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

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Bars and rods of alloy steel (other than stainless), not elsewhere specified

In short

  • The US imported $10.2M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 39% on the year before.
  • Germany is the largest supplier, with 37.8% of US imports; Italy is next, with 16.4%.
  • Vietnam is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $1.64/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 40.4% of the value of imports in August 2026, up 23.4 points on a year earlier.
  • Canada is gaining share: 5.2% over the last 12 months, up from 1.1%.
  • 24 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.

US imports, Aug 2026

$313K

↓ −84% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$10.2M

↓ −39% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

40.4%

↑ +23.4 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Germany

37.8% 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 ↑
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$1.9M
September 2025$895K
October 2025$1.4M
November 2025$1.6M
December 2025$1.2M
January 2026$1.4M
February 2026$454K
March 2026$900K
April 2026$738K
May 2026$253K
June 2026$745K
July 2026$290K
August 2026$313K

What changed

  • US imports were $313K in August 2026, up 7.9% from July 2026 and down 84% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $10.2M, down 39% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Germany up from 0.0% to 37.8%, China down from 15.0% to 0.0%.
  • Average price from Italy rose 85% since July 2026, to $3.30/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from Taiwan rose from 15.0% to 50.0% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Germany rose from 0.0% to 11.1% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $10.2M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 46% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $122.6M, up 658%. 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 ↑France ↓Germany ↓Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$18.9M
12 months to Aug 2018$18.3M
12 months to Aug 2019$8.6M
12 months to Aug 2020$4.5M
12 months to Aug 2021$9.2M
12 months to Aug 2022$20.3M
12 months to Aug 2023$29.5M
12 months to Aug 2024$14.8M
12 months to Aug 2025$16.8M
12 months to Aug 2026$10.2M
  • Taiwan
  • Austria
  • France
  • Germany
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodTaiwanAustriaFranceGermany
12 months to Aug 20171.8%24.7%2.1%37.5%
12 months to Aug 20181.0%21.8%4.0%35.3%
12 months to Aug 20196.1%19.9%11.8%20.9%
12 months to Aug 202012.1%17.0%19.4%17.2%
12 months to Aug 202130.4%17.9%11.6%12.3%
12 months to Aug 202255.5%5.0%11.3%8.5%
12 months to Aug 202352.0%5.8%5.0%10.7%
12 months to Aug 202434.5%8.5%13.5%22.1%
12 months to Aug 202563.4%6.9%5.4%7.9%
12 months to Aug 202652.1%9.4%6.8%5.3%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodTaiwanAustriaFranceGermanyAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20186.9%1.6%4.3%3.1%3.2%
12 months to Aug 201924.9%23.3%24.4%24.2%19.8%
12 months to Aug 202023.6%18.4%9.2%24.0%17.7%
12 months to Aug 20210.5%19.0%7.6%24.5%10.2%
12 months to Aug 20220.7%20.0%6.8%10.0%5.5%
12 months to Aug 20231.6%7.7%0.0%5.4%3.9%
12 months to Aug 20241.8%3.7%0.3%10.7%3.6%
12 months to Aug 20255.1%17.7%1.4%20.8%8.9%
12 months to Aug 202622.7%49.3%47.6%29.2%30.9%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$10.2M−39%30.9%+22.0 pts$122.6M+47%
12 months to Aug 2025$16.8M+14%8.9%+5.3 pts$83.3M+18%
12 months to Aug 2024$14.8M−50%3.6%−0.3 pts$70.5M+37%
12 months to Aug 2023$29.5M+46%3.9%−1.6 pts$51.5M+87%
12 months to Aug 2022$20.3M+121%5.5%−4.7 pts$27.6M+48%
12 months to Aug 2021$9.2M+104%10.2%−7.5 pts$18.6M0.0%
12 months to Aug 2020$4.5M−48%17.7%−2.1 pts$18.6M−28%
12 months to Aug 2019$8.6M−53%19.8%+16.7 pts$25.7M+48%
12 months to Aug 2018$18.3M−3.5%3.2%+3.2 pts$17.4M+7.7%
12 months to Aug 2017$18.9M0.0%$16.2M

