Pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, and similar tools, and parts thereof, of base metal

US trade by year

US imports were $326.9M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 50% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $156.5M, up 53%. 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.

• Vietnam
• Taiwan
• China
• Germany
• 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 68.3% of US imports over the last 12 months.

How the market is shifting

Vietnam gained the most share: 23.6% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 20.2% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 22.2%, 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.

• Vietnam
• Taiwan
• China
• Germany
• 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: Vietnam 27.1% → 17.1%, China 52.3% → 39.7%, Taiwan 26.4% → 16.6%, all countries 31.5% → 21.5%.
2. September 2025 · Duty paid: China 61.2% → 55.9%.
3. March–June 2025 · Duty paid: Vietnam 8.3% → 19.4%, China 31.3% → 63.2%, Taiwan 6.8% → 17.5%, all countries 17.1% → 30.2%.
4. August 2020 · Duty paid: China 24.5% → 31.4%.
   • Notice of Modification of Section 301 Action: Enforcement of U.S. World Trade Organization (WTO) Rights in Large Civil Aircraft DisputeAug 18, 2020 · Office of the US Trade Representative
5. June 2019 · Duty paid: China 16.0% → 27.9%, all countries 11.4% → 18.9%.
   • Initiation of Investigation; Notice of Hearing and Request for Public Comments: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Aircraft DisputeApr 12, 2019 · Office of the US Trade Representative
6. October 2018 · Duty paid: China 6.7% → 16.5%, all countries 6.1% → 12.0%.
   • 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; 124 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 $170.3M of this product in 2025, 13.8% of that from the US by its own count; the US records $8.0M of exports there.

Of these, imports into China grew fastest: up 20% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 8203: files, rasps, pliers, pincers, metalcutting shears, pipe cutters, bolt cutters and similar hand tools, and base metal parts thereof. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.