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

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Flat-rolled stainless steel not in coils, 600 mm or more wide, hot-rolled, 4.75 mm but not over 10 mm thick

In short

  • The US imported $61.9M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 35% on the year before.
  • Japan is the largest supplier, with 26.6% of US imports; Taiwan is next, with 25.2%.
  • South Africa has the lowest price, but landed at a US port with freight and duty Indonesia is cheaper: $2.09/kg against $2.90/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 44.5% of the value of imports in August 2026, up 1.7 points on a year earlier.
  • Korea, South is gaining share: 6.2% over the last 12 months, up from 1.5%.
  • US exports were $74.1M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Mexico, with 53.5%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$4.0M

↓ −32% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$61.9M

↓ −35% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

44.5%

↑ +1.7 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Japan

26.6% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSouth Africa ↑Taiwan ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$5.9M
September 2025$5.2M
October 2025$4.9M
November 2025$4.4M
December 2025$8.0M
January 2026$5.0M
February 2026$3.7M
March 2026$5.8M
April 2026$6.0M
May 2026$4.8M
June 2026$5.0M
July 2026$5.3M
August 2026$4.0M

What changed

  • US imports were $4.0M in August 2026, down 24% from July 2026 and down 32% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $61.9M, down 35% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Taiwan up from 9.4% to 25.2%, Indonesia down from 16.3% to 1.5%.
  • Average price from Belgium fell 25% since July 2026, to $3.59/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from Taiwan rose from 39.9% to 48.1% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $61.9M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 12% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $74.1M, up 27%. 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 ↑South Africa ↓Duty ↑↓Taiwan ↑Japan ↓Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$70.1M
12 months to Aug 2018$80.3M
12 months to Aug 2019$48.2M
12 months to Aug 2020$50.1M
12 months to Aug 2021$46.6M
12 months to Aug 2022$93.6M
12 months to Aug 2023$110.2M
12 months to Aug 2024$103.4M
12 months to Aug 2025$95.7M
12 months to Aug 2026$61.9M
  • Belgium
  • Taiwan
  • Japan
  • South Africa
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodBelgiumTaiwanJapanSouth Africa
12 months to Aug 201727.8%12.3%19.9%7.3%
12 months to Aug 201838.3%5.8%19.9%7.8%
12 months to Aug 201956.3%2.1%14.3%11.0%
12 months to Aug 202034.4%3.6%28.6%13.3%
12 months to Aug 202139.2%4.9%21.4%6.0%
12 months to Aug 202231.3%5.9%24.8%9.5%
12 months to Aug 202335.2%8.0%23.3%7.4%
12 months to Aug 202424.6%23.4%25.2%7.3%
12 months to Aug 202519.9%21.4%23.3%10.6%
12 months to Aug 202624.2%21.3%18.1%9.9%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodBelgiumTaiwanJapanSouth AfricaAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20186.3%5.5%6.8%2.3%5.7%
12 months to Aug 201923.9%24.4%23.9%8.1%21.5%
12 months to Aug 202021.6%24.9%11.9%2.4%15.5%
12 months to Aug 202115.5%17.0%14.1%5.4%14.2%
12 months to Aug 20225.0%1.2%13.8%0.1%6.7%
12 months to Aug 20239.7%8.3%7.9%3.0%7.3%
12 months to Aug 20243.1%1.5%9.2%3.2%4.4%
12 months to Aug 202516.4%13.7%20.3%13.6%16.3%
12 months to Aug 202649.9%47.8%49.3%40.6%42.0%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$61.9M−35%42.0%+25.7 pts$74.1M−10%
12 months to Aug 2025$95.7M−7.5%16.3%+11.9 pts$82.6M−1.2%
12 months to Aug 2024$103.4M−6.2%4.4%−2.9 pts$83.6M+5.9%
12 months to Aug 2023$110.2M+18%7.3%+0.6 pts$79.0M−18%
12 months to Aug 2022$93.6M+101%6.7%−7.5 pts$96.1M+50%
12 months to Aug 2021$46.6M−7.1%14.2%−1.4 pts$64.0M+12%
12 months to Aug 2020$50.1M+4.1%15.5%−6.0 pts$57.2M−20%
12 months to Aug 2019$48.2M−40%21.5%+15.8 pts$71.8M+7.6%
12 months to Aug 2018$80.3M+15%5.7%+5.7 pts$66.7M+15%
12 months to Aug 2017$70.1M0.0%$58.1M

