Railway or tramway track fish-plates and sole plates of iron or steel

US trade by year

US imports were $8.5M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 37% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $41.0M, down 2.0%. 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.

• China
• Canada
• Australia
• Turkey
• 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 89.7% 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, China was cheapest, at $1.81/kg: 43.0% below Canada.

Landed cost from Canada fell 40% on a year earlier, to $3.17/kg, mostly on price: $4.03/kg then, $2.04/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Australia gained the most share: 5.3% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 0.3% in the 12 months before. Brazil lost the most: 1.8%, down from 14.6%. 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.

• China
• Canada
• Australia
• Turkey
• 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. June 2026 · Duty paid: all countries 71.1% → 61.5%.
2. December 2025 · Duty paid: China 94.2% → 82.4%, all countries 72.6% → 63.6%.
3. May–July 2025 · Duty paid: China 53.5% → 89.4%, all countries 51.6% → 72.6%.
   • Implementation of Duties on Steel Pursuant to Proclamation 10896 Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United StatesMar 5, 2025 · Bureau of Industry and Security
4. November 2024 · Duty paid: China 25.0% → 50.0%, all countries 23.4% → 42.9%.
   • 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
5. November 2020 · Duty paid: all countries 22.4% → 13.6%.
6. April 2020 · Duty paid: all countries 13.8% → 21.6%.
7. January 2020 · Duty paid: China 13.3% → 25.7%.
8. September 2019 · Duty paid: all countries 22.6% → 12.4%.
9. May–June 2018 · Duty paid: China 0.6% → 22.2%, all countries 3.8% → 23.5%.
   • Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United StatesMar 15, 2018 · The President

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; 105 have reported 2025 so far.

The biggest market outside the US is Canada, which imported $39.0M of this product in 2025, 92.2% of that from the US.

The US supplies 92.2% of imports into Canada, but under 10% into Germany, the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic.

Of these, imports into Slovakia grew fastest: up 144% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 7302: railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.