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HS 8205.59

Handtools not elsewhere specified, and parts thereof, of base metal

In short

  • The US imported $634.0M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 8.2% on the year before.
  • China is the largest supplier, with 22.9% of US imports; Taiwan is next, with 20.4%.
  • Duty paid averaged 24.6% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 3.9 points on a year earlier.
  • Vietnam is gaining share: 12.4% over the last 12 months, up from 5.7%.
  • US exports were $359.9M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 25.3%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$52.4M

↓ −0.3% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$634.0M

↓ −8.2% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

24.6%

↓ −3.9 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

China

22.9% 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$52.5M
September 2025$48.4M
October 2025$50.4M
November 2025$48.4M
December 2025$51.2M
January 2026$58.7M
February 2026$51.9M
March 2026$56.7M
April 2026$49.2M
May 2026$55.4M
June 2026$54.6M
July 2026$56.8M
August 2026$52.4M

What changed

  • US imports were $52.4M in August 2026, down 7.8% from July 2026 and down 0.3% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $634.0M, down 8.2% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Germany up from 4.8% to 8.5%.
  • Duty paid on imports from Canada rose from 5.7% to 11.8% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Germany fell from 19.6% to 15.2% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $634.0M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 26% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $359.9M, up 9.5%. 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026China ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$505.0M
12 months to Aug 2018$539.6M
12 months to Aug 2019$556.6M
12 months to Aug 2020$509.8M
12 months to Aug 2021$630.6M
12 months to Aug 2022$745.8M
12 months to Aug 2023$650.3M
12 months to Aug 2024$678.5M
12 months to Aug 2025$690.8M
12 months to Aug 2026$634.0M
  • Taiwan
  • China
  • Vietnam
  • Mexico
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodTaiwanChinaVietnamMexico
12 months to Aug 201724.4%40.9%0.1%6.9%
12 months to Aug 201823.6%39.1%0.1%8.5%
12 months to Aug 201922.4%40.6%0.2%7.4%
12 months to Aug 202024.6%38.0%0.6%8.9%
12 months to Aug 202126.8%39.2%1.0%6.7%
12 months to Aug 202229.4%38.0%1.3%5.0%
12 months to Aug 202327.0%34.4%2.1%6.2%
12 months to Aug 202424.3%33.9%3.1%7.0%
12 months to Aug 202525.3%30.7%5.7%6.7%
12 months to Aug 202622.3%22.0%12.4%7.3%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodTaiwanChinaVietnamMexicoAll countries
12 months to Aug 20174.2%4.7%4.6%0.1%3.6%
12 months to Aug 20184.2%4.6%3.4%0.2%3.5%
12 months to Aug 20194.1%17.3%3.2%0.1%8.8%
12 months to Aug 20204.1%29.2%3.6%0.2%13.0%
12 months to Aug 20213.9%29.5%3.4%0.5%13.4%
12 months to Aug 20224.0%29.4%3.7%0.9%13.1%
12 months to Aug 20233.9%29.2%2.9%1.4%12.1%
12 months to Aug 20244.2%29.2%4.1%1.3%11.9%
12 months to Aug 20257.5%40.5%7.6%2.5%16.8%
12 months to Aug 202623.2%51.9%25.2%10.0%28.0%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$634.0M−8.2%28.0%+11.2 pts$359.9M−3.6%
12 months to Aug 2025$690.8M+1.8%16.8%+4.9 pts$373.3M−3.5%
12 months to Aug 2024$678.5M+4.3%11.9%−0.2 pts$386.9M+14%
12 months to Aug 2023$650.3M−13%12.1%−1.0 pts$338.3M−0.9%
12 months to Aug 2022$745.8M+18%13.1%−0.3 pts$341.4M+12%
12 months to Aug 2021$630.6M+24%13.4%+0.4 pts$304.6M0.0%
12 months to Aug 2020$509.8M−8.4%13.0%+4.2 pts$304.6M−18%
12 months to Aug 2019$556.6M+3.2%8.8%+5.2 pts$370.0M+1.9%
12 months to Aug 2018$539.6M+6.8%3.5%−0.1 pts$363.2M+11%
12 months to Aug 2017$505.0M3.6%$328.6M

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.

CountryUS importsShareAverage priceDuty paidLast 13 months
China$12.0M22.9%−7.4 ptsn/a47.4%−13.3 pts
Taiwan$10.7M20.4%−4.2 ptsn/a18.2%+1.1 pts
Vietnam$7.4M14.1%+7.1 ptsn/a23.7%+6.4 pts
Germany$4.5M8.5%+4.7 ptsn/a15.2%−1.7 pts
Austria$2.5M4.8%+2.3 ptsn/a10.2%−0.5 pts
India$2.5M4.7%−0.9 ptsn/a21.0%+3.0 pts
Mexico$2.4M4.6%−0.7 ptsn/a7.6%+4.5 pts
Canada$1.5M2.9%−1.9 ptsn/a11.8%+6.8 pts
Other countries (46)$8.9M17.1%+1.6 ptsn/a18.1%+3.1 pts
All countries$52.4M100.0%n/a24.6%−3.9 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 56.7% of US imports over the last 12 months.

How the market is shifting

Vietnam gained the most share: 12.4% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 5.7% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 22.0%, down from 30.7%. 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.

