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

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Tungsten (wolfram) powders

In short

  • The US imported $79.4M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 14% on the year before.
  • Canada is the largest supplier, with 44.0% of US imports; Israel is next, with 24.4%.
  • Canada is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $289.12/kg.
  • Duty paid averaged 2.3% of the value of imports in August 2026, up 2.1 points on a year earlier.
  • Canada is gaining share: 42.9% over the last 12 months, up from 22.0%.
  • 3 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.

US imports, Aug 2026

$16.0M

↑ +246% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$79.4M

↑ +14% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

2.3%

↑ +2.1 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Canada

44.0% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugAustria ↓Austria ↑
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$4.6M
September 2025$5.1M
October 2025$4.4M
November 2025$3.6M
December 2025$3.9M
January 2026$3.9M
February 2026$6.9M
March 2026$7.5M
April 2026$6.9M
May 2026$6.0M
June 2026$11.5M
July 2026$3.7M
August 2026$16.0M

What changed

  • US imports were $16.0M in August 2026, up 338% from July 2026 and up 246% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $79.4M, up 14% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Israel up from 0.0% to 24.4%, Canada down from 73.9% to 44.0%.
  • Average price from Canada rose 36% since July 2026, to $322.01/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from Japan fell from 9.5% to 7.0% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $79.4M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 84% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $98.1M, up 352%. 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Israel ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$43.1M
12 months to Aug 2018$62.3M
12 months to Aug 2019$76.5M
12 months to Aug 2020$65.9M
12 months to Aug 2021$51.0M
12 months to Aug 2022$64.2M
12 months to Aug 2023$85.7M
12 months to Aug 2024$55.2M
12 months to Aug 2025$69.8M
12 months to Aug 2026$79.4M
  • Canada
  • Israel
  • Austria
  • Korea, South
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodCanadaIsraelAustriaKorea, South
12 months to Aug 201719.5%2.5%0.4%22.1%
12 months to Aug 201819.9%2.1%0.3%16.5%
12 months to Aug 201914.0%1.6%7.1%6.8%
12 months to Aug 202016.8%14.6%2.3%8.9%
12 months to Aug 202122.3%13.0%9.2%18.5%
12 months to Aug 202224.6%4.2%17.5%12.7%
12 months to Aug 202333.6%5.2%9.2%7.8%
12 months to Aug 202433.2%28.0%5.9%7.1%
12 months to Aug 202522.0%20.7%4.6%31.5%
12 months to Aug 202642.9%32.2%11.0%4.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodCanadaIsraelAustriaKorea, SouthAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.1%0.0%7.0%0.0%3.9%
12 months to Aug 20180.1%0.0%7.0%0.0%4.3%
12 months to Aug 20190.1%0.0%7.0%0.0%5.4%
12 months to Aug 20200.1%0.0%7.0%0.6%4.2%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%0.2%7.0%0.0%3.3%
12 months to Aug 20220.1%0.6%7.0%0.0%4.1%
12 months to Aug 20230.1%0.0%7.0%0.0%3.8%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.1%7.0%1.2%2.3%
12 months to Aug 20250.7%0.2%5.3%0.1%5.1%
12 months to Aug 20260.2%0.0%5.6%0.8%1.3%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$79.4M+14%1.3%−3.8 pts$98.1M+136%
12 months to Aug 2025$69.8M+26%5.1%+2.8 pts$41.6M+30%
12 months to Aug 2024$55.2M−36%2.3%−1.4 pts$32.0M−24%
12 months to Aug 2023$85.7M+33%3.8%−0.4 pts$42.1M+3.7%
12 months to Aug 2022$64.2M+26%4.1%+0.9 pts$40.5M+98%
12 months to Aug 2021$51.0M−23%3.3%−1.0 pts$20.5M+52%
12 months to Aug 2020$65.9M−14%4.2%−1.2 pts$13.5M−23%
12 months to Aug 2019$76.5M+23%5.4%+1.1 pts$17.5M−10%
12 months to Aug 2018$62.3M+45%4.3%+0.4 pts$19.5M−9.9%
12 months to Aug 2017$43.1M3.9%$21.7M

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
Canada$7.1M44.0%+14.3 pts$322.01/kg+664%0.0%−0.7 pts
Israel$3.9M24.4%+7.9 pts$435.00/kg+592%0.0%0.0 pts
Austria$3.0M18.8%+6.9 pts$395.63/kg+826%7.2%+7.2 pts
Japan$1.3M8.3%new$624.82/kg7.0%
Germany$665K4.1%+3.4 pts$650.30/kg+369%7.0%+7.0 pts
China$48K0.3%+0.3 pts$199.54/kg+157%42.4%−9.6 pts
All countries$16.0M100.0%$382.33/kg+635%2.3%+2.1 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 86.2% 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
Canada$287.94/kg$1.18/kg0.4% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$289.12/kg+523%
Israel$391.67/kg$3.70/kg0.9% of price$0.00/kg0.0% of price$395.37/kg+551%
Austria$376.70/kg$1.66/kg0.4% of price$26.69/kg7.1% of price$405.05/kg+794%
Japan$494.37/kg$1.49/kg0.3% of price$37.00/kg7.5% of price$532.86/kg+826%
All countries$335.97/kg$2.15/kg0.6% of price$5.37/kg1.6% of price$343.49/kg+530%

Landed at a US port, Canada was cheapest, at $289.12/kg: 26.9% below Israel.

