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

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Arc lamps

In short

  • The US imported $105.3M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.9% on the year before.
  • Germany is the largest supplier, with 29.7% of US imports; Hungary is next, with 16.3%.
  • Hungary is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $6.09 each.
  • Duty paid averaged 11.4% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 3.6 points on a year earlier.
  • Hungary is gaining share: 19.9% over the last 12 months, up from 16.0%.
  • US exports were $96.7M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Taiwan, with 24.3%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$8.6M

↓ −7.0% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$105.3M

↓ −7.9% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

11.4%

↓ −3.6 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Germany

29.7% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugDuty ↑Indonesia ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$9.3M
September 2025$7.1M
October 2025$11.5M
November 2025$8.1M
December 2025$7.8M
January 2026$7.5M
February 2026$7.0M
March 2026$9.1M
April 2026$7.9M
May 2026$11.9M
June 2026$9.1M
July 2026$9.5M
August 2026$8.6M

What changed

  • US imports were $8.6M in August 2026, down 9.6% from July 2026 and down 7.0% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $105.3M, down 7.9% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Indonesia up from 8.1% to 15.7%, Germany down from 42.1% to 29.7%.
  • Average price from Germany fell 21% since July 2026, to $251.93 each.
  • Duty paid on imports from Thailand rose from 11.3% to 14.7% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Philippines rose from 12.6% to 15.1% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $105.3M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 3.5% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $96.7M, up 54%. In January 2022 the HS 2022 revision moved some goods between this code and 8549.21, 8549.29, 8549.31 and 3 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 ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$109.2M
12 months to Aug 2018$95.8M
12 months to Aug 2019$90.2M
12 months to Aug 2020$77.3M
12 months to Aug 2021$90.2M
12 months to Aug 2022$123.3M
12 months to Aug 2023$111.6M
12 months to Aug 2024$116.8M
12 months to Aug 2025$114.4M
12 months to Aug 2026$105.3M
  • Germany
  • Hungary
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodGermanyHungaryIndonesiaJapan
12 months to Aug 201715.9%7.0%1.4%38.9%
12 months to Aug 201815.8%9.5%1.7%36.4%
12 months to Aug 201916.5%8.7%2.0%32.2%
12 months to Aug 202027.0%10.7%4.9%25.8%
12 months to Aug 202121.9%21.8%11.1%26.3%
12 months to Aug 202220.1%16.7%11.6%18.5%
12 months to Aug 202326.5%14.6%14.8%18.6%
12 months to Aug 202425.7%15.9%10.9%16.6%
12 months to Aug 202528.2%16.0%14.9%13.4%
12 months to Aug 202629.5%19.9%13.7%13.1%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodGermanyHungaryIndonesiaJapanAll countries
12 months to Aug 20172.6%2.6%2.6%2.6%2.0%
12 months to Aug 20182.6%2.6%2.6%2.6%2.1%
12 months to Aug 20192.6%2.6%2.6%2.6%2.2%
12 months to Aug 20202.6%2.6%2.6%2.6%2.4%
12 months to Aug 20212.6%2.6%2.6%2.6%3.0%
12 months to Aug 20222.6%2.6%2.6%2.6%2.8%
12 months to Aug 20232.6%2.6%2.6%2.6%2.8%
12 months to Aug 20242.6%2.6%2.6%2.6%2.7%
12 months to Aug 20256.7%7.1%7.8%6.0%6.5%
12 months to Aug 202613.1%13.2%16.7%13.7%14.5%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$105.3M−7.9%14.5%+8.0 pts$96.7M+3.3%
12 months to Aug 2025$114.4M−2.0%6.5%+3.8 pts$93.7M−1.1%
12 months to Aug 2024$116.8M+4.7%2.7%−0.1 pts$94.7M+3.0%
12 months to Aug 2023$111.6M−9.5%2.8%0.0 pts$91.9M+18%
12 months to Aug 2022HS 2022 revision$123.3M+37%2.8%−0.2 pts$77.8M+32%
12 months to Aug 2021$90.2M+17%3.0%+0.5 pts$58.9M−0.6%
12 months to Aug 2020$77.3M−14%2.4%+0.2 pts$59.2M−11%
12 months to Aug 2019$90.2M−5.9%2.2%+0.2 pts$66.7M−0.8%
12 months to Aug 2018$95.8M−12%2.1%+0.1 pts$67.3M+7.3%
12 months to Aug 2017$109.2M2.0%$62.7M