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
Germany$118K37.8%+33.2 pts$2.81/kg−32%11.1%−7.9 pts
Italy$51K16.4%+15.2 pts$3.30/kg−39%50.0%0.0 pts
Austria$47K14.9%+8.1 pts$6.57/kg+7.4%50.0%+5.9 pts
Taiwan$41K12.9%−65.5 pts$2.56/kg−2.3%50.0%+37.8 pts
Romania$22K7.1%+3.5 pts$2.63/kg−7.5%0.0%0.0 pts
Korea, South$18K5.7%new$2.46/kg50.0%
Brazil$10K3.2%new$2.03/kg87.5%
Canada$6K2.0%+1.6 pts$9.70/kg+1198%50.0%+50.0 pts
All countries$313K100.0%$3.17/kg+15%40.4%+23.4 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 68.3% 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
CountryPriceFreight and insuranceDutyLanded costMake-up
Vietnam$1.41/kg$0.23/kg16.3% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$1.64/kg
Korea, South$2.37/kg$0.00/kg0.0% of price$1.18/kg50.0% of price$3.55/kg
Germany$3.32/kg$0.17/kg5.0% of price$0.14/kg4.2% of price$3.63/kg−31%
Italy$2.49/kg$0.05/kg2.0% of price$1.25/kg50.0% of price$3.79/kg−53%
Turkey$2.64/kg$0.12/kg4.4% of price$1.32/kg50.0% of price$4.07/kg+25%
Taiwan$3.03/kg$0.03/kg0.9% of price$1.15/kg37.9% of price$4.21/kg+28%
China$4.10/kg$0.09/kg2.2% of price$3.09/kg75.4% of price$7.28/kg+99%
Austria$7.58/kg$0.24/kg3.1% of price$3.79/kg50.0% of price$11.60/kg+34%
All countries$3.18/kg$0.19/kg5.8% of price$1.32/kg41.4% of price$4.69/kg+32%

Landed at a US port, Vietnam was cheapest, at $1.64/kg: 53.9% below Korea, South.

Landed cost from China rose 99% on a year earlier, to $7.28/kg, mostly on price: $1.73/kg then, $4.10/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Canada gained the most share: 5.2% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 1.1% in the 12 months before. Taiwan lost the most: 52.1%, down from 63.4%. 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.

  • Taiwan
  • Austria
  • France
  • Germany
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthTaiwanAustriaFranceGermany
September 202462.4%4.9%0.0%10.5%
October 202453.8%5.2%0.0%9.0%
November 202473.8%3.1%3.1%12.6%
December 202444.4%15.4%13.8%10.9%
January 202554.9%0.0%20.4%8.0%
February 202541.6%28.3%8.0%5.1%
March 202562.8%4.1%4.8%1.7%
April 202585.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
May 202571.5%3.4%0.0%12.9%
June 202555.8%5.6%5.7%13.3%
July 202565.1%6.6%13.8%0.0%
August 202578.5%6.8%0.0%4.6%
September 202564.1%0.0%3.8%25.4%
October 202565.1%13.7%0.0%2.2%
November 202581.8%4.6%7.6%1.3%
December 202572.8%14.8%0.0%7.0%
January 202678.5%0.0%14.7%0.0%
February 20260.0%0.0%0.0%7.0%
March 202636.6%1.9%25.1%2.7%
April 202619.3%13.6%15.4%0.3%
May 20260.0%23.8%0.0%0.0%
June 20263.9%29.4%0.0%0.0%
July 20263.8%20.8%0.0%0.0%
August 202612.9%14.9%0.0%37.8%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthTaiwanAustriaFranceGermanyAll countries
September 20240.0%25.0%n/a22.0%5.7%
October 20241.7%25.0%n/a11.0%4.2%
November 20240.7%0.0%0.0%4.6%2.0%
December 20240.2%0.0%0.0%14.5%3.5%
January 20250.8%n/a0.0%24.1%3.6%
February 20250.6%9.0%0.0%23.6%4.2%
March 20250.2%11.8%0.0%25.0%2.2%
April 20250.0%n/an/an/a1.9%
May 202510.2%25.0%n/a25.0%15.2%
June 202510.0%35.0%10.0%47.6%20.9%
July 202510.6%50.0%3.1%25.0%19.2%
August 202512.2%44.1%n/a18.9%16.9%
September 202520.0%25.0%0.0%48.5%25.3%
October 202520.0%47.6%n/a25.0%28.1%
November 202520.0%50.0%50.0%17.5%24.7%
December 202520.0%50.0%n/an/a25.5%
January 202620.0%n/a50.0%n/a25.3%
February 2026n/an/an/a48.4%7.5%
March 202650.0%50.0%50.0%47.6%45.0%
April 202650.0%50.0%50.0%50.0%48.3%
May 2026n/a50.0%n/a27.2%43.7%
June 202650.0%50.0%n/a3.2%42.9%
July 202615.0%50.0%n/a0.0%37.9%
August 202650.0%50.0%n/a11.1%40.4%

