Official data Source: US Census Bureau international trade data Data through August 2026 · updated monthly

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Machines for molding articles in paper pulp, paper or paperboard

In short

  • The US imported $25.3M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 20% on the year before.
  • Turkey is the largest supplier, with 51.8% of US imports; Korea, South is next, with 47.0%.
  • India is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $9,209 each.
  • Duty paid averaged 6.7% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 14.2 points on a year earlier.
  • Netherlands is gaining share: 34.1% over the last 12 months, up from 6.2%.
  • US exports were $11.4M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Mexico, with 42.8%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$2.7M

↑ +33% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$25.3M

↑ +20% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

6.7%

↓ −14.2 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Turkey

51.8% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$2.0M
September 2025$4.6M
October 2025$719K
November 2025$819K
December 2025$5.4M
January 2026$607K
February 2026$477K
March 2026$870K
April 2026$7.2M
May 2026$882K
June 2026$379K
July 2026$608K
August 2026$2.7M

What changed

  • US imports were $2.7M in August 2026, up 346% from July 2026 and up 33% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $25.3M, up 20% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Turkey up from 0.0% to 51.8%, Germany down from 71.5% to 0.0%.
  • Duty paid by the main suppliers held within 2 points of July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $25.3M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 70% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $11.4M, up 136%. In January 2022 the HS 2022 revision moved some goods between this code and 8524.11, 8524.12, 8524.19 and 10 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026HS 2022Duty ↑Duty ↑Duty ↓Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$14.9M
12 months to Aug 2018$7.9M
12 months to Aug 2019$16.6M
12 months to Aug 2020$24.7M
12 months to Aug 2021$22.7M
12 months to Aug 2022$23.5M
12 months to Aug 2023$36.1M
12 months to Aug 2024$56.0M
12 months to Aug 2025$21.0M
12 months to Aug 2026$25.3M
  • Netherlands
  • Germany
  • New Zealand
  • Korea, South
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodNetherlandsGermanyNew ZealandKorea, South
12 months to Aug 20175.4%2.2%0.0%0.3%
12 months to Aug 20185.0%8.7%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20191.4%1.8%0.0%5.1%
12 months to Aug 20207.9%0.9%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20211.4%21.9%0.0%10.2%
12 months to Aug 20222.8%19.4%0.0%6.2%
12 months to Aug 202343.4%3.5%0.0%6.7%
12 months to Aug 20245.1%18.6%13.3%14.2%
12 months to Aug 20256.2%4.7%0.1%0.7%
12 months to Aug 202634.1%25.1%11.7%5.6%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodNetherlandsGermanyNew ZealandKorea, SouthAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%n/a0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%0.0%n/an/a1.0%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.6%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%0.0%n/a0.0%2.6%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%0.0%n/a0.0%3.4%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%0.0%n/a0.0%6.8%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.9%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.0%
12 months to Aug 20250.0%1.8%1.1%0.0%8.8%
12 months to Aug 20268.3%3.3%2.7%11.3%9.0%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$25.3M+20%9.0%+0.2 pts$11.4M−6.9%
12 months to Aug 2025$21.0M−62%8.8%+5.8 pts$12.3M−54%
12 months to Aug 2024$56.0M+55%3.0%−3.0 pts$26.9M+74%
12 months to Aug 2023$36.1M+54%5.9%−0.9 pts$15.4M+53%
12 months to Aug 2022HS 2022 revision$23.5M+3.3%6.8%+3.4 pts$10.1M+57%
12 months to Aug 2021$22.7M−7.8%3.4%+0.8 pts$6.4M+64%
12 months to Aug 2020$24.7M+49%2.6%0.0 pts$3.9M−51%
12 months to Aug 2019$16.6M+110%2.6%+1.6 pts$7.9M−14%
12 months to Aug 2018$7.9M−47%1.0%+1.0 pts$9.2M+90%
12 months to Aug 2017$14.9M0.0%$4.8M

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.

CountryUS importsShareAverage priceDuty paidLast 13 months
Turkey$1.4M51.8%new$200,500 each1.4%
Korea, South$1.3M47.0%new$212,500 each12.5%
India$27K1.0%new$9,153 each10.0%
Italy$5K0.2%−61.1 pts$866.00 each−93%10.0%−0.3 pts
All countries$2.7M100.0%$123,234 each+781%6.7%−14.2 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 70.9% 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
CountryPriceFreight and insuranceDutyLanded costMake-up
India$8,096 each$303.12 each3.7% of price$809.56 each10.0% of price$9,209 each
Italy$9,190 each$152.12 each1.7% of price$919.00 each10.0% of price$10,261 each−71%
Germany$41,223 each$337.50 each0.8% of price$4,122 each10.0% of price$45,682 each−77%
Turkey$200,500 each$82.14 each0.0% of price$2,830 each1.4% of price$203,413 each
Korea, South$212,500 each$6,982 each3.3% of price$26,562 each12.5% of price$246,044 each
All countries$32,408 each$525.51 each1.6% of price$2,574 each7.9% of price$35,508 each−5.2%

Landed at a US port, India was cheapest, at $9,209 each: 10.3% below Italy.

