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

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Machines and apparatus for the manufcature of boules or wafers

In short

  • The US imported $558.7M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.4% on the year before.
  • China is the largest supplier, with 80.7% of US imports; Germany is next, with 12.7%.
  • Taiwan is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $10,626 each.
  • Duty paid averaged 0.0% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 0.6 points on a year earlier.
  • China is gaining share: 39.3% over the last 12 months, up from 13.9%.
  • 2 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.

US imports, Aug 2026

$227.8M

↑ +591% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$558.7M

↓ −7.4% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

0.0%

↓ −0.6 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

China

80.7% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugChina ↓China ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$32.9M
September 2025$24.4M
October 2025$28.9M
November 2025$12.5M
December 2025$33.4M
January 2026$39.5M
February 2026$30.7M
March 2026$45.3M
April 2026$38.2M
May 2026$26.7M
June 2026$6.5M
July 2026$44.7M
August 2026$227.8M

What changed

  • US imports were $227.8M in August 2026, up 410% from July 2026 and up 591% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $558.7M, down 7.4% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: China up from 60.2% to 80.7%, Germany down from 23.7% to 12.7%.
  • Average price from Germany rose 83% since July 2026, to $30,342 each.
  • Duty paid by the main suppliers held within 2 points of July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $558.7M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 438% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $153.0M, up 36%. 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 2022China ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$103.8M
12 months to Aug 2018$139.4M
12 months to Aug 2019$139.5M
12 months to Aug 2020$105.0M
12 months to Aug 2021$86.1M
12 months to Aug 2022$119.2M
12 months to Aug 2023$295.4M
12 months to Aug 2024$348.6M
12 months to Aug 2025$603.3M
12 months to Aug 2026$558.7M
  • China
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • Taiwan
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodChinaGermanyJapanTaiwan
12 months to Aug 20171.1%28.8%34.8%2.1%
12 months to Aug 20180.7%30.2%48.3%0.8%
12 months to Aug 20190.7%27.1%40.7%1.4%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%21.5%58.1%0.2%
12 months to Aug 20210.6%27.6%54.6%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20220.4%31.7%42.1%0.2%
12 months to Aug 20230.4%30.3%22.7%7.4%
12 months to Aug 202426.0%16.2%22.6%1.1%
12 months to Aug 202513.9%21.7%32.8%3.6%
12 months to Aug 202639.3%22.8%15.1%9.9%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodChinaGermanyJapanTaiwanAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201924.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%
12 months to Aug 202025.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202125.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202225.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202325.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 20249.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.5%
12 months to Aug 20252.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%
12 months to Aug 20260.7%0.3%0.1%0.0%0.4%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$558.7M−7.4%0.4%0.0 pts$153.0M−16%
12 months to Aug 2025$603.3M+73%0.4%−2.1 pts$182.7M+29%
12 months to Aug 2024$348.6M+18%2.5%+2.4 pts$141.5M+8.1%
12 months to Aug 2023$295.4M+148%0.1%0.0 pts$130.9M−17%
12 months to Aug 2022HS 2022 revision$119.2M+38%0.1%0.0 pts$156.8M+7.5%
12 months to Aug 2021$86.1M−18%0.1%+0.1 pts$145.8M+29%
12 months to Aug 2020$105.0M−25%0.0%−0.2 pts$113.2M+47%
12 months to Aug 2019$139.5M+0.1%0.2%+0.2 pts$77.0M−33%
12 months to Aug 2018$139.4M+34%0.0%0.0 pts$115.2M+2.3%
12 months to Aug 2017$103.8M0.0%$112.7M

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$183.8M80.7%+79.6 pts$211,321 each+49986%0.0%−40.2 pts
Germany$28.8M12.7%+0.5 pts$30,342 each+52%0.0%0.0 pts
Singapore$7.2M3.1%−5.8 pts$1,193,133 each+5805%0.0%0.0 pts
Taiwan$3.8M1.7%+1.4 pts$3,484 each−84%0.0%0.0 pts
Japan$2.2M1.0%−58.6 pts$84,112 each+956%0.2%+0.2 pts
United Kingdom$994K0.4%−0.2 pts$377.56 each+48%0.0%0.0 pts
France$602K0.3%−1.7 pts$200,781 each+299%0.0%−0.8 pts
Malaysia$168K0.1%−0.8 pts$6,993 each+732%0.0%−12.9 pts
Other countries (2)$163K0.1%−14.2 pts$81,484 each−78%0.0%0.0 pts
All countries$227.8M100.0%$40,614 each+507%0.0%−0.6 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 77.1% 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
Taiwan$10,593 each$33.49 each0.3% of price$0.00 each0.0% of price$10,626 each−84%
Germany$24,784 each$52.56 each0.2% of price$3.67 each0.0% of price$24,841 each+6.3%
China$68,915 each$1,990 each2.9% of price$37.60 each0.1% of price$70,943 each+4177%
All countries$23,572 each$571.73 each2.4% of price$11.88 each0.1% of price$24,156 each+322%

Landed at a US port, Taiwan was cheapest, at $10,626 each: 57.2% below Germany.

