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

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In short

  • The US imported $4.9M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 52% on the year before.
  • Germany is the largest supplier, with 72.6% of US imports; China is next, with 12.3%.
  • China is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $10.43/m².
  • Duty paid averaged 51.1% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 6.8 points on a year earlier.
  • China is gaining share: 22.5% over the last 12 months, up from 9.9%.
  • US exports were $10.0M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Mexico, with 57.9%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$587K

↑ +96% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$4.9M

↓ −52% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

51.1%

↓ −6.8 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Germany

72.6% 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$300K
September 2025$351K
October 2025$314K
November 2025$399K
December 2025$216K
January 2026$333K
February 2026$176K
March 2026$701K
April 2026$699K
May 2026$450K
June 2026$440K
July 2026$195K
August 2026$587K

What changed

  • US imports were $587K in August 2026, up 201% from July 2026 and up 96% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $4.9M, down 52% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Germany up from 2.0% to 72.6%, China down from 60.8% to 12.3%.
  • Average price from China rose 400% since July 2026, to $18.00/m².
  • Duty paid on imports from United Kingdom rose from 25.0% to 47.0% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from China fell from 75.0% to 61.2% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $4.9M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 42% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $10.0M, up 20%. 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026China ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$8.4M
12 months to Aug 2018$8.8M
12 months to Aug 2019$10.7M
12 months to Aug 2020$10.3M
12 months to Aug 2021$9.4M
12 months to Aug 2022$12.9M
12 months to Aug 2023$14.8M
12 months to Aug 2024$11.3M
12 months to Aug 2025$10.2M
12 months to Aug 2026$4.9M
  • Germany
  • China
  • Spain
  • Netherlands
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodGermanyChinaSpainNetherlands
12 months to Aug 201759.5%18.7%0.7%6.1%
12 months to Aug 201863.8%18.8%1.1%1.5%
12 months to Aug 201971.5%15.8%0.0%3.0%
12 months to Aug 202079.7%8.3%0.2%2.0%
12 months to Aug 202167.5%9.2%0.0%5.8%
12 months to Aug 202265.8%9.4%0.6%9.9%
12 months to Aug 202364.5%8.5%0.4%5.8%
12 months to Aug 202458.4%6.4%1.3%7.6%
12 months to Aug 202559.2%9.9%0.2%7.6%
12 months to Aug 202654.2%22.5%4.3%3.7%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodGermanyChinaSpainNetherlandsAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%8.2%n/a0.0%1.3%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%19.3%0.0%0.0%1.6%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%14.6%n/a0.0%1.3%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%16.6%0.0%0.0%1.6%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%13.6%0.0%0.0%1.2%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%24.4%0.0%0.0%1.6%
12 months to Aug 202511.1%40.3%30.9%7.5%12.9%
12 months to Aug 202643.6%76.8%36.9%43.8%50.4%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$4.9M−52%50.4%+37.5 pts$10.0M+1.4%
12 months to Aug 2025$10.2M−10%12.9%+11.3 pts$9.9M−1.5%
12 months to Aug 2024$11.3M−24%1.6%+0.4 pts$10.0M+1.1%
12 months to Aug 2023$14.8M+15%1.2%−0.4 pts$9.9M+12%
12 months to Aug 2022$12.9M+37%1.6%+0.2 pts$8.9M−11%
12 months to Aug 2021$9.4M−8.8%1.3%−0.3 pts$9.9M+21%
12 months to Aug 2020$10.3M−3.1%1.6%+0.3 pts$8.2M−24%
12 months to Aug 2019$10.7M+21%1.3%+1.3 pts$10.9M−8.2%
12 months to Aug 2018$8.8M+5.5%0.0%0.0 pts$11.8M+42%
12 months to Aug 2017$8.4M0.0%$8.3M

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$426K72.6%+62.0 pts$162.30/m²−0.5%50.0%+9.5 pts
China$72K12.3%−22.5 pts$18.00/m²+216%61.2%−30.6 pts
Netherlands$25K4.3%+2.5 pts$168.70/m²−80%50.0%0.0 pts
United Kingdom$25K4.2%−0.1 pts$353.73/m²−92%47.0%+22.0 pts
Japan$20K3.4%new$181.42/m²50.0%
India$12K2.0%−9.3 pts$205.21/m²−3.4%50.0%0.0 pts
Italy$4K0.7%new$6.68/m²50.0%
Mexico$3K0.5%−6.7 pts$476.67/m²+4.0%10.0%−15.0 pts
All countries$587K100.0%$76.67/m²+894%51.1%−6.8 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 81.0% 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
China$6.05/m²$0.39/m²6.4% of price$3.99/m²66.0% of price$10.43/m²−19%
Italy$30.87/m²$0.60/m²1.9% of price$15.43/m²50.0% of price$46.90/m²−91%
India$76.82/m²$0.32/m²0.4% of price$31.20/m²40.6% of price$108.34/m²−26%
Germany$140.69/m²$4.95/m²3.5% of price$70.34/m²50.0% of price$215.98/m²−31%
Japan$267.89/m²$8.43/m²3.1% of price$133.95/m²50.0% of price$410.26/m²−66%
United Kingdom$535.52/m²$6.11/m²1.1% of price$206.27/m²38.5% of price$747.89/m²−86%
All countries$22.58/m²$0.96/m²4.2% of price$11.89/m²52.7% of price$35.43/m²+80%

Landed at a US port, China was cheapest, at $10.43/m²: 77.8% below Italy.

