.01/kg−5.9%44.2%+13.3 pts
All countries$4.0M100.0%$1.63/kg+15%24.8%−12.5 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 64.6% 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
Thailand$0.92/kg$0.10/kg10.4% of price$0.01/kg1.4% of price$1.02/kg−35%
Vietnam$0.92/kg$0.18/kg20.0% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$1.11/kg−14%
India$0.97/kg$0.08/kg8.3% of price$0.49/kg50.0% of price$1.54/kg−3.9%
China$1.06/kg$0.16/kg14.6% of price$0.60/kg56.2% of price$1.82/kg−15%
Korea, South$2.17/kg$0.08/kg3.9% of price$0.52/kg23.9% of price$2.77/kg+12%
Mexico$2.18/kg$0.01/kg0.4% of price$1.02/kg46.7% of price$3.21/kg+6.9%
Germany$3.02/kg$0.26/kg8.6% of price$1.26/kg41.8% of price$4.55/kg+53%
Japan$7.16/kg$0.33/kg4.7% of price$3.58/kg50.0% of price$11.08/kg+52%
All countries$1.45/kg$0.13/kg9.2% of price$0.48/kg33.1% of price$2.06/kg−3.0%

Landed at a US port, Thailand was cheapest, at $1.02/kg: 7.6% below Vietnam.

Landed cost from Germany rose 53% on a year earlier, to $4.55/kg, mostly on price: $2.14/kg then, $3.02/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Vietnam gained the most share: 10.8% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 7.9% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 23.5%, down from 26.0%. 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.

  • Korea, South
  • China
  • Vietnam
  • India
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthKorea, SouthChinaVietnamIndia
September 202435.5%29.6%8.2%1.3%
October 202429.3%26.5%9.3%3.2%
November 202418.8%32.6%7.0%8.8%
December 202421.7%37.6%6.0%6.0%
January 202530.3%28.4%10.0%4.7%
February 202540.6%15.2%5.1%2.9%
March 202538.2%20.4%7.1%6.0%
April 202529.9%15.2%9.2%3.3%
May 202535.7%32.0%1.0%4.6%
June 202531.6%22.4%9.5%9.7%
July 202520.9%25.6%10.7%8.1%
August 202521.8%24.6%9.1%15.4%
September 202528.6%21.8%14.7%13.4%
October 202523.0%24.0%6.5%13.1%
November 202523.9%18.8%7.7%10.5%
December 202534.3%14.5%7.4%2.8%
January 202616.5%31.9%12.9%5.4%
February 202627.1%26.1%12.7%8.6%
March 202634.3%20.3%9.9%3.4%
April 202622.8%27.7%17.8%6.3%
May 202644.0%24.2%8.6%4.0%
June 202628.7%19.0%14.1%8.5%
July 202634.5%35.7%8.2%4.9%
August 202638.1%21.0%10.0%4.1%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthKorea, SouthChinaVietnamIndiaAll countries
September 20240.0%30.7%0.0%25.0%10.3%
October 20240.0%32.4%0.0%25.0%10.0%
November 20240.0%31.9%0.0%25.0%14.5%
December 20240.0%30.4%0.0%25.0%14.6%
January 20250.0%29.1%0.0%24.8%10.4%
February 20250.0%27.2%0.0%25.0%6.5%
March 20250.0%46.6%0.0%25.0%13.4%
April 202514.1%51.7%0.0%25.0%19.6%
May 202510.7%61.1%0.0%22.5%29.5%
June 202524.8%57.5%0.0%38.6%33.6%
July 202521.9%64.6%0.0%46.9%34.7%
August 202522.0%67.5%0.0%47.2%37.2%
September 202523.8%75.1%0.0%50.4%39.2%
October 202526.8%72.4%0.0%45.6%43.0%
November 202532.8%68.0%0.0%43.5%36.0%
December 202532.1%60.4%0.0%40.3%31.7%
January 202634.3%67.2%0.0%57.2%38.9%
February 202625.7%64.4%0.0%47.0%36.5%
March 202624.3%57.9%0.0%32.1%29.4%
April 202632.0%58.9%0.0%50.0%35.1%
May 202625.1%59.3%0.0%50.0%33.3%
June 202629.2%58.0%0.0%50.0%34.9%
July 202631.2%54.3%0.0%50.0%38.9%
August 202612.4%57.8%0.0%50.0%24.8%

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. November 2025–February 2026 · Duty paid: Korea, South 22.9% → 32.4%, China 70.0% → 61.8%, Japan 42.6% → 49.9%.
  2. April–May 2025 · Duty paid: Korea, South 0.0% → 21.9%, China 29.8% → 59.4%, all countries 11.9% → 34.0%.
  3. September 2024 · Duty paid: Japan 2.8% → 14.2%.
  4. September 2020 · Duty paid: all countries 18.1% → 11.4%.
  5. February–April 2020 · Duty paid: China 36.9% → 30.4%, all countries 12.5% → 18.1%.
  6. September 2019 · Duty paid: China 21.9% → 36.9%.
  7. April 2019 · Duty paid: Japan 16.3% → 23.5%.
  8. May–June 2018 · Duty paid: China 0.4% → 23.2%, Japan 0.1% → 20.2%, all countries 1.1% → 14.0%.

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 7217.30

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Savannah, GA$11.7M · 24.9%
  2. Long Beach, CA$6.3M · 13.4%
  3. Houston, TX$5.8M · 12.4%
  4. Newark, NJ$4.6M · 9.8%
  5. Charleston, SC$3.9M · 8.3%

Where US exports go

US exports were $2.0M in August 2026, up 3.6% from August 2025, and $25.8M over the last 12 months, up 9.5% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: El Salvador, up 173%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Mexico$7.9M30.8%+64%
Canada$6.2M24.2%−38%
El Salvador$4.4M16.9%+173%
United Kingdom$2.6M10.0%−18%
Germany$1.1M4.3%−25%
Philippines$448K1.7%+8103%
Brazil$409K1.6%+229%
Bahrain$396K1.5%new
Other countries (38)$2.3M8.8%+15%
All countries$25.8M100.0%+9.5%

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; 115 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Thailand$138.2Min 2025−1.2%$118K0.1%
Japan$69.9Min 2025−1.4%$79K0.1%
Germany$65.6Min 2025+7.2%$1.4M2.1%
Turkey$55.8Min 2025−16%$2630.0%
India$53.7Min 2025−22%$59K0.1%
Saudi Arabia$53.1Min 2025+46%$87K0.2%
Romania$46.4Min 2025−15%$00.0%
Italy$44.9Min 2025−1.1%$132K0.3%

The biggest market outside the US is Thailand, which imported $138.2M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

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

Other products under heading 7217: wire 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.
  • 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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