Landed cost from Germany fell 77% on a year earlier, to $45,682 each, mostly on price: $177,575 each then, $41,223 each now.

How the market is shifting

Netherlands gained the most share: 34.1% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 6.2% in the 12 months before. Italy lost the most: 1.8%, down from 30.5%. 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.

  • Netherlands
  • Germany
  • New Zealand
  • Korea, South
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthNetherlandsGermanyNew ZealandKorea, South
September 20240.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%
October 20240.0%12.8%0.0%6.0%
November 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
December 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
January 20252.2%36.9%0.0%0.0%
February 20250.0%5.0%0.7%0.1%
March 20250.3%5.0%0.0%0.0%
April 202569.9%3.5%0.2%0.0%
May 20251.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%
June 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
July 20250.0%9.5%0.0%0.0%
August 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
September 202583.3%0.1%0.0%0.0%
October 20250.0%14.6%74.2%0.0%
November 20250.0%35.9%0.0%0.0%
December 20250.0%92.4%0.0%2.5%
January 20260.0%5.6%0.0%0.0%
February 20260.0%71.6%0.0%0.0%
March 202614.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%
April 202664.4%0.0%33.8%0.0%
May 20260.0%1.1%0.0%0.0%
June 20260.0%37.6%0.0%0.0%
July 20260.0%71.5%0.0%0.0%
August 20260.0%0.0%0.0%47.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthNetherlandsGermanyNew ZealandKorea, SouthAll countries
September 2024n/a0.0%n/an/a0.3%
October 2024n/a0.0%n/a0.0%7.4%
November 2024n/an/an/an/a1.5%
December 2024n/an/an/an/a1.2%
January 20250.0%0.0%n/an/a7.4%
February 2025n/a0.0%0.0%0.0%10.6%
March 20250.0%0.0%n/an/a13.8%
April 20250.0%0.0%10.0%n/a6.1%
May 20250.0%n/an/an/a13.5%
June 2025n/an/an/an/a10.0%
July 2025n/a10.0%n/an/a11.2%
August 2025n/an/an/an/a20.9%
September 20256.2%15.0%n/an/a12.7%
October 2025n/a15.0%15.0%n/a19.2%
November 2025n/a15.0%n/an/a13.2%
December 2025n/a0.7%n/a0.0%2.9%
January 2026n/a15.0%n/an/a36.4%
February 2026n/a15.0%n/an/a19.1%
March 202610.0%n/an/an/a13.3%
April 202610.0%n/a0.0%n/a6.8%
May 2026n/a0.0%n/an/a9.9%
June 2026n/a10.0%n/an/a10.0%
July 2026n/a10.0%n/an/a12.1%
August 2026n/an/an/a12.5%6.7%

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: Italy 0.0% → 10.0%.
  2. February 2025 · Duty paid: all countries 3.8% → 11.6%.
  3. January 2023 · Duty paid: all countries 18.2% → 0.3%.
  4. August 2022 · Duty paid: all countries 5.6% → 14.7%.
  5. November 2021 · Duty paid: all countries 0.4% → 8.8%. This is around the January 2022 HS revision, which moved goods in or out of this code.
  6. August 2019 · Duty paid: China 25.0% → 15.8%.
  7. February 2019 · Duty paid: all countries 0.9% → 8.7%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Norfolk-Newport News, VA$6.0M · 23.7%
  2. Chicago, IL$4.9M · 19.4%
  3. Savannah, GA$4.9M · 19.2%
  4. Long Beach, CA$2.9M · 11.3%
  5. Newark, NJ$2.3M · 9.0%

Where US exports go

US exports were $3.3M in August 2026, up 9.2% from August 2025, and $11.4M over the last 12 months, down 6.9% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Canada, up 486%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Mexico$4.9M42.8%−48%
China$2.5M21.6%new
Canada$2.3M20.2%+486%
Brazil$1.3M11.2%+2.8%
Japan$266K2.3%new
Colombia$88K0.8%new
France$65K0.6%new
United Kingdom$45K0.4%new
Denmark$19K0.2%new
All countries$11.4M100.0%−6.9%

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; 108 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.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Indonesia$97.2Min 2025+491%$00.0%
Thailand$43.3Min 2025+485%$00.0%
India$19.1Min 2025−20%$8K0.0%
France$12.1Min 2025−36%$58K0.5%
Turkey$11.9Min 2025+131%$86K0.7%
Brazil$11.3Min 2025+157%$238KUS records $2.1M2.1%
Malaysia$10.7Min 2025−4.1%$00.0%
Netherlands$10.0Min 2025−40%$32K0.3%

The biggest market outside the US is Indonesia, which imported $97.2M of this product in 2025, none of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Indonesia grew fastest: up 491% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 8441: machinery not elsewhere specified for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard, including cutting machines, and parts thereof. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

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 (number of items), 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.
  • Landed cost adds Census's import charges (freight, insurance and other costs of bringing the goods to the first US port) and calculated duty to the customs value, per unit, across the product's 10-digit lines. It leaves out antidumping and countervailing duties, customs fees and transport inland. Prices are averages across the goods within the code, so a lower one can mean cheaper goods, not the same goods for less.
  • 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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