Flat-rolled silicon electrical steel under 600mm wide, grain-oriented

US trade by year

US imports were $54.4M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 25% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $79.9M, up 284%. 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
• Germany
• Mexico
• Canada
• 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 96.9% 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, Japan was cheapest, at $4.47/kg: 16.5% below Germany.

Landed cost from Japan rose 16% on a year earlier, to $4.47/kg, mostly on duty: $0.94/kg then, $1.43/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Japan gained the most share: 81.2% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 74.8% in the 12 months before. Mexico lost the most: 2.1%, down from 4.0%. 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.

• Japan
• Germany
• Mexico
• Canada
• 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. August 2025 · Duty paid: Japan 25.9% → 50.0%, all countries 23.4% → 48.8%.
2. March–May 2025 · Duty paid: Japan 1.6% → 25.5%, Germany 24.6% → 51.2%, all countries 5.1% → 17.9%.
   • Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023Feb 21, 2025 · International Trade Administration
3. July 2024 · Duty paid: Japan 6.7% → 1.1%.
   • Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023Jun 6, 2024 · International Trade Administration
4. February–April 2022 · Duty paid: Japan 22.9% → 0.5%, all countries 20.8% → 4.2%.
   • Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty OrderMar 25, 2022 · International Trade Administration
   • Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020Feb 4, 2022 · International Trade Administration
   • Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products of Brazil: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty OrderJan 6, 2022 · International Trade Administration
5. March 2020 · Duty paid: all countries 17.8% → 22.9%.
   • Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From the Russian Federation: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018Jan 3, 2020 · International Trade Administration
   • Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2018Jan 2, 2020 · International Trade Administration
   • Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the Republic of Korea: Final Results and Final Determination of No Shipments of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2018Dec 26, 2019 · International Trade Administration
6. October 2019 · Duty paid: all countries 23.5% → 17.3%.
   • Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From the Russian Federation: Preliminary No Shipments Determination of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018Oct 8, 2019 · International Trade Administration
   • Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From the Russian Federation: Preliminary No Shipments Determination of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018Oct 7, 2019 · International Trade Administration
   • Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Japan: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances ReviewSep 5, 2019 · International Trade Administration
7. May–June 2018 · Duty paid: Japan 0.4% → 24.0%, all countries 0.5% → 23.3%.

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; 70 have reported 2025 so far.

The biggest market outside the US is Germany, which imported $59.6M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

The US supplies 46.9% of imports into Canada and 53.3% into Mexico, but under 10% into Germany, Spain and China.

Of these, imports into Mexico grew fastest: up 30% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 7226: flat-rolled alloy steel (other than stainless) products, less than 600 mm (23.6 in.) wide. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.