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

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Aluminum alloy tubes and pipes

In short

  • The US imported $140.0M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.5% on the year before.
  • Germany is the largest supplier, with 34.1% of US imports; Mexico is next, with 22.8%.
  • Dominican Republic is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $6.83/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 53.3% of the value of imports in August 2026, up 1.4 points on a year earlier.
  • Germany is gaining share: 33.7% over the last 12 months, up from 19.4%.
  • 6 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.

US imports, Aug 2026

$13.3M

↑ +4.9% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$140.0M

↓ −6.5% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

53.3%

↑ +1.4 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Germany

34.1% 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$12.6M
September 2025$10.8M
October 2025$12.1M
November 2025$10.0M
December 2025$9.7M
January 2026$10.5M
February 2026$9.0M
March 2026$12.1M
April 2026$12.4M
May 2026$14.5M
June 2026$12.1M
July 2026$13.6M
August 2026$13.3M

What changed

  • US imports were $13.3M in August 2026, down 2.8% from July 2026 and up 4.9% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $140.0M, down 6.5% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: China up from 2.7% to 5.6%, Japan down from 7.7% to 4.1%.
  • Average prices from the top 3 suppliers stayed within 5% of July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Italy rose from 37.1% to 49.5% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Taiwan rose from 43.4% to 46.4% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $140.0M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 12% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $296.2M, 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Duty ↑Duty ↓Germany ↓Germany ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$159.7M
12 months to Aug 2018$164.8M
12 months to Aug 2019$119.8M
12 months to Aug 2020$107.6M
12 months to Aug 2021$136.7M
12 months to Aug 2022$212.4M
12 months to Aug 2023$209.3M
12 months to Aug 2024$199.8M
12 months to Aug 2025$149.8M
12 months to Aug 2026$140.0M
  • Germany
  • Mexico
  • Korea, South
  • Japan
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodGermanyMexicoKorea, SouthJapan
12 months to Aug 20178.8%29.6%3.4%16.0%
12 months to Aug 201810.6%27.9%2.2%15.3%
12 months to Aug 201916.4%31.7%4.0%9.3%
12 months to Aug 202019.8%28.5%4.3%8.3%
12 months to Aug 20219.3%38.8%4.0%6.6%
12 months to Aug 202212.0%40.3%2.5%4.9%
12 months to Aug 202318.2%35.3%2.9%3.6%
12 months to Aug 202421.4%34.4%4.2%4.1%
12 months to Aug 202519.4%31.1%5.5%4.8%
12 months to Aug 202633.7%20.4%7.6%6.9%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodGermanyMexicoKorea, SouthJapanAll countries
12 months to Aug 20174.8%0.0%2.8%5.7%2.3%
12 months to Aug 20187.3%2.3%5.1%7.8%4.8%
12 months to Aug 201915.4%5.3%11.0%10.7%10.7%
12 months to Aug 202014.9%0.3%10.9%10.6%9.3%
12 months to Aug 202115.5%0.3%10.8%9.0%7.9%
12 months to Aug 202211.8%0.2%10.8%7.8%7.0%
12 months to Aug 202310.1%0.4%10.5%7.9%7.2%
12 months to Aug 202410.9%0.5%10.4%8.1%7.4%
12 months to Aug 202528.8%9.0%28.1%19.0%20.0%
12 months to Aug 202653.6%43.8%48.5%53.6%50.7%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$140.0M−6.5%50.7%+30.7 pts$296.2M+14%
12 months to Aug 2025$149.8M−25%20.0%+12.6 pts$259.0M−4.2%
12 months to Aug 2024$199.8M−4.6%7.4%+0.2 pts$270.2M−4.1%
12 months to Aug 2023$209.3M−1.5%7.2%+0.2 pts$281.7M+10%
12 months to Aug 2022$212.4M+55%7.0%−0.9 pts$255.2M+16%
12 months to Aug 2021$136.7M+27%7.9%−1.4 pts$220.0M+16%
12 months to Aug 2020$107.6M−10%9.3%−1.4 pts$189.0M−16%
12 months to Aug 2019$119.8M−27%10.7%+5.9 pts$225.8M−14%
12 months to Aug 2018$164.8M+3.2%4.8%+2.4 pts$261.4M+5.9%
12 months to Aug 2017$159.7M2.3%$246.8M

