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

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Letterpress printing machinery, reel fed, excluding flexographic printing

In short

  • The US imported $374K of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 33% on the year before.
  • China is the largest supplier, with 100.0% of US imports.
  • China is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $7,468 each.
  • Duty paid averaged 39.7% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 17.5 points on a year earlier.
  • China is gaining share: 45.6% over the last 12 months, up from 14.1%.
  • US exports were $1.4M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 87.0%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$4K

↓ −81% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$374K

↓ −33% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

39.7%

↓ −17.5 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

China

100.0% 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$24K
September 2025$18K
October 2025$7K
November 2025$12K
December 2025$0
January 2026$5K
February 2026$3K
March 2026$12K
April 2026$34K
May 2026$62K
June 2026$77K
July 2026$139K
August 2026$4K

What changed

  • US imports were $4K in August 2026, down 97% from July 2026 and down 81% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $374K, down 33% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: China up from 28.0% to 100.0%, Spain down from 72.0% to 0.0%.
  • Average price from China fell 88% since July 2026, to $4,500 each.
  • Duty paid on imports from China rose from 37.2% to 39.7% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $374K in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 1.6% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $1.4M, up 27%. In January 2022 the HS 2022 revision moved some goods between this code and 8524.11, 8524.12, 8524.19 and 12 more, so part of a change across the dashed line can be the revision. In January 2017 the HS 2017 revision moved some goods between this code and 8542.31, 8542.32 and 8542.39, so part of a change across the dashed line can be the revision.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026HS 2022HS 2017
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$368K
12 months to Aug 2018$499K
12 months to Aug 2019$439K
12 months to Aug 2020$839K
12 months to Aug 2021$4.1M
12 months to Aug 2022$147K
12 months to Aug 2023$309K
12 months to Aug 2024$56K
12 months to Aug 2025$558K
12 months to Aug 2026$374K
  • China
  • Spain
  • Italy
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodChinaSpainItaly
12 months to Aug 201754.8%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201824.6%0.0%0.4%
12 months to Aug 201919.1%0.0%56.5%
12 months to Aug 20208.2%0.0%7.6%
12 months to Aug 20212.6%0.0%97.4%
12 months to Aug 202250.2%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202344.2%0.0%49.5%
12 months to Aug 202483.7%0.0%8.4%
12 months to Aug 202514.1%17.0%1.4%
12 months to Aug 202645.6%45.0%9.4%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodChinaSpainItalyAll countries
12 months to Aug 20172.2%n/an/a2.2%
12 months to Aug 20182.2%n/a2.2%2.1%
12 months to Aug 201927.2%n/a2.2%6.9%
12 months to Aug 202027.2%n/a2.2%4.2%
12 months to Aug 202127.2%n/a2.2%2.9%
12 months to Aug 202227.2%n/an/a14.8%
12 months to Aug 202327.2%n/a2.2%13.2%
12 months to Aug 202427.2%n/a2.2%23.1%
12 months to Aug 202549.0%2.2%6.5%8.9%
12 months to Aug 202641.4%12.2%5.9%24.9%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$374K−33%24.9%+16.0 pts$1.4M+15%
12 months to Aug 2025$558K+900%8.9%−14.2 pts$1.2M+28%
12 months to Aug 2024$56K−82%23.1%+9.9 pts$925K+182%
12 months to Aug 2023$309K+111%13.2%−1.5 pts$328K−41%
12 months to Aug 2022HS 2022 revision$147K−96%14.8%+11.9 pts$553K+84%
12 months to Aug 2021$4.1M+385%2.9%−1.4 pts$300K−8.7%
12 months to Aug 2020$839K+91%4.2%−2.7 pts$329K−80%
12 months to Aug 2019$439K−12%6.9%+4.8 pts$1.6M+38%
12 months to Aug 2018$499K+36%2.1%−0.1 pts$1.2M+10%
12 months to Aug 2017HS 2017 revision$368K2.2%$1.1M

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
China$4K100.0%0.0 pts$4,500 each−81%39.7%−17.5 pts
All countries$4K100.0%$4,500 each−81%39.7%−17.5 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 100.0% 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
China$5,227 each$292.43 each5.6% of price$1,949 each37.3% of price$7,468 each−82%
Spain$50,092 each$5,584 each11.1% of price$6,112 each12.2% of price$61,788 each
All countries$8,816 each$715.76 each8.1% of price$2,282 each25.9% of price$11,814 each−71%

Landed at a US port, China was cheapest, at $7,468 each: 87.9% below Spain.

