Hydraulic power engines and motors, linear acting (cylinders)

US trade by year

US imports were $1.61B in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 36% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $1.61B, up 86%. In January 2022 the HS 2022 revision moved some goods between this code and 8549.21, 8549.29, 8549.31 and 3 more, so part of a change across the dashed line can be the revision. 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
• Mexico
• United Kingdom
• Germany
• All countries

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.

The 3 largest suppliers had 34.6% 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

Landed at a US port, China was cheapest, at $62.13 each: 63.1% below Germany.

Landed cost from Germany rose 736% on a year earlier, to $168.47 each, mostly on price: $17.27 each then, $136.12 each now.

How the market is shifting

Mexico gained the most share: 10.3% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 7.3% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 6.6%, down from 9.1%. 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.

• Canada
• Mexico
• United Kingdom
• 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–April 2026 · Duty paid: Mexico 28.3% → 20.5%, Korea, South 15.3% → 22.7%, Japan 24.2% → 15.6%, China 65.3% → 48.6%, all countries 26.5% → 20.7%.
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the Framework for a United States-Switzerland-Liechtenstein Agreement on Fair, Balanced, and Reciprocal TradeDec 18, 2025 · International Trade Administration
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment DealDec 4, 2025 · International Trade Administration
2. March–September 2025 · Duty paid: Canada 3.1% → 11.1%, Mexico 0.0% → 29.0%, United Kingdom 0.0% → 8.4%, Korea, South 0.0% → 21.9%, Japan 6.1% → 23.6%, China 25.1% → 72.2%, all countries 2.4% → 27.2%.
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-EU Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced TradeSep 25, 2025 · Office of the US Trade Representative
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the United States-Japan AgreementSep 16, 2025 · International Trade Administration
   • Adoption and Procedures of the Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff Inclusions ProcessAug 19, 2025 · Bureau of Industry and Security
3. February 2020 · Duty paid: China 4.2% → 20.9%.

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 9. Search the Federal Register for 8412.21

• Linear Hydraulic Cylinders From Canada, China, India, Mexico, and South Korea, DeterminationsOct 14, 2026 · International Trade Commission
• Certain Linear Hydraulic Cylinders and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China, India, and Mexico: Initiation of Countervailing Duty InvestigationsSep 14, 2026 · International Trade Administration
• Certain Linear Hydraulic Cylinders and Parts Thereof From Canada, the People's Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, and Mexico: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value InvestigationsSep 14, 2026 · International Trade Administration
• Linear Hydraulic Cylinders From Canada, China, India, Mexico, and South Korea; Institution of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations and Scheduling of Preliminary Phase InvestigationsAug 4, 2026 · International Trade Commission
• Notice of Action: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal DeforestationJul 20, 2026 · 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; 121 have reported 2025 so far.

The biggest market outside the US is Germany, which imported $789.2M of this product in 2025, 19.3% of that from the US.

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

Related products

Other products under heading 8412: engines and motors not elsewhere specified, and parts thereof. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.