Iron or steel wool; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of iron or steel

US trade by year

US imports were $22.4M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 21% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $6.9M, down 3.7%. 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
• India
• Mexico
• Vietnam
• 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 86.8% 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 $4.89/kg: 7.8% below India.

Landed cost from Vietnam rose 33% on a year earlier, to $13.46/kg, mostly on price: $7.19/kg then, $10.28/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Mexico gained the most share: 24.2% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 18.6% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 34.8%, down from 38.7%. 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
• India
• Mexico
• Vietnam
• 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. March–April 2026 · Duty paid: China 74.9% → 50.5%, India 49.7% → 24.5%, Mexico 7.8% → 25.0%, all countries 46.2% → 34.0%.
2. October–November 2025 · Duty paid: China 82.9% → 77.1%, Mexico 17.5% → 7.9%.
3. April–May 2025 · Duty paid: China 25.2% → 74.8%, India 6.8% → 45.9%, Mexico 0.0% → 16.1%, all countries 12.3% → 40.3%.
   • 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. June–July 2019 · Duty paid: China 10.0% → 25.0%, all countries 7.9% → 17.8%.
5. November 2018 · Duty paid: China 0.0% → 10.0%, all countries 0.0% → 7.6%.

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; 124 have reported 2025 so far.

The biggest market outside the US is Saudi Arabia, which imported $44.0M of this product in 2025, 1.0% of that from the US.

The US supplies 58.5% of imports into Canada, but under 10% into Saudi Arabia, Germany and France.

Of these, imports into the Netherlands grew fastest: up 38% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 7323: table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel; iron or steel wool; pot scourers, scouring pads etc., of iron or steel. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.