  • Taiwan
  • China
  • Vietnam
  • Mexico
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthTaiwanChinaVietnamMexico
September 202425.8%30.6%6.6%6.7%
October 202421.5%32.0%4.5%8.0%
November 202422.1%33.2%4.2%8.1%
December 202423.4%37.5%4.6%6.9%
January 202525.5%38.4%4.5%6.2%
February 202523.8%38.7%5.5%6.2%
March 202526.7%27.0%6.4%5.8%
April 202525.0%27.1%7.3%7.2%
May 202525.9%22.7%7.0%8.1%
June 202535.8%13.5%5.5%7.0%
July 202525.2%32.0%6.4%5.0%
August 202524.6%30.3%7.0%5.3%
September 202524.5%22.4%10.7%6.7%
October 202523.4%23.8%9.3%8.4%
November 202521.6%20.2%10.5%9.3%
December 202523.2%22.9%10.1%7.1%
January 202622.5%23.1%13.2%6.6%
February 202622.2%20.0%16.4%8.6%
March 202620.6%20.7%15.7%9.0%
April 202622.2%15.0%12.6%9.2%
May 202620.3%27.7%11.1%7.8%
June 202624.4%22.7%10.9%5.8%
July 202622.2%21.8%13.8%5.0%
August 202620.4%22.9%14.1%4.6%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthTaiwanChinaVietnamMexicoAll countries
September 20244.0%29.7%3.1%1.1%11.3%
October 20244.1%29.6%4.0%1.3%11.6%
November 20244.2%29.3%3.5%1.2%11.8%
December 20244.3%29.6%4.6%1.1%13.1%
January 20254.0%29.1%3.8%2.0%13.2%
February 20254.2%29.9%4.4%1.4%13.7%
March 20254.3%43.9%4.3%6.9%14.6%
April 20254.9%56.6%4.7%4.7%18.8%
May 202511.4%67.9%10.5%4.0%23.0%
June 202513.9%58.0%13.6%1.8%18.1%
July 202513.8%58.9%14.7%2.6%26.8%
August 202517.1%60.6%17.3%3.1%28.5%
September 202525.1%66.1%30.5%9.1%32.9%
October 202528.6%64.9%28.4%10.4%34.3%
November 202527.9%58.9%26.8%23.8%33.2%
December 202528.4%55.5%28.2%13.2%32.6%
January 202627.7%54.8%27.5%8.8%33.1%
February 202625.3%51.1%25.6%9.8%29.3%
March 202619.7%43.5%17.6%7.6%23.0%
April 202618.0%43.9%23.3%5.3%21.4%
May 202620.6%44.4%24.5%6.7%24.3%
June 202618.8%46.1%25.6%7.7%23.8%
July 202619.5%46.2%25.9%7.3%24.3%
August 202618.2%47.4%23.7%7.6%24.6%

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. January–March 2026 · Duty paid: Taiwan 27.9% → 19.2%, China 61.9% → 47.5%, all countries 32.8% → 23.9%.
  2. July–September 2025 · Duty paid: Taiwan 13.9% → 28.1%, Vietnam 11.5% → 28.1%, all countries 18.9% → 30.6%.
  3. February–April 2025 · Duty paid: Taiwan 4.2% → 12.6%, China 29.8% → 58.5%, all countries 12.1% → 17.4%.
  4. June 2019 · Duty paid: China 14.5% → 29.3%, all countries 7.5% → 13.2%.
  5. October 2018 · Duty paid: China 4.7% → 14.3%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Los Angeles, CA$150.6M · 23.8%
  2. Newark, NJ$75.9M · 12.0%
  3. Charleston, SC$34.4M · 5.4%
  4. Savannah, GA$34.3M · 5.4%
  5. Laredo, TX$31.1M · 4.9%

Where US exports go

US exports were $33.6M in August 2026, up 10% from August 2025, and $359.9M over the last 12 months, down 3.6% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Netherlands, up 41%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$91.0M25.3%−6.0%
Mexico$37.3M10.4%+5.0%
United Kingdom$22.6M6.3%−0.2%
Germany$16.9M4.7%−10%
Australia$16.5M4.6%+9.8%
Japan$11.1M3.1%−11%
Netherlands$10.9M3.0%+41%
Taiwan$10.1M2.8%+140%
Other countries (149)$143.5M39.9%−10%
All countries$359.9M100.0%−3.6%

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.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
France$398.6Min 2025+11%$13.3M3.3%
Germany$307.6Min 2025+5.2%$20.1M6.5%
United Kingdom$157.1Min 2025+1.6%$29.1M18.5%
Canada$142.8Min 2025+0.4%$52.3M36.7%
Spain$135.2Min 2025+9.8%$4.9M3.6%
Netherlands$126.1Min 2025+4.1%$8.2M6.5%
Australia$106.7Min 2025−4.5%$21.6M20.3%
Poland$100.6Min 2025+8.5%$3.2M3.2%

The biggest market outside the US is France, which imported $398.6M of this product in 2025, 3.3% of that from the US.

The US supplies 36.7% of imports into Canada, but under 10% into France, Germany and Spain.

Of these, imports into France grew fastest: up 11% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 8205: handtools not elsewhere specified; blow torches etc.; vises, clamps and the like not elsewhere specified; anvils; portable forges; grinding wheels with frameworks; base metal parts. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Vises, clamps and the like, and parts thereof, of base metalHS 8205.70$169.0M$92.1M
Screwdrivers, and parts thereof, of base metalHS 8205.40$166.6M$32.2M
Household handtools not elsewhere specified, and parts thereof, of base metalHS 8205.51$164.7M$31.7M
Hammers and sledge hammers and parts thereof, of base metalHS 8205.20$111.1M$23.6M
Blow torches and similar self-contained torches, and parts thereof, of base metalHS 8205.60$29.4M$9.7M
Planes, chisels, gouges and similar cutting tools for wood working, and parts thereof, of base metalHS 8205.30$28.0M$4.2M
Drilling, threading or tapping tools, and parts thereof, of base metalHS 8205.10$11.1M$18.6M
Handtools, including sets of articles of two or more subheadings of 8205, not elsewhere specifiedHS 8205.90$6.1M$19.5M
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, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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