Flat-rolled stainless steel products, under 600 mm wide, cold-rolled

US trade by year

US imports were $134.0M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 31% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $337.6M, up 28%. 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.

• India
• Germany
• Sweden
• Romania
• 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 40.5% 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

Landed at a US port, Korea, South was cheapest, at $4.11/kg: 0.0% below Mexico.

Landed cost from Italy rose 17% on a year earlier, to $10.10/kg, mostly on price: $5.76/kg then, $6.59/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Korea, South gained the most share: 7.1% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 2.3% in the 12 months before. France lost the most: 5.1%, down from 10.0%. 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.

• India
• Germany
• Sweden
• Romania
• 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. June 2026 · Duty paid: Germany 41.9% → 25.9%.
2. January–March 2026 · Duty paid: Germany 18.5% → 41.9%, China 80.4% → 69.0%.
3. February–July 2025 · Duty paid: India 26.2% → 48.8%, Germany 0.9% → 18.3%, Sweden 4.9% → 43.7%, Italy 11.9% → 49.8%, France 9.3% → 47.7%, China 46.4% → 81.9%, all countries 13.7% → 40.3%.
   • Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2022-2023Dec 20, 2024 · International Trade Administration
4. July–September 2024 · Duty paid: India 15.8% → 23.7%, Italy 1.9% → 17.8%, China 12.4% → 30.4%.
   • Notice of Modification: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property and InnovationSep 18, 2024 · Office of the US Trade Representative
5. March 2023 · Duty paid: China 8.6% → 15.0%.
   • Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From the People's Republic of China: Final Scope Ruling and Final Affirmative Determination of Circumvention for Exports From the Socialist Republic of VietnamMar 30, 2023 · International Trade Administration
   • Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From the People's Republic of China: Final Scope Ruling and Final Affirmative Determination of Circumvention for Exports From the Socialist Republic of VietnamMar 29, 2023 · International Trade Administration
   • Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty OrderDec 2, 2022 · International Trade Administration
6. September 2022 · Duty paid: India 21.0% → 14.5%.
   • Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium, South Africa, and Taiwan: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders and Countervailing Duty OrderAug 4, 2022 · International Trade Administration
7. January–March 2022 · Duty paid: Germany 9.9% → 2.5%, Italy 12.5% → 5.0%, France 25.0% → 0.2%, all countries 13.4% → 7.3%.
   • Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From South Africa: Final Results of the Expedited Fourth Five-Year Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty OrderMar 23, 2022 · International Trade Administration
8. August–September 2021 · Duty paid: Germany 15.8% → 6.4%, China 25.2% → 17.1%.
9. January–February 2021 · Duty paid: India 7.8% → 16.4%, Italy 21.0% → 13.5%.
10. September 2020 · Duty paid: Germany 24.8% → 11.9%.
11. March 2020 · Duty paid: India 19.6% → 14.1%.
12. September 2019 · Duty paid: Germany 10.7% → 19.2%, Sweden 16.9% → 4.5%.
13. April–May 2019 · Duty paid: Germany 18.4% → 10.7%, Italy 22.7% → 17.1%.
    • 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
14. October 2018 · Duty paid: India 24.5% → 18.9%.
15. May–July 2018 · Duty paid: India 0.2% → 23.8%, Germany 0.0% → 16.3%, Sweden 0.0% → 21.5%, Italy 0.6% → 23.7%, France 0.0% → 25.0%, China 0.7% → 25.0%, all countries 0.4% → 20.4%.

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; 116 have reported 2025 so far.

The biggest market outside the US is Germany, which imported $604.3M of this product in 2025, 1.7% of that from the US.

The US supplies 29.3% of imports into Italy and 44.8% into Mexico, but under 10% into Germany, China and Poland.

Of these, imports into Thailand grew fastest: up 27% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 7220: flat-rolled stainless steel products, less than 600 mm (23.6 in.) wide. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.