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HS 8538.90

Parts for electrical apparatus for electrical circuits, boards, panels etc. for electric control or distribution of electricity, not elsewhere specified

In short

  • The US imported $4.49B of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 14% on the year before.
  • Mexico is the largest supplier, with 27.5% of US imports; China is next, with 12.6%.
  • Duty paid averaged 11.4% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 4.7 points on a year earlier.
  • Korea, South is gaining share: 3.6% over the last 12 months, up from 1.8%.
  • US exports were $6.41B over the last 12 months; the largest market is Mexico, with 63.7%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$430.4M

↑ +31% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$4.49B

↑ +14% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

11.4%

↓ −4.7 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Mexico

27.5% 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 ↓Duty ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$329.3M
September 2025$336.6M
October 2025$344.0M
November 2025$310.9M
December 2025$342.6M
January 2026$337.0M
February 2026$337.8M
March 2026$413.3M
April 2026$389.3M
May 2026$403.9M
June 2026$416.0M
July 2026$432.0M
August 2026$430.4M

What changed

  • US imports were $430.4M in August 2026, down 0.4% from July 2026 and up 31% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $4.49B, up 14% on the 12 months before.
  • Market shares barely moved since July 2026: no supplier with 3% or more of the market gained or lost 2 points.
  • Duty paid on imports from Italy fell from 12.7% to 9.9% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from China rose from 38.2% to 40.3% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $4.49B in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 58% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $6.41B, up 49%. 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, 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026HS 2022HS 2017China ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$2.84B
12 months to Aug 2018$3.04B
12 months to Aug 2019$3.08B
12 months to Aug 2020$2.71B
12 months to Aug 2021$3.08B
12 months to Aug 2022$3.38B
12 months to Aug 2023$3.80B
12 months to Aug 2024$3.64B
12 months to Aug 2025$3.93B
12 months to Aug 2026$4.49B
  • Mexico
  • China
  • Germany
  • India
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodMexicoChinaGermanyIndia
12 months to Aug 201728.9%21.4%8.3%1.6%
12 months to Aug 201828.9%21.0%8.2%2.1%
12 months to Aug 201930.0%17.0%7.9%3.1%
12 months to Aug 202032.3%13.9%7.4%3.3%
12 months to Aug 202133.7%14.9%7.5%4.1%
12 months to Aug 202231.5%15.5%7.7%4.7%
12 months to Aug 202333.4%13.9%7.9%4.6%
12 months to Aug 202433.1%13.2%7.2%4.8%
12 months to Aug 202531.6%11.9%7.4%6.2%
12 months to Aug 202629.3%11.6%7.7%6.5%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodMexicoChinaGermanyIndiaAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.7%3.4%3.3%1.3%2.3%
12 months to Aug 20180.8%5.2%3.4%1.5%2.7%
12 months to Aug 20190.9%21.5%3.3%1.7%4.9%
12 months to Aug 20201.0%22.9%3.3%3.3%5.0%
12 months to Aug 20211.0%27.6%3.3%3.2%5.4%
12 months to Aug 20221.1%27.7%3.2%3.1%5.8%
12 months to Aug 20231.0%27.7%3.3%3.2%5.3%
12 months to Aug 20241.1%27.7%3.4%3.1%5.1%
12 months to Aug 20252.9%45.6%7.1%6.9%9.7%
12 months to Aug 20263.1%43.8%13.0%28.1%14.0%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$4.49B+14%14.0%+4.3 pts$6.41B+35%
12 months to Aug 2025$3.93B+8.1%9.7%+4.6 pts$4.74B−1.7%
12 months to Aug 2024$3.64B−4.3%5.1%−0.2 pts$4.82B−11%
12 months to Aug 2023$3.80B+12%5.3%−0.5 pts$5.43B+9.2%
12 months to Aug 2022HS 2022 revision$3.38B+9.6%5.8%+0.4 pts$4.97B+16%
12 months to Aug 2021$3.08B+14%5.4%+0.4 pts$4.29B+14%
12 months to Aug 2020$2.71B−12%5.0%+0.1 pts$3.74B−13%
12 months to Aug 2019$3.08B+1.5%4.9%+2.2 pts$4.31B−7.1%
12 months to Aug 2018$3.04B+7.1%2.7%+0.4 pts$4.64B+8.0%
12 months to Aug 2017HS 2017 revision$2.84B2.3%$4.30B

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.

CountryUS importsShareAverage priceDuty paidLast 13 months
Mexico$118.4M27.5%−2.3 ptsn/a2.2%−1.8 pts
China$54.1M12.6%+0.4 ptsn/a40.3%−17.8 pts
Germany$40.3M9.4%+3.0 ptsn/a9.9%−3.8 pts
India$33.4M7.8%+1.0 ptsn/a13.3%−4.4 pts
Canada$21.2M4.9%+1.2 ptsn/a1.9%−5.5 pts
Italy$20.2M4.7%−0.1 ptsn/a9.9%−3.9 pts
Korea, South$20.0M4.6%+3.0 ptsn/a9.8%−0.4 pts
Japan$19.2M4.5%−0.6 ptsn/a11.6%−1.5 pts
Other countries (64)$103.7M24.1%−5.6 ptsn/a11.0%−4.6 pts
All countries$430.4M100.0%n/a11.4%−4.7 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 48.6% of US imports over the last 12 months.