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$4.5M34.1%−1.2 pts$21.95/kg+2.1%55.1%−2.4 pts
Mexico$3.0M22.8%+11.9 pts$6.67/kg+33%49.4%+7.7 pts
China$748K5.6%+4.0 pts$7.22/kg−33%80.1%−8.4 pts
Italy$675K5.1%+2.4 pts$9.71/kg+37%49.5%+8.9 pts
Korea, South$601K4.5%−4.2 pts$8.97/kg+22%50.9%+0.7 pts
Taiwan$572K4.3%−2.9 pts$9.11/kg+18%46.4%−9.5 pts
Japan$546K4.1%−2.3 pts$8.85/kg+7.4%50.2%−4.4 pts
Dominican Republic$438K3.3%new$4.17/kg50.0%
Other countries (19)$2.1M16.2%−8.3 pts$10.01/kg+18%50.5%+5.1 pts
All countries$13.3M100.0%$9.93/kg+3.7%53.3%+1.4 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 61.7% 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
CountryPriceFreight and insuranceDutyLanded costMake-up
Dominican Republic$4.39/kg$0.25/kg5.6% of price$2.19/kg50.0% of price$6.83/kg
Belgium$6.81/kg$0.30/kg4.4% of price$2.65/kg38.9% of price$9.76/kg−2.1%
Mexico$6.70/kg$0.03/kg0.5% of price$3.29/kg49.0% of price$10.02/kg+35%
China$7.09/kg$0.36/kg5.1% of price$5.64/kg79.5% of price$13.09/kg−25%
Korea, South$8.61/kg$0.41/kg4.7% of price$4.20/kg48.7% of price$13.21/kg+14%
Italy$9.16/kg$0.47/kg5.1% of price$3.67/kg40.1% of price$13.31/kg+16%
Japan$8.80/kg$0.76/kg8.7% of price$4.54/kg51.5% of price$14.10/kg+12%
Germany$22.39/kg$1.09/kg4.9% of price$12.36/kg55.2% of price$35.84/kg+17%
All countries$9.62/kg$0.40/kg4.1% of price$4.98/kg51.7% of price$14.99/kg+14%

Landed at a US port, Dominican Republic was cheapest, at $6.83/kg: 30.1% below Belgium.

Landed cost from Mexico rose 35% on a year earlier, to $10.02/kg, mostly on price: $5.34/kg then, $6.70/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Germany gained the most share: 33.7% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 19.4% in the 12 months before. Mexico lost the most: 20.4%, down from 31.1%. 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
  • Mexico
  • Korea, South
  • Japan
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthGermanyMexicoKorea, SouthJapan
September 202422.6%32.9%2.9%4.9%
October 202416.0%40.7%1.4%5.4%
November 202417.8%41.0%3.2%2.8%
December 202417.6%32.7%4.6%4.2%
January 20259.8%46.8%5.1%6.2%
February 202516.7%34.8%3.9%3.8%
March 202520.4%33.7%5.8%4.5%
April 202523.3%29.6%9.3%2.5%
May 202516.4%23.8%9.6%6.0%
June 202512.9%23.1%8.5%9.3%
July 202525.6%16.5%6.6%1.7%
August 202535.2%10.9%8.7%6.4%
September 202533.1%16.0%5.9%6.6%
October 202531.5%16.7%12.4%7.1%
November 202540.5%16.0%6.3%8.2%
December 202533.4%10.7%10.8%5.1%
January 202622.2%21.8%10.9%10.1%
February 202631.2%20.9%11.5%6.1%
March 202632.1%24.5%8.1%8.5%
April 202639.1%23.2%4.5%5.9%
May 202635.8%22.0%6.7%7.7%
June 202634.6%25.9%4.2%6.3%
July 202635.1%21.1%7.2%7.7%
August 202634.1%22.8%4.5%4.1%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthGermanyMexicoKorea, SouthJapanAll countries
September 202415.3%0.6%10.5%9.5%8.2%
October 202415.4%0.7%10.3%7.2%7.3%
November 202415.1%0.5%10.2%8.1%8.1%
December 202415.6%0.6%10.9%9.1%8.4%
January 20256.1%0.4%10.2%8.7%6.4%
February 20255.8%0.9%10.2%6.3%7.0%
March 202520.7%11.9%22.1%8.4%17.6%
April 202531.8%26.1%25.0%11.7%26.5%
May 202530.8%25.7%25.1%16.1%27.7%
June 202550.4%35.4%43.1%27.8%38.6%
July 202555.9%39.1%50.0%39.5%48.3%
August 202557.5%41.7%50.2%54.6%51.9%
September 202551.8%33.9%50.9%55.4%50.3%
October 202554.6%41.5%47.9%56.3%51.1%
November 202553.7%38.6%50.5%55.9%50.8%
December 202554.6%33.4%49.7%56.1%50.5%
January 202655.2%39.2%50.4%58.3%50.6%
February 202651.6%38.2%50.1%56.3%47.5%
March 202654.5%43.5%49.3%55.7%50.7%
April 202646.1%42.5%51.1%47.2%47.4%
May 202655.7%49.7%38.5%51.7%52.6%
June 202655.0%49.1%42.1%51.2%50.8%
July 202655.4%48.6%50.2%52.5%51.2%
August 202655.1%49.4%50.9%50.2%53.3%

