Chain saw blades (lengths or cut to size), and parts thereof, of base metal

US trade by year

US imports were $79.8M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 12% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $37.1M, down 42%. 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.

• Switzerland
• Canada
• Sweden
• China
• All countries

Who supplies the US

August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025. Average prices aren't shown because this product's lines are counted in different units.

The 3 largest suppliers had 87.0% of US imports over the last 12 months.

How the market is shifting

Switzerland gained the most share: 56.5% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 46.2% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 10.9%, down from 18.5%. 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.

• Switzerland
• Canada
• Sweden
• China
• 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. February–March 2026 · Duty paid: Switzerland 14.5% → 1.5%, China 49.9% → 35.5%, all countries 21.8% → 7.5%.
2. September 2025 · Duty paid: Switzerland 10.0% → 17.0%, all countries 12.5% → 20.8%.
3. April–May 2025 · Duty paid: Switzerland 0.0% → 10.0%, Sweden 0.2% → 10.1%, China 25.3% → 53.4%, all countries 4.2% → 14.3%.
4. July 2019 · Duty paid: China 10.2% → 24.5%.
5. September 2018 · Duty paid: China 1.4% → 8.1%.
   • 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 InnovationJul 17, 2018 · Office of the US Trade Representative

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; 117 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 Germany, which imported $47.1M of this product in 2025, 7.2% of that from the US by its own count; the US records $49K of exports there.

The US supplies 28.6% of imports into Belgium, but under 10% into Singapore, Brazil and Poland.

Of these, imports into Belgium grew fastest: up 97% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 8202: handsaws and base metal parts thereof; blades for saws of all kinds; base metal parts of saws, not elsewhere specified. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.