How the market is shifting

Korea, South gained the most share: 3.6% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 1.8% in the 12 months before. Mexico lost the most: 29.3%, down from 31.6%. 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.

  • Mexico
  • China
  • Germany
  • India
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthMexicoChinaGermanyIndia
September 202431.1%13.4%7.8%6.9%
October 202432.5%13.3%6.7%4.8%
November 202431.3%12.1%9.2%6.2%
December 202429.5%12.2%6.7%7.2%
January 202532.2%13.0%8.4%6.3%
February 202535.2%11.1%6.7%5.7%
March 202533.2%11.7%7.3%6.9%
April 202530.1%10.4%8.2%5.6%
May 202530.9%10.6%7.3%6.0%
June 202530.7%10.8%7.8%6.1%
July 202532.8%11.8%6.3%5.9%
August 202529.8%12.1%6.4%6.7%
September 202529.4%12.3%7.8%6.1%
October 202533.3%10.6%6.3%5.3%
November 202530.4%11.2%7.4%6.4%
December 202529.3%12.2%7.2%6.6%
January 202628.9%12.3%5.7%7.1%
February 202629.5%11.0%9.1%6.7%
March 202628.6%10.7%7.8%6.0%
April 202631.1%10.3%7.8%5.0%
May 202629.0%11.9%7.7%6.3%
June 202628.6%11.8%7.8%6.3%
July 202627.4%12.5%7.8%8.0%
August 202627.5%12.6%9.4%7.8%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthMexicoChinaGermanyIndiaAll countries
September 20241.0%27.2%3.3%3.1%5.1%
October 20240.9%27.8%3.2%2.9%5.0%
November 20241.0%27.0%3.3%3.2%4.9%
December 20241.0%27.5%3.2%3.1%5.1%
January 20251.2%27.3%3.2%3.1%5.3%
February 20251.0%31.6%3.2%2.8%5.1%
March 20256.7%43.0%3.2%3.0%8.8%
April 20255.2%79.6%8.0%4.7%14.5%
May 20254.5%79.3%13.3%10.4%15.9%
June 20254.1%58.2%13.3%13.2%14.1%
July 20253.7%57.9%13.3%13.1%14.3%
August 20254.0%58.1%13.7%17.7%16.1%
September 20254.0%55.4%14.9%40.2%18.1%
October 20254.1%58.0%14.7%51.7%17.7%
November 20254.5%52.0%14.8%52.4%18.0%
December 20254.5%48.6%14.3%52.9%17.9%
January 20264.5%48.6%14.6%52.7%17.8%
February 20263.3%45.9%14.4%35.0%15.0%
March 20261.9%37.0%12.2%12.6%10.2%
April 20262.3%36.6%12.6%12.9%11.1%
May 20262.3%37.9%12.9%13.1%11.4%
June 20262.6%37.9%12.5%12.7%11.6%
July 20262.5%38.2%11.4%12.4%11.8%
August 20262.2%40.3%9.9%13.3%11.4%

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. February 2026 · Duty paid: China 50.3% → 37.5%, all countries 17.8% → 11.3%.
  2. August 2025 · Duty paid: China 68.8% → 56.6%.
  3. March 2025 · Duty paid: China 27.4% → 68.8%, all countries 5.1% → 14.3%.
  4. August 2018 · Duty paid: China 3.4% → 19.2%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Nogales, AZ$329.8M · 7.3%
  2. Laredo, TX$302.4M · 6.7%
  3. Newark, NJ$299.1M · 6.7%
  4. Chicago, IL$269.0M · 6.0%
  5. Los Angeles, CA$262.6M · 5.8%

Where US exports go

US exports were $703.8M in August 2026, up 75% from August 2025, and $6.41B over the last 12 months, up 35% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Mexico, up 51%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Mexico$4.08B63.7%+51%
Canada$370.0M5.8%+7.8%
China$251.4M3.9%+26%
Dominican Republic$180.1M2.8%+32%
Germany$107.3M1.7%+12%
Malaysia$94.2M1.5%+25%
India$90.3M1.4%+28%
Singapore$76.4M1.2%+23%
Other countries (156)$1.15B18.0%+10.0%
All countries$6.41B100.0%+35%

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.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Mexico$4.90Bin 2025+0.1%$2.28B46.6%
China$3.49Bin 2025+7.3%$189.6M5.4%
Germany$2.59Bin 2025+14%$76.1M2.9%
Italy$2.40Bin 2025+49%$35.5M1.5%
France$1.20Bin 2025+0.4%$34.4M2.9%
India$1.19Bin 2025+23%$82.3M6.9%
Czech Republic$1.16Bin 2025+10%$25.0M2.2%
Singapore$875.1Min 2025+12%$84.1M9.6%

The biggest market outside the US is Mexico, which imported $4.90B of this product in 2025, 46.6% of that from the US.

The US supplies 46.6% of imports into Mexico, but under 10% into China, Germany and Italy.

Of these, imports into Italy grew fastest: up 49% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 8538: parts for electrical apparatus for switching etc. electric circuits (of heading 8535 or 8536) and panels, boards, consoles etc. (of heading 8537). US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, and other bases for electric control etc. equipment, not equipped with electrical apparatusHS 8538.10$688.5M$252.7M
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, 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.
  • 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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