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. April 2026 · Duty paid: Mexico 38.7% → 48.8%, Japan 56.5% → 51.3%, Canada 35.8% → 45.3%.
  2. April–July 2025 · Duty paid: Germany 13.9% → 52.9%, Mexico 6.4% → 37.2%, Japan 14.1% → 54.3%, Canada 0.5% → 31.7%, all countries 12.8% → 43.3%.
  3. January 2024 · Duty paid: Germany 15.4% → 8.3%.
  4. April 2023 · Duty paid: Germany 7.7% → 13.4%.
  5. January 2022 · Duty paid: Germany 15.5% → 9.3%.
  6. May 2019 · Duty paid: Mexico 7.0% → 0.3%, Canada 9.6% → 0.6%.
  7. May–July 2018 · Duty paid: Germany 4.9% → 15.0%, Mexico 0.1% → 10.1%, Japan 6.0% → 12.8%, Canada 0.1% → 9.8%, all countries 3.2% → 12.5%.

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 6. Search the Federal Register for 7608.20

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Charleston, SC$36.0M · 25.7%
  2. Los Angeles, CA$17.5M · 12.5%
  3. Norfolk-Newport News, VA$12.9M · 9.2%
  4. Hildago, TX$9.7M · 6.9%
  5. Otay Mesa, CA$8.7M · 6.2%

Where US exports go

US exports were $25.2M in August 2026, up 25% from August 2025, and $296.2M over the last 12 months, up 14% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Mexico, up 22%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Mexico$201.4M68.0%+22%
Canada$59.7M20.2%+18%
Poland$3.7M1.2%−50%
China$2.8M0.9%+39%
Philippines$2.7M0.9%+2990%
United Kingdom$2.6M0.9%+76%
Japan$2.6M0.9%−42%
Costa Rica$1.6M0.5%+93%
Other countries (86)$19.2M6.5%−26%
All countries$296.2M100.0%+14%

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; 122 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
Mexico$265.9Min 2025+5.8%$178.9M67.3%
Germany$249.6Min 2025+11%$1.7M0.7%
Poland$119.6Min 2025+24%$9.4M7.9%
Czech Republic$112.4Min 2025+2.9%$154K0.1%
Canada$88.5Min 2025+0.2%$48.1M54.3%
Malaysia$84.2Min 2025+135%$7.4MUS records $1.0M8.8%
India$81.1Min 2025+23%$1.5M1.8%
France$75.7Min 2025−0.4%$1.4M1.8%

The biggest market outside the US is Mexico, which imported $265.9M of this product in 2025, 67.3% of that from the US.

The US supplies 67.3% of imports into Mexico and 54.3% into Canada, but under 10% into Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.

Of these, imports into Poland grew fastest: up 24% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 7608: aluminum tubes and pipes. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Aluminum tubes and pipes, not alloyedHS 7608.10$3.0M$47.0M
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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