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
Japan$1.1M26.6%+17.3 pts$3.93/kg−18%50.0%0.0 pts
Taiwan$1.0M25.2%+8.4 pts$2.29/kg+1.9%48.1%−1.9 pts
Belgium$733K18.2%−8.7 pts$3.59/kg−23%50.0%0.0 pts
South Africa$386K9.6%−1.8 pts$1.98/kg−14%50.0%+31.2 pts
Sweden$210K5.2%−17.8 pts$5.74/kg+5.3%50.0%0.0 pts
Slovenia$184K4.6%+1.1 pts$3.78/kg−49%0.0%0.0 pts
France$144K3.6%new$6.42/kg50.0%
Canada$106K2.6%−2.5 pts$5.48/kg+22%0.0%0.0 pts
Other countries (6)$179K4.4%+0.8 pts$3.59/kg−0.2%24.5%−21.6 pts
All countries$4.0M100.0%$3.26/kg−15%44.5%+1.7 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 63.5% 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
Indonesia$1.92/kg$0.18/kg9.3% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$2.09/kg−22%
South Africa$1.90/kg$0.09/kg4.6% of price$0.91/kg47.6% of price$2.90/kg+8.4%
Taiwan$2.19/kg$0.13/kg6.0% of price$0.98/kg44.6% of price$3.30/kg+1.1%
Slovenia$4.25/kg$0.39/kg9.3% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$4.65/kg−6.7%
Korea, South$3.80/kg$0.27/kg7.1% of price$1.90/kg50.0% of price$5.97/kg−25%
Japan$3.97/kg$0.19/kg4.7% of price$1.99/kg50.0% of price$6.15/kg−12%
Belgium$4.21/kg$0.27/kg6.5% of price$2.11/kg50.0% of price$6.59/kg−3.1%
France$6.82/kg$0.34/kg4.9% of price$3.41/kg50.0% of price$10.57/kg+13%
All countries$3.19/kg$0.19/kg5.9% of price$1.30/kg40.6% of price$4.67/kg−7.1%

Landed at a US port, Indonesia was cheapest, at $2.09/kg: 27.8% below South Africa.

South Africa had the lowest price before freight and duty, $1.90/kg, but they added 52.3% to it.

Landed cost from Korea, South fell 25% on a year earlier, to $5.97/kg, mostly on price: $5.09/kg then, $3.80/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Korea, South gained the most share: 6.2% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 1.5% in the 12 months before. Japan lost the most: 18.1%, down from 23.3%. 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.

  • Belgium
  • Taiwan
  • Japan
  • South Africa
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthBelgiumTaiwanJapanSouth Africa
September 202411.0%32.1%22.2%2.4%
October 202413.5%20.3%10.7%20.0%
November 202416.3%15.9%43.6%1.8%
December 202426.7%29.8%0.6%8.9%
January 202525.9%18.9%27.8%3.9%
February 202521.1%20.3%36.4%6.4%
March 202532.1%30.3%24.0%1.2%
April 202514.6%29.7%18.4%13.6%
May 202516.6%17.1%22.2%26.1%
June 202520.6%15.2%21.8%24.7%
July 202518.7%17.4%27.5%8.1%
August 202526.8%16.9%9.3%11.4%
September 202512.3%16.7%36.8%16.8%
October 20254.4%33.0%12.2%24.0%
November 202531.7%21.0%13.3%10.4%
December 202561.8%9.5%7.9%12.7%
January 202643.0%19.6%19.2%2.7%
February 20267.2%20.2%22.2%0.0%
March 202628.2%25.7%15.1%2.1%
April 202612.4%33.9%15.6%0.8%
May 202612.2%24.8%15.1%21.7%
June 202613.5%21.8%23.9%6.3%
July 202619.7%9.4%17.2%11.4%
August 202618.2%25.2%26.6%9.6%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthBelgiumTaiwanJapanSouth AfricaAll countries
September 20248.5%1.2%19.4%8.7%9.0%
October 20240.0%1.3%0.0%0.6%1.1%
November 20240.3%1.1%12.3%19.3%7.5%
December 20242.2%0.2%0.0%6.8%5.1%
January 20250.0%0.5%0.3%13.7%3.1%
February 20250.0%1.0%12.2%0.0%6.2%
March 202511.2%14.9%23.5%0.0%14.7%
April 202525.0%25.0%19.6%3.0%18.7%
May 202525.0%25.0%25.0%19.4%22.2%
June 202545.4%40.0%50.0%22.7%39.9%
July 202548.7%50.0%50.0%38.6%45.0%
August 202550.0%50.0%50.0%18.8%42.8%
September 202547.7%50.0%50.0%18.3%42.8%
October 202550.0%50.0%50.0%26.9%35.8%
November 202550.0%50.0%50.0%30.1%43.8%
December 202550.0%50.0%50.0%50.0%47.4%
January 202650.0%50.0%46.6%44.0%47.3%
February 202650.0%50.0%50.0%n/a34.7%
March 202650.0%50.0%50.0%50.0%47.2%
April 202650.0%43.2%44.3%50.0%37.0%
May 202650.0%49.2%50.2%50.0%40.6%
June 202650.0%43.6%50.0%42.4%39.7%
July 202650.0%39.9%50.0%50.0%38.8%
August 202650.0%48.1%50.0%50.0%44.5%