Landed cost from China rose 4177% on a year earlier, to $70,943 each, mostly on price: $1,196 each then, $68,915 each now.

How the market is shifting

China gained the most share: 39.3% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 13.9% in the 12 months before. Japan lost the most: 15.1%, down from 32.8%. 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.

  • China
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • Taiwan
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthChinaGermanyJapanTaiwan
September 20244.5%19.1%28.4%0.0%
October 202432.5%5.5%34.0%1.1%
November 202448.1%8.7%17.5%11.3%
December 20243.0%20.9%47.0%8.0%
January 202529.6%14.4%41.2%0.0%
February 20254.6%44.6%22.3%0.2%
March 202518.7%24.4%22.5%12.6%
April 20254.8%23.5%33.0%5.9%
May 20250.7%51.9%25.4%0.1%
June 20255.4%33.4%25.6%0.7%
July 20250.9%13.0%54.5%0.0%
August 20251.2%12.2%59.6%0.3%
September 20250.3%27.1%44.1%0.0%
October 20255.5%17.9%63.4%0.6%
November 20250.3%40.7%34.0%0.0%
December 20252.6%58.2%17.7%18.1%
January 20260.5%22.2%42.6%13.1%
February 20260.4%32.8%20.6%32.4%
March 20261.5%35.2%26.3%12.5%
April 20262.0%40.2%3.1%8.9%
May 202615.3%4.9%21.6%46.9%
June 20264.4%0.6%3.7%64.9%
July 202660.2%23.7%1.2%9.8%
August 202680.7%12.7%1.0%1.7%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthChinaGermanyJapanTaiwanAll countries
September 20240.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
October 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
November 20240.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
December 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
January 20250.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
February 20256.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%
March 20254.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%
April 202513.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%
May 202539.0%0.0%0.0%1.7%0.3%
June 202524.2%0.0%0.2%0.0%1.4%
July 202533.0%0.0%0.2%n/a0.5%
August 202540.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%
September 202520.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.2%
October 202543.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.4%
November 202510.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.3%
December 202513.2%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.4%
January 202623.0%3.7%0.0%0.0%1.0%
February 202613.9%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.2%
March 202623.1%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.4%
April 202623.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%
May 20263.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%
June 202621.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.2%
July 20260.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
August 20260.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%

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 2026 · Duty paid: China 23.0% → 1.8%.
  2. November 2025 · Duty paid: China 40.3% → 13.9%.
  3. May 2025 · Duty paid: China 5.1% → 36.0%.

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. Search the Federal Register for 8486.10

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Los Angeles, CA$240.8M · 43.1%
  2. Houston, TX$132.9M · 23.8%
  3. Chicago, IL$44.4M · 7.9%
  4. Dallas-Fort Worth, TX$21.2M · 3.8%
  5. Houston Intercontinental Airport, TX$18.7M · 3.3%

Where US exports go

US exports were $12.4M in August 2026, down 24% from August 2025, and $153.0M over the last 12 months, down 16% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Vietnam, up 24347%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Taiwan$39.8M26.0%−31%
Malaysia$24.2M15.8%−27%
Korea, South$18.8M12.3%+37%
Vietnam$17.5M11.5%+24347%
China$8.3M5.4%−63%
Germany$7.9M5.1%−37%
Ireland$6.9M4.5%+190%
Italy$6.7M4.4%−60%
Other countries (29)$22.9M15.0%+3.0%
All countries$153.0M100.0%−16%

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; 77 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
China$1.61Bin 2025+8.3%$20.1M1.2%
Taiwan$626.9Min 2024−44%$63.9M10.2%
India$239.0Min 2025+3754%$220.0%
Singapore$185.5Min 2025−7.7%$3.7M2.0%
Germany$138.4Min 2025−0.3%$24.6M17.8%
Malaysia$74.3Min 2025−59%$11.8MUS records $27.9M15.8%
Japan$71.3Min 2025−53%$6.6MUS records $711K9.3%
Korea, South$55.9Min 2025−47%$314KUS records $19.1M0.6%

The biggest market outside the US is China, which imported $1.61B of this product in 2025, 1.2% of that from the US.

Of these, imports into India grew fastest: up 3754% from 2024 to 2025.

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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.
  • Tariff notices are from the Federal Register, matched to this product by the HTS numbers in their text.
  • 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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