Landed cost from China fell 82% on a year earlier, to $7,468 each, mostly on price: $24,223 each then, $5,227 each now.

How the market is shifting

China gained the most share: 45.6% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 14.1% in the 12 months before. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 3 largest suppliers over the last 12 months.

  • China
  • Spain
  • Italy
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthChinaSpainItaly
September 2024n/an/an/a
October 2024n/an/an/a
November 20240.0%0.0%100.0%
December 2024n/an/an/a
January 20250.0%0.0%0.0%
February 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%
March 20259.7%8.4%0.0%
April 20250.0%100.0%0.0%
May 202524.9%0.0%33.2%
June 2025n/an/an/a
July 2025n/an/an/a
August 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%
September 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%
October 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%
November 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%
December 2025n/an/an/a
January 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%
February 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%
March 202644.9%0.0%55.1%
April 20260.0%100.0%0.0%
May 20260.0%54.1%45.9%
June 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%
July 202628.0%72.0%0.0%
August 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthChinaSpainItalyAll countries
September 2024n/an/an/an/a
October 2024n/an/an/an/a
November 2024n/an/a2.2%2.2%
December 2024n/an/an/an/a
January 2025n/an/an/a0.0%
February 202531.6%n/an/a31.6%
March 202547.2%2.2%n/a6.6%
April 2025n/a2.2%n/a2.2%
May 202557.2%n/a12.2%23.4%
June 2025n/an/an/an/a
July 2025n/an/an/an/a
August 202557.2%n/an/a57.2%
September 202557.2%n/an/a57.2%
October 202557.2%n/an/a57.2%
November 202547.2%n/an/a47.2%
December 2025n/an/an/an/a
January 202647.2%n/an/a47.2%
February 202647.2%n/an/a47.2%
March 202637.2%n/a12.2%23.4%
April 2026n/a12.2%n/a12.2%
May 2026n/a12.2%4.5%8.6%
June 202637.2%n/an/a37.2%
July 202637.2%12.2%n/a19.2%
August 202639.7%n/an/a39.7%

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Chicago, IL$100K · 26.8%
  2. Newark, NJ$65K · 17.4%
  3. Los Angeles, CA$56K · 14.9%
  4. Cincinnati-Lawrenceburg, OH$34K · 9.1%
  5. Miami International Airport, FL$34K · 9.0%

Where US exports go

US exports were $0 in August 2026, down 100% from August 2025, and $1.4M over the last 12 months, up 15% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Canada, up 1526%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$1.2M87.0%+1526%
Australia$52K3.9%new
Cyprus$33K2.4%new
Mexico$21K1.5%+2.0%
Netherlands$16K1.1%new
United Arab Emirates$13K1.0%+25%
Chile$13K1.0%−99%
Nigeria$13K0.9%new
Other countries (3)$16K1.2%−71%
All countries$1.4M100.0%+15%

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; 95 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Korea, South$4.5Min 2025−18%$1870.0%
Portugal$4.4Min 2025+173%$00.0%
Thailand$2.9Min 2025+40%$00.0%
India$2.0Min 2025−26%$440K21.5%
Italy$1.9Min 2025−60%$00.0%
France$1.6Min 2025−23%$1K0.1%
Ukraine$1.5Min 2024+5938%$00.0%
Germany$1.4Min 2025+69%$00.0%

The biggest market outside the US is South Korea, which imported $4.5M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Portugal grew fastest: up 173% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 8443: printing machinery (including ink-jet printing machines, except those of 8471); machines for uses ancillary to printing; 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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