Landed cost from Japan rose 826% on a year earlier, to $532.86/kg, mostly on price: $57.13/kg then, $494.37/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Canada gained the most share: 42.9% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 22.0% in the 12 months before. Korea, South lost the most: 4.0%, down from 31.5%. 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.

  • Canada
  • Israel
  • Austria
  • Korea, South
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthCanadaIsraelAustriaKorea, South
September 202427.5%27.8%13.2%18.3%
October 202424.0%33.8%1.9%35.0%
November 202440.1%16.6%0.5%33.7%
December 20249.1%0.0%0.0%32.1%
January 202522.7%10.9%9.0%25.5%
February 202515.4%14.3%1.7%17.7%
March 20259.6%17.7%5.0%38.6%
April 202522.8%38.7%3.0%21.9%
May 202526.2%40.2%1.5%28.6%
June 202531.7%18.9%3.5%44.6%
July 202510.7%13.9%4.5%43.4%
August 202529.8%16.5%11.9%41.0%
September 202530.1%31.2%7.5%25.3%
October 202527.0%35.7%9.5%3.7%
November 202515.8%35.0%10.9%29.9%
December 202518.7%41.8%3.1%9.6%
January 202661.2%22.8%12.4%0.0%
February 202640.1%33.6%4.1%3.7%
March 202631.7%48.0%17.8%0.0%
April 202644.0%31.2%17.2%0.0%
May 202687.3%0.0%5.2%0.0%
June 202638.9%58.1%2.5%0.0%
July 202673.9%0.0%13.5%0.0%
August 202644.0%24.4%18.8%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthCanadaIsraelAustriaKorea, SouthAll countries
September 20240.0%0.0%7.0%0.0%1.9%
October 20240.6%0.4%7.0%0.0%0.9%
November 20240.9%0.0%7.0%0.0%1.5%
December 20240.0%n/an/a0.0%18.0%
January 20250.0%0.8%7.0%0.0%4.6%
February 20250.0%0.0%7.0%0.0%12.8%
March 20250.0%0.0%7.0%0.0%13.2%
April 20251.0%0.0%7.0%0.0%6.2%
May 20251.3%0.4%7.0%0.0%1.4%
June 20251.5%0.0%7.0%0.6%1.5%
July 20250.8%0.0%2.1%0.0%0.8%
August 20250.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%
September 20250.7%0.0%0.0%1.8%0.9%
October 20250.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.3%
November 20251.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%
December 20250.0%0.0%0.9%0.0%0.3%
January 20260.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.6%
February 20260.0%0.0%7.0%0.0%1.6%
March 20260.0%0.0%7.0%n/a1.5%
April 20261.3%0.0%7.0%n/a2.4%
May 20260.0%n/a7.0%n/a1.0%
June 20260.0%0.0%7.0%n/a0.2%
July 20260.0%n/a6.7%n/a2.7%
August 20260.0%0.0%7.2%n/a2.3%

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. February 2026 · Duty paid: Austria 0.1% → 7.0%.
  2. August 2025 · Duty paid: Austria 7.0% → 0.0%.
  3. February–April 2025 · Duty paid: China 32.0% → 48.5%, all countries 13.0% → 1.4%.
  4. November 2024 · Duty paid: all countries 1.9% → 8.7%.
  5. January 2022 · Duty paid: Israel 0.0% → 5.8%.

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 8101.10

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Jfk International Airport, NY$26.0M · 32.7%
  2. Sweetgrass, MT$16.9M · 21.3%
  3. Port Huron, MI$13.2M · 16.6%
  4. Houston, TX$4.6M · 5.8%
  5. Newark, NJ$3.8M · 4.8%

Where US exports go

US exports were $14.6M in August 2026, up 395% from August 2025, and $98.1M over the last 12 months, up 136% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Germany, up 1443%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$41.4M42.2%+50%
Germany$18.0M18.3%+1443%
India$10.4M10.7%+262%
Japan$5.9M6.0%+955%
France$5.2M5.3%+1359%
Mexico$3.2M3.3%+47%
Peru$2.2M2.3%+369%
United Kingdom$1.7M1.7%+390%
Other countries (30)$10.1M10.3%+83%
All countries$98.1M100.0%+136%

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; 72 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Germany$54.7Min 2025+95%$8.3M15.2%
Canada$28.8Min 2025−1.4%$24.1M83.7%
France$23.7Min 2025+25%$583K2.5%
Japan$13.1Min 2025+40%$1.3M9.6%
United Kingdom$10.5Min 2025−18%$998K9.5%
India$8.3Min 2025−34%$2.9M35.2%
Kenya$7.1Min 2025+68%$00.0%
Switzerland$5.2Min 2025+51%$155K3.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Germany, which imported $54.7M of this product in 2025, 15.2% of that from the US.

The US supplies 83.7% of imports into Canada and 35.2% into India, but under 10% into France, Japan and the United Kingdom.

Of these, imports into Germany grew fastest: up 95% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 8101: tungsten (wolfram) and articles thereof, including waste and scrap. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Tungsten waste and scrapHS 8101.97$264.9M$138.0M
Tungsten, wrought, not elsewhere specifiedHS 8101.99$65.7M$70.7M
Tungsten, unwrought, including bars and rods obtained simply by sinteringHS 8101.94$60.2M$12.2M
Tungsten wireHS 8101.96$36.7M$11.1M
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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