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. March 2026 · Duty paid: all countries 24.9% → 44.8%.
  2. June–July 2025 · Duty paid: Taiwan 5.2% → 15.9%, all countries 3.8% → 19.8%.
  3. June 2024 · Duty paid: Germany 13.1% → 22.0%.
  4. October 2023 · Duty paid: Germany 0.0% → 8.7%.
  5. May 2023 · Duty paid: Germany 7.5% → 0.0%.
  6. December 2022 · Duty paid: Germany 10.1% → 4.6%.
  7. February 2022 · Duty paid: France 10.1% → 0.5%.
  8. August 2021 · Duty paid: France 7.8% → 1.4%.
  9. March 2021 · Duty paid: all countries 15.7% → 5.0%.
  10. August 2020 · Duty paid: Austria 16.2% → 25.0%.
  11. May–June 2018 · Duty paid: Germany 0.0% → 25.0%, China 0.0% → 25.0%, all countries 0.7% → 22.8%.

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. These are the 5 newest of 24. Search the Federal Register for 7228.60

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Los Angeles, CA$5.1M · 50.2%
  2. Norfolk-Newport News, VA$1.4M · 14.1%
  3. Newark, NJ$781K · 7.7%
  4. Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY$566K · 5.6%
  5. Chicago, IL$476K · 4.7%

Where US exports go

US exports were $8.3M in August 2026, up 29% from August 2025, and $122.6M over the last 12 months, up 47% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Germany, up 105%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
France$30.1M24.6%+83%
Italy$25.1M20.5%+49%
Germany$23.4M19.1%+105%
Canada$14.3M11.7%−2.4%
Poland$10.5M8.6%+23%
Mexico$4.7M3.8%+71%
India$2.9M2.4%+230%
United Kingdom$2.3M1.9%+50%
Other countries (45)$9.2M7.5%−4.3%
All countries$122.6M100.0%+47%

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. 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.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Korea, South$108.8Min 2025−13%$4.3M3.9%
China$47.5Min 2025+245%$365K0.8%
Poland$46.8Min 2025+91%$16.1MUS records $6.8M34.4%
Italy$43.5Min 2025+74%$18.9M43.4%
Germany$35.5Min 2025+5.0%$2.7MUS records $11.3M7.5%
India$28.5Min 2025−28%$1.2MUS records $3.1M4.1%
Guyana$26.1Min 2025+56%$77K0.3%
United Kingdom$21.5Min 2025+24%$4.2MUS records $1.4M19.4%

The biggest market outside the US is South Korea, which imported $108.8M of this product in 2025, 3.9% of that from the US.

The US supplies 43.4% of imports into Italy, but under 10% into South Korea, China and Guyana.

Of these, imports into China grew fastest: up 245% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 7228: bars and rods not elsewhere specified, angles, shapes and sections of alloy steel (other than stainless); hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or nonalloy steel. 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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