Mechanical stokers including their mechanical grates, mechanical ash dischargers and similar appliances

US trade by year

US imports were $1.7M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 84% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $7.8M, up 5.9%. 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.

• Germany
• India
• Canada
• Taiwan
• 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 71.3% 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, Taiwan was cheapest, at $11.52 each: 81.8% below Denmark.

Landed cost from India rose 62% on a year earlier, to $68.93 each, mostly on price: $35.08 each then, $58.37 each now.

How the market is shifting

Canada gained the most share: 14.1% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 2.6% in the 12 months before. Germany lost the most: 33.3%, down from 50.7%. 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.

• Germany
• India
• Canada
• Taiwan
• 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. May 2025 · Duty paid: all countries 3.4% → 20.6%.
2. June 2023 · Duty paid: all countries 19.0% → 0.7%.
3. December 2022 · Duty paid: all countries 20.1% → 12.4%.
4. November 2021 · Duty paid: all countries 22.6% → 13.2%. This is around the January 2022 HS revision, which moved goods in or out of this code.
5. December 2020 · Duty paid: all countries 13.3% → 19.1%.
6. May 2020 · Duty paid: all countries 12.2% → 18.4%.
7. December 2019 · Duty paid: all countries 24.0% → 12.7%.
8. May–July 2019 · Duty paid: China 10.0% → 25.0%, all countries 9.8% → 24.0%.
9. October–November 2018 · Duty paid: China 0.0% → 10.0%, all countries 0.1% → 7.0%.
   • 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; 100 have reported 2025 so far.

The biggest market outside the US is France, which imported $18.8M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Italy grew fastest: up 195% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 8416: furnace burners for liquid fuel, pulverized solid fuel or gas; mechanical stokers, grates, ash dischargers and similar appliances; parts thereof. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.