Electrical apparatus for switching, protecting or making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 v, not elsewhere specified

US trade by year

US imports were $3.52B in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 111% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $5.15B, up 54%. In January 2022 the HS 2022 revision moved some goods between this code and 8541.51, 8541.59, 8549.21 and 5 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, 8542.33 and 1 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.

• China
• Mexico
• Germany
• Turkey
• All countries

Who supplies the US

August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025. Average prices aren't shown because this product's lines are counted in different units.

The 3 largest suppliers had 48.2% of US imports over the last 12 months.

How the market is shifting

Korea, South gained the most share: 4.3% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 3.2% in the 12 months before. Mexico lost the most: 19.7%, down from 23.6%. 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
• Mexico
• Germany
• Turkey
• 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. January–April 2026 · Duty paid: China 54.7% → 40.0%, Germany 19.1% → 12.1%, all countries 22.5% → 13.1%.
2. August 2025 · Duty paid: China 65.5% → 59.0%.
3. March–May 2025 · Duty paid: Mexico 0.0% → 8.9%, China 24.2% → 65.5%, Germany 0.6% → 15.5%, all countries 3.8% → 18.4%.
   • Implementation of Duties on Aluminum Pursuant to Proclamation 10895 Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United StatesMar 5, 2025 · Bureau of Industry and Security
4. July 2018 · Duty paid: China 0.7% → 23.3%.
   • Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2017Jul 27, 2018 · International Trade Administration
   • Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2016Jul 25, 2018 · International Trade Administration
   • Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Expedited Changed Circumstances ReviewJul 20, 2018 · International Trade Administration

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 8536.90

• Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024Aug 11, 2026 · International Trade Administration

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; 124 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.

The biggest market outside the US is China, which imported $7.91B of this product in 2025, 4.4% of that from the US.

The US supplies 37.5% of imports into Mexico, but under 10% into China, Hong Kong and Germany.

Of these, imports into India grew fastest: up 38% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 8536: electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, voltage not over 1,000 v. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.