Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless not elsewhere specified, of circular cross section of stainless steel, cold-drawn or cold-rolled

US trade by year

US imports were $232.4M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 7.9% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $122.4M, up 0.2%. 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
• Japan
• Austria
• India
• 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 50.1% 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, India was cheapest, at $7.87/kg: 4.3% below China.

China had the lowest price before freight and duty, $5.05/kg, but they added 62.8% to it.

Landed cost from Korea, South rose 251% on a year earlier, to $59.74/kg, mostly on price: $12.22/kg then, $36.99/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Japan gained the most share: 19.9% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 15.5% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 22.4%, down from 36.2%. 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.

• China
• Japan
• Austria
• India
• 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. January–February 2026 · Duty paid: Japan 31.0% → 49.6%, all countries 35.3% → 46.4%.
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the Framework for a United States-Switzerland-Liechtenstein Agreement on Fair, Balanced, and Reciprocal TradeDec 18, 2025 · International Trade Administration
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment DealDec 4, 2025 · International Trade Administration
2. October 2025 · Duty paid: China 43.4% → 59.1%.
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-EU Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced TradeSep 25, 2025 · Office of the US Trade Representative
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the United States-Japan AgreementSep 16, 2025 · International Trade Administration
3. March–May 2025 · Duty paid: China 14.1% → 42.4%, Japan 0.0% → 24.6%, Canada 0.0% → 24.6%, all countries 11.3% → 31.2%.
4. June 2024 · Duty paid: Czech Republic 9.2% → 0.0%.
5. September 2023 · Duty paid: Czech Republic 5.9% → 0.0%.
6. March 2023 · Duty paid: Czech Republic 0.0% → 9.4%.
7. September 2022 · Duty paid: Japan 1.2% → 8.7%.
8. December 2021 · Duty paid: China 14.6% → 19.9%.
9. February 2021 · Duty paid: Japan 13.3% → 4.9%.
10. January–March 2020 · Duty paid: China 27.6% → 15.8%, all countries 15.7% → 9.9%.
11. October 2019 · Duty paid: China 21.9% → 27.6%.
12. May 2019 · Duty paid: Canada 25.0% → 0.0%.
    • Request for Comments Concerning Proposed Modification of Action Pursuant to Section 301: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and InnovationMay 17, 2019 · Office of the US Trade Representative
13. December 2018 · Duty paid: Japan 17.6% → 10.4%.
14. May–June 2018 · Duty paid: China 1.1% → 22.3%, Japan 0.6% → 17.2%, Canada 0.0% → 25.0%, all countries 0.1% → 20.1%.

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 7304.41

• Notice of Action: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal DeforestationJul 20, 2026 · Office of the US Trade Representative
• Notice of Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal DeforestationJun 4, 2026 · Office of the US Trade Representative
• Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of a Trade and Security Agreement Between the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United StatesMay 28, 2026 · Office of the US Trade Representative
• Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the Framework for a United States-Switzerland-Liechtenstein Agreement on Fair, Balanced, and Reciprocal TradeDec 18, 2025 · International Trade Administration
• Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment DealDec 4, 2025 · 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; 115 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.

The biggest market outside the US is China, which imported $266.6M of this product in 2025, 1.4% of that from the US.

Of these, imports into the Netherlands grew fastest: up 23% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 7304: tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast) or steel. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.