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: Taiwan 50.0% → 43.4%.
  2. December 2025 · Duty paid: South Africa 23.0% → 50.2%.
  3. May 2025 · Duty paid: Belgium 6.7% → 46.9%, Taiwan 7.9% → 45.0%, Japan 17.1% → 49.6%, South Africa 3.2% → 21.4%, France 5.5% → 50.1%, all countries 10.1% → 40.8%.
  4. April–July 2024 · Duty paid: Belgium 7.5% → 0.1%, Japan 16.0% → 0.9%, South Africa 8.8% → 1.9%.
  5. December 2023 · Duty paid: Japan 15.0% → 6.7%.
  6. July 2023 · Duty paid: Belgium 14.1% → 3.5%.
  7. December 2022–March 2023 · Duty paid: Belgium 0.1% → 19.2%, Taiwan 16.7% → 10.0%, Japan 1.3% → 16.4%, all countries 2.6% → 13.9%.
  8. September 2022 · Duty paid: Taiwan 0.6% → 18.3%.
  9. May 2022 · Duty paid: Japan 17.0% → 0.9%.
  10. December 2021–February 2022 · Duty paid: Belgium 15.7% → 1.2%, France 21.5% → 2.5%, all countries 12.8% → 2.9%.
  11. July–August 2021 · Duty paid: Belgium 10.1% → 15.7%, Taiwan 25.0% → 2.0%, France 17.3% → 22.9%.
  12. December 2020–February 2021 · Duty paid: Belgium 22.6% → 13.5%, South Africa 11.2% → 3.1%, France 23.4% → 17.3%.
  13. February 2020 · Duty paid: Japan 18.4% → 4.4%.
  14. October 2019 · Duty paid: France 17.4% → 25.1%.
  15. July 2019 · Duty paid: South Africa 8.0% → 2.0%.
  16. January 2019 · Duty paid: South Africa 19.1% → 8.0%.
  17. May–July 2018 · Duty paid: Belgium 0.0% → 24.6%, Taiwan 0.0% → 24.6%, Japan 0.9% → 23.3%, South Africa 1.4% → 18.3%, France 0.1% → 23.8%, all countries 1.2% → 22.8%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Houston, TX$13.5M · 21.9%
  2. Los Angeles, CA$9.0M · 14.5%
  3. Baltimore, MD$6.8M · 11.0%
  4. Philadelphia, PA$3.3M · 5.3%
  5. Savannah, GA$3.2M · 5.2%

Where US exports go

US exports were $6.2M in August 2026, down 31% from August 2025, and $74.1M over the last 12 months, down 10% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Mexico, up 12%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Mexico$39.6M53.5%+12%
Canada$31.3M42.2%−24%
China$1.1M1.5%+9.0%
Korea, South$327K0.4%+48%
Taiwan$189K0.3%+766%
Brazil$179K0.2%−78%
Peru$178K0.2%−85%
Czech Republic$158K0.2%+608%
Other countries (28)$1.1M1.4%−52%
All countries$74.1M100.0%−10%

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; 114 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Germany$161.8Min 2025−28%$52K0.0%
Canada$76.2Min 2025+3.4%$30.6M40.1%
United Kingdom$60.6Min 2025−13%$264K0.4%
France$52.0Min 2025−15%$353K0.7%
Netherlands$50.4Min 2025−45%$20K0.0%
Italy$49.3Min 2025−12%$47K0.1%
Mexico$47.8Min 2025−11%$32.8M68.6%
Denmark$44.1Min 2025+64%$1K0.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Germany, which imported $161.8M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

The US supplies 40.1% of imports into Canada and 68.6% into Mexico, but under 10% into Germany, the United Kingdom and France.

Of these, imports into Denmark grew fastest: up 64% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 7219: flat-rolled stainless steel products, 600 mm (23.6 in.) or more wide. 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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