Landed cost from Italy fell 91% on a year earlier, to $46.90/m², mostly on price: $345.33/m² then, $30.87/m² now.

How the market is shifting

China gained the most share: 22.5% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 9.9% in the 12 months before. Canada lost the most: 0.4%, down from 5.5%. 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.

  • Germany
  • China
  • Spain
  • Netherlands
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthGermanyChinaSpainNetherlands
September 202459.6%6.6%0.0%4.1%
October 202453.2%6.6%0.0%1.4%
November 202460.1%11.8%0.4%10.2%
December 202465.5%8.7%0.3%12.0%
January 202547.7%12.6%0.0%1.3%
February 202548.5%5.0%0.0%17.7%
March 202570.6%8.2%0.0%1.3%
April 202588.2%2.9%0.0%1.1%
May 202569.3%9.6%0.0%12.5%
June 202545.0%21.3%0.0%4.4%
July 202533.3%28.7%2.9%15.2%
August 202510.6%34.8%0.0%1.7%
September 202535.1%22.7%0.0%30.3%
October 202553.2%25.2%0.0%2.6%
November 202561.6%12.0%5.4%6.1%
December 202539.4%32.2%0.0%0.0%
January 202626.5%31.4%24.8%0.0%
February 202611.3%63.0%0.0%0.0%
March 202657.7%15.0%15.0%0.9%
April 202672.4%21.9%0.0%0.9%
May 202676.3%16.7%0.0%0.6%
June 202650.3%18.1%0.0%0.0%
July 20262.0%60.8%0.0%0.0%
August 202672.6%12.3%0.0%4.3%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthGermanyChinaSpainNetherlandsAll countries
September 20240.0%10.5%n/a0.0%0.7%
October 20240.0%25.0%n/a0.0%1.7%
November 20240.0%21.0%0.0%0.0%2.5%
December 20240.0%4.2%0.0%0.0%0.4%
January 20250.0%4.4%n/a0.0%0.6%
February 20250.0%24.2%n/a0.0%1.2%
March 202525.0%29.5%n/a0.0%21.5%
April 202524.5%38.2%n/a25.0%24.1%
May 202525.3%59.3%n/a25.0%28.7%
June 202552.0%93.3%n/a50.0%55.1%
July 202550.0%95.0%50.0%43.1%61.9%
August 202540.5%91.9%n/a50.0%57.9%
September 202531.0%95.0%n/a50.0%52.7%
October 202534.0%92.5%n/a50.0%49.9%
November 202531.2%92.6%20.8%15.0%38.0%
December 202542.7%81.0%n/an/a56.7%
January 202641.6%84.2%25.5%n/a48.4%
February 202650.0%85.0%n/an/a71.2%
March 202635.8%74.2%49.1%10.0%41.8%
April 202650.0%69.5%n/a50.0%54.1%
May 202650.0%61.3%n/a50.0%51.7%
June 202650.0%56.9%n/an/a49.7%
July 202650.0%75.0%n/an/a64.1%
August 202650.0%61.2%n/a50.0%51.1%

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. October 2025 · Duty paid: all countries 56.5% → 49.3%.
  2. May 2025 · Duty paid: Germany 12.2% → 50.0%, all countries 11.4% → 56.5%.
  3. October 2018 · Duty paid: China 0.0% → 10.0%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Chester, PA$1.7M · 34.8%
  2. Los Angeles, CA$616K · 12.7%
  3. Newark, NJ$451K · 9.3%
  4. Chicago, IL$391K · 8.0%
  5. Charleston, SC$311K · 6.4%

Where US exports go

US exports were $795K in August 2026, up 29% from August 2025, and $10.0M over the last 12 months, up 1.4% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: United Kingdom, up 875%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Mexico$5.8M57.9%+2.3%
Canada$956K9.5%−21%
United Kingdom$510K5.1%+875%
Germany$399K4.0%−16%
Netherlands$388K3.9%+59%
France$274K2.7%+350%
Italy$271K2.7%+72%
Sweden$206K2.1%new
Other countries (42)$1.2M12.1%−27%
All countries$10.0M100.0%+1.4%

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; 112 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
Netherlands$11.0Min 2025+20%$1.3MUS records $198K11.7%
Italy$9.5Min 2025+86%$130K1.4%
Mexico$6.7Min 2025−14%$4.5M66.5%
Spain$5.1Min 2025+14%$139K2.7%
France$4.9Min 2025+10%$232K4.7%
Denmark$4.9Min 2025+8.9%$00.0%
Canada$4.6Min 2025+24%$898K19.4%
Germany$4.3Min 2025+21%$210K4.8%

The biggest market outside the US is the Netherlands, which imported $11.0M of this product in 2025, 11.7% of that from the US by its own count; the US records $198K of exports there.

The US supplies 66.5% of imports into Mexico, but under 10% into Italy, Spain and France.

Of these, imports into Italy grew fastest: up 86% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 7314: cloth (including endless bands), grill, netting and fencing, of iron or steel wire; expanded metal of iron or 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 (square metres), 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.
  • 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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