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

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Flat-rolled silicon electrical steel 600mm or more wide, not grain-oriented

In short

  • The US imported $22.2M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.2% on the year before.
  • Romania is the largest supplier, with 52.2% of US imports; Mexico is next, with 33.9%.
  • Mexico has the lowest price, but landed at a US port with freight and duty Brazil is cheaper: $1.50/kg against $1.99/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 13.5% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 21.3 points on a year earlier.
  • Japan is gaining share: 51.8% over the last 12 months, up from 40.0%.
  • 1 Federal Register notice named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.

US imports, Aug 2026

$1.1M

↓ −70% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$22.2M

↑ +2.2% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

13.5%

↓ −21.3 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Romania

52.2% 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 ↓Duty ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$3.5M
September 2025$2.1M
October 2025$5.4M
November 2025$1.3M
December 2025$3.9M
January 2026$758K
February 2026$704K
March 2026$579K
April 2026$1.6M
May 2026$2.7M
June 2026$1.2M
July 2026$815K
August 2026$1.1M

What changed

  • US imports were $1.1M in August 2026, up 29% from July 2026 and down 70% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $22.2M, up 2.2% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Mexico up from 13.8% to 33.9%, Romania down from 70.6% to 52.2%.
  • Average prices from the top 2 suppliers stayed within 5% of July 2026.
  • Duty paid by the main suppliers held within 2 points of July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $22.2M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 15% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $27.5M, up 178%. 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 ↑Austria ↑Duty ↓Romania ↓Duty ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$26.2M
12 months to Aug 2018$32.0M
12 months to Aug 2019$25.5M
12 months to Aug 2020$16.0M
12 months to Aug 2021$12.1M
12 months to Aug 2022$37.1M
12 months to Aug 2023$23.0M
12 months to Aug 2024$8.3M
12 months to Aug 2025$21.7M
12 months to Aug 2026$22.2M
  • Japan
  • Romania
  • France
  • Austria
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodJapanRomaniaFranceAustria
12 months to Aug 20171.6%0.8%36.1%34.4%
12 months to Aug 20180.9%1.7%42.3%40.7%
12 months to Aug 20190.6%8.3%49.2%21.6%
12 months to Aug 20200.2%29.5%17.4%29.0%
12 months to Aug 20210.2%22.2%41.3%6.3%
12 months to Aug 202225.1%6.2%12.1%8.7%
12 months to Aug 20231.9%26.9%18.4%19.2%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%12.0%8.6%22.6%
12 months to Aug 202540.0%26.9%17.2%11.3%
12 months to Aug 202651.8%31.8%8.8%3.4%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodJapanRomaniaFranceAustriaAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20182.4%15.3%6.3%6.0%6.4%
12 months to Aug 201925.0%25.0%25.0%25.0%24.3%
12 months to Aug 202025.0%24.9%25.0%13.4%20.7%
12 months to Aug 202125.0%25.0%25.0%25.0%24.7%
12 months to Aug 202225.0%25.0%10.4%3.7%11.7%
12 months to Aug 2023n/a18.9%0.0%0.0%7.6%
12 months to Aug 2024n/a25.0%0.0%0.0%5.7%
12 months to Aug 202525.0%25.0%10.1%17.8%13.9%
12 months to Aug 2026n/a16.4%50.0%50.0%26.6%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$22.2M+2.2%26.6%+12.7 pts$27.5M−29%
12 months to Aug 2025$21.7M+162%13.9%+8.2 pts$38.5M+321%
12 months to Aug 2024$8.3M−64%5.7%−1.9 pts$9.1M−16%
12 months to Aug 2023$23.0M−38%7.6%−4.1 pts$10.8M−63%
12 months to Aug 2022$37.1M+207%11.7%−13.0 pts$28.9M+153%
12 months to Aug 2021$12.1M−24%24.7%+4.0 pts$11.4M+56%
12 months to Aug 2020$16.0M−37%20.7%−3.5 pts$7.3M−11%
12 months to Aug 2019$25.5M−21%24.3%+17.9 pts$8.2M+36%
12 months to Aug 2018$32.0M+22%6.4%+6.4 pts$6.0M−39%
12 months to Aug 2017$26.2M0.0%$9.9M

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
Romania$550K52.2%+41.8 pts$1.90/kg0.0%
Mexico$358K33.9%new$1.32/kg50.0%
Austria$106K10.1%+9.3 pts$1.62/kg−22%50.0%0.0 pts
Brazil$40K3.8%+1.9 pts$1.15/kg−27%0.0%0.0 pts
All countries$1.1M100.0%$1.70/kg+6.1%13.5%−21.3 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 92.4% 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
Brazil$1.44/kg$0.05/kg3.7% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$1.50/kg−9.9%
Mexico$1.32/kg$0.01/kg0.8% of price$0.66/kg50.0% of price$1.99/kg
Romania$1.90/kg$0.04/kg1.9% of price$0.09/kg4.6% of price$2.02/kg
Austria$1.62/kg$0.27/kg16.9% of price$0.81/kg50.0% of price$2.70/kg+6.6%
France$1.78/kg$0.15/kg8.5% of price$0.89/kg50.0% of price$2.82/kg+13%
All countries$1.70/kg$0.06/kg3.7% of price$0.33/kg19.1% of price$2.09/kg−24%

Landed at a US port, Brazil was cheapest, at $1.50/kg: 24.8% below Mexico.

Mexico had the lowest price before freight and duty, $1.32/kg, but they added 50.8% to it.

