Flat-rolled stainless steel products, under 600 mm wide, not elsewhere specified

US trade by year

US imports were $15.5M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 5.8% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $46.8M, down 57%. 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.

• Sweden
• France
• Japan
• Thailand
• 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 63.3% 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, Thailand was cheapest, at $1.86/kg: 41.2% below Canada.

Landed cost from Canada fell 81% on a year earlier, to $3.16/kg, mostly on price: $15.09/kg then, $3.16/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Sweden gained the most share: 38.9% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 30.9% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 0.8%, down from 6.2%. 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.

• Sweden
• France
• Japan
• Thailand
• 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. December 2025 · Duty paid: Sweden 31.1% → 49.6%.
2. June–July 2025 · Duty paid: Sweden 4.9% → 30.4%, all countries 13.0% → 33.5%.
   • Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel Products From Japan: Continuation of Antidumping Duty OrderApr 9, 2025 · International Trade Administration
3. February 2023 · Duty paid: all countries 1.0% → 6.8%.
   • 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
   • Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Final Results of Expedited Fourth Sunset Reviews of Antidumping Duty Orders.Dec 2, 2022 · International Trade Administration
   • Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From the People's Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty OrdersNov 4, 2022 · International Trade Administration
4. January 2022 · Duty paid: Germany 12.1% → 1.4%.
5. March 2021 · Duty paid: Germany 1.2% → 12.8%.
6. September 2020 · Duty paid: Germany 11.3% → 1.1%.
7. January 2020 · Duty paid: Taiwan 25.0% → 0.0%.
   • Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel Products From Japan: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2017-2018Nov 20, 2019 · International Trade Administration
   • Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel Products From Japan: Continuation of Antidumping OrderOct 9, 2019 · International Trade Administration
8. May 2019 · Duty paid: Germany 23.8% → 6.5%.
   • 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
9. November 2018 · Duty paid: Sweden 8.7% → 3.1%.
10. June 2018 · Duty paid: Sweden 0.0% → 10.5%, all countries 0.6% → 8.0%.
    • Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel Products From Japan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017Jun 11, 2018 · International Trade Administration

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; 118 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.

The biggest market outside the US is China, which imported $61.8M of this product in 2025, 21.5% of that from the US by its own count; the US records $2.8M of exports there.

The US supplies 85.6% of imports into Canada, but under 10% into India, Poland and Indonesia.

Of these, imports into Canada grew fastest: up 33% 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.