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

US trade by year

US imports were $3.5M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 23% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $18.1M, 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.

• Sweden
• Slovakia
• Canada
• Austria
• 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 85.9% 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, Mexico was cheapest, at $2.20/kg: 42.6% below Canada.

Landed cost from Canada rose 110% on a year earlier, to $3.84/kg, mostly on price: $1.81/kg then, $3.39/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Slovakia gained the most share: 33.7% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 6.7% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 4.0%, down from 55.4%. 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
• Slovakia
• Canada
• Austria
• 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. May 2026 · Duty paid: all countries 7.6% → 28.1%.
   • Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From Sweden, Germany, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan and Japan: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders and Countervailing Duty OrdersMay 18, 2026 · International Trade Administration
2. November 2024 · Duty paid: all countries 5.5% → 20.5%.
   • 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
3. January 2022 · Duty paid: all countries 19.9% → 10.7%.
   • 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
   • Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products of Brazil: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty OrderJan 3, 2022 · International Trade Administration
   • Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From the Russian Federation: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty OrderDec 22, 2021 · International Trade Administration
4. April 2021 · Duty paid: all countries 21.7% → 6.1%.
   • Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019Apr 9, 2021 · International Trade Administration
   • Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019Mar 24, 2021 · International Trade Administration
5. August 2018 · Duty paid: all countries 0.9% → 14.7%.
   • Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of Korea: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiries on the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty OrdersAug 2, 2018 · International Trade Administration
   • Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017Jul 2, 2018 · International Trade Administration

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 7226.19

• Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From Sweden, Germany, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan and Japan: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders and Countervailing Duty OrdersMay 18, 2026 · 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; 79 have reported 2025 so far.

The biggest market outside the US is Germany, which imported $77.5M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

The US supplies 91.0% of imports into Canada, but under 10% into Germany, Slovenia and Poland.

Of these, imports into Slovenia grew fastest: up 18% 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.