Landed cost from France rose 13% on a year earlier, to $2.82/kg, mostly on price: $1.62/kg then, $1.78/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Japan gained the most share: 51.8% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 40.0% in the 12 months before. France lost the most: 8.8%, down from 17.2%. 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.

  • Japan
  • Romania
  • France
  • Austria
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthJapanRomaniaFranceAustria
September 20241.0%0.0%37.5%52.4%
October 20240.0%32.0%37.3%24.0%
November 20240.0%0.0%73.6%19.2%
December 20240.0%0.0%36.8%46.4%
January 20250.0%81.8%9.6%0.0%
February 20250.0%0.0%13.8%76.1%
March 202515.3%21.1%55.6%3.9%
April 20250.9%38.7%51.6%5.6%
May 202555.3%36.1%0.0%7.5%
June 202572.2%5.0%1.2%12.9%
July 20250.0%85.5%0.0%14.5%
August 202583.4%10.4%3.5%0.8%
September 202585.9%5.3%0.0%8.8%
October 202577.6%15.2%7.2%0.0%
November 20250.0%74.5%16.3%9.2%
December 202595.1%2.9%1.5%0.5%
January 20260.0%96.9%1.4%0.0%
February 20260.0%59.0%41.0%0.0%
March 20260.0%89.4%10.3%0.0%
April 20260.0%55.8%39.3%4.9%
May 202663.8%23.1%6.4%0.8%
June 20260.0%60.4%12.4%18.4%
July 20260.0%70.6%0.0%0.0%
August 20260.0%52.2%0.0%10.1%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthJapanRomaniaFranceAustriaAll countries
September 202425.0%n/a0.0%25.0%15.6%
October 2024n/a25.0%0.0%0.0%8.0%
November 2024n/an/a0.0%0.0%2.4%
December 2024n/an/a0.0%0.0%2.8%
January 2025n/an/a0.0%n/a11.9%
February 2025n/an/a0.0%0.0%2.2%
March 2025n/an/a5.4%25.0%6.2%
April 202525.0%n/a25.0%25.0%23.7%
May 2025n/an/an/a25.0%21.8%
June 2025n/an/a50.0%47.7%39.2%
July 2025n/an/an/a50.0%50.0%
August 2025n/an/a50.0%50.0%34.8%
September 2025n/an/an/a50.0%50.0%
October 2025n/a0.0%50.0%n/a44.0%
November 2025n/an/a50.0%50.0%50.0%
December 2025n/a25.3%50.0%50.0%27.1%
January 2026n/an/a50.0%n/a23.2%
February 2026n/a27.2%50.0%n/a40.1%
March 2026n/a32.8%50.0%n/a34.7%
April 2026n/a48.1%50.0%50.0%48.9%
May 2026n/a3.8%50.0%50.0%7.5%
June 2026n/a16.5%50.0%50.0%31.7%
July 2026n/a0.0%n/an/a12.5%
August 2026n/a0.0%n/a50.0%13.5%

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. May 2026 · Duty paid: Romania 32.8% → 1.9%, all countries 40.2% → 12.6%.
  2. December 2025 · Duty paid: all countries 46.8% → 34.7%.
  3. May 2025 · Duty paid: all countries 9.0% → 34.2%.
  4. January 2025 · Duty paid: France 0.0% → 5.4%.
  5. July 2024 · Duty paid: all countries 0.2% → 11.6%.
  6. October 2023 · Duty paid: all countries 22.8% → 0.0%.
  7. May–June 2023 · Duty paid: Romania 2.1% → 25.0%, all countries 2.2% → 18.0%.
  8. January 2023 · Duty paid: Romania 25.0% → 2.1%.
  9. December 2021–January 2022 · Duty paid: France 25.0% → 0.0%, all countries 24.3% → 4.4%.
  10. April 2020 · Duty paid: Austria 17.4% → 25.0%.
  11. May–June 2018 · Duty paid: France 0.0% → 25.0%, Austria 0.0% → 25.0%, all countries 0.4% → 24.4%.

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 7225.19

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Brownsville, TX$11.5M · 51.8%
  2. Newark, NJ$4.0M · 18.2%
  3. Chester, PA$2.3M · 10.4%
  4. Chicago, IL$1.7M · 7.8%
  5. Savannah, GA$935K · 4.2%

Where US exports go

US exports were $735K in August 2026, down 53% from August 2025, and $27.5M over the last 12 months, down 29% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Canada, up 597%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Mexico$22.6M82.2%−40%
Canada$4.6M16.6%+597%
Solomon Islands$97K0.4%new
Israel$89K0.3%new
Korea, South$72K0.3%+432%
Italy$30K0.1%−36%
Venezuela$19K0.1%new
China$12K0.0%−54%
Other countries (3)$12K0.0%+47%
All countries$27.5M100.0%−29%

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; 83 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
India$567.5Min 2025+29%$8660.0%
Italy$387.2Min 2025+20%$1K0.0%
Mexico$340.8Min 2025+92%$25.3M7.4%
Thailand$146.4Min 2025+4.7%$00.0%
Canada$100.4Min 2025+39%$561K0.6%
Japan$90.4Min 2025−3.6%$30K0.0%
Czech Republic$87.2Min 2025−4.4%$4K0.0%
Brazil$79.2Min 2025+24%$3K0.0%

The biggest market outside the US is India, which imported $567.5M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Mexico grew fastest: up 92% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 7225: flat-rolled alloy steel (other than stainless) 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.
  • 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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