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
Germany$2.6M29.7%+1.4 pts$251.93 each−40%9.4%−4.7 pts
Hungary$1.4M16.3%−1.7 pts$5.74 each+8.2%10.0%−2.7 pts
Indonesia$1.4M15.7%−3.2 pts$223.58 each+7.6%12.5%−7.9 pts
Japan$961K11.1%+1.0 pts$688.29 each+0.3%12.5%−2.3 pts
Philippines$871K10.1%+0.1 pts$485.50 each+16%15.1%+15.1 pts
United Kingdom$832K9.6%+4.0 pts$252.08 each−32%12.6%0.0 pts
Thailand$214K2.5%+0.3 pts$2,521 each−13%14.7%−0.8 pts
Czech Republic$157K1.8%−0.7 pts$286.77 each+52%10.0%−4.3 pts
Other countries (13)$267K3.1%−0.8 pts$135.56 each+224%11.2%−39.0 pts
All countries$8.6M100.0%$52.82 each+93%11.4%−3.6 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 63.2% 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
Hungary$5.33 each$0.14 each2.7% of price$0.62 each11.6% of price$6.09 each−0.6%
Indonesia$217.68 each$2.86 each1.3% of price$25.37 each11.7% of price$245.91 each+5.6%
United Kingdom$216.09 each$3.56 each1.6% of price$26.98 each12.5% of price$246.62 each−28%
Germany$338.98 each$11.48 each3.4% of price$37.27 each11.0% of price$387.72 each+52%
Philippines$485.57 each$7.54 each1.6% of price$65.13 each13.4% of price$558.25 each+17%
Japan$633.17 each$6.76 each1.1% of price$79.46 each12.5% of price$719.40 each−9.4%
Thailand$2,510 each$18.65 each0.7% of price$317.43 each12.6% of price$2,846 each−7.3%
All countries$33.44 each$0.78 each2.3% of price$3.96 each11.8% of price$38.18 each+13%

Landed at a US port, Hungary was cheapest, at $6.09 each: 97.5% below Indonesia.

Landed cost from Germany rose 52% on a year earlier, to $387.72 each, mostly on price: $220.90 each then, $338.98 each now.

How the market is shifting

Hungary gained the most share: 19.9% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 16.0% in the 12 months before. Philippines lost the most: 10.8%, down from 12.8%. 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.

  • Germany
  • Hungary
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthGermanyHungaryIndonesiaJapan
September 202431.5%5.5%20.2%15.7%
October 202428.7%8.3%12.4%14.9%
November 202424.7%13.3%8.4%18.0%
December 202426.8%13.1%11.6%17.9%
January 202527.2%20.2%12.7%11.1%
February 202524.5%21.9%19.8%12.9%
March 202532.6%16.5%15.8%11.1%
April 202530.0%17.6%13.1%11.7%
May 202532.1%26.5%13.6%14.4%
June 202524.5%19.8%19.2%12.3%
July 202526.9%13.4%15.3%9.9%
August 202528.3%18.0%18.9%10.2%
September 202531.4%15.2%26.0%13.1%
October 202520.4%18.4%9.8%12.9%
November 202527.4%21.7%16.1%12.2%
December 202530.2%16.8%17.2%17.4%
January 202622.6%29.8%12.9%6.7%
February 202629.2%21.7%11.5%22.7%
March 202610.1%27.1%12.4%9.7%
April 202636.8%13.3%14.9%17.3%
May 202646.7%19.3%10.7%13.2%
June 202624.4%20.4%14.4%11.8%
July 202642.1%19.7%8.1%11.8%
August 202629.7%16.3%15.7%11.1%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthGermanyHungaryIndonesiaJapanAll countries
September 20242.6%2.6%2.6%2.6%2.7%
October 20242.6%2.6%2.6%2.6%2.7%
November 20242.6%2.6%2.6%2.6%2.5%
December 20242.6%2.6%2.6%2.6%2.9%
January 20252.6%2.6%2.6%2.6%2.5%
February 20252.6%2.6%2.6%2.6%3.0%
March 20252.6%2.6%2.6%2.6%2.6%
April 202510.0%10.7%10.9%7.9%10.1%
May 202512.6%12.1%12.6%12.6%12.8%
June 202512.6%12.6%12.6%12.6%11.4%
July 202512.6%12.6%12.6%12.6%10.2%
August 202514.0%12.7%20.4%14.8%15.1%
September 202515.0%15.0%21.5%15.1%17.4%
October 202515.0%15.0%21.6%15.0%18.0%
November 202515.0%14.4%21.4%15.0%17.3%
December 202515.0%15.0%21.6%15.0%17.0%
January 202615.0%15.0%21.6%15.0%17.6%
February 202614.8%13.8%19.2%14.5%15.5%
March 202612.5%11.8%12.6%12.3%12.5%
April 202612.6%11.6%12.6%12.6%12.7%
May 202612.6%12.3%11.5%12.6%12.5%
June 202612.6%12.6%10.8%12.6%12.3%
July 202611.3%11.4%11.7%12.5%11.8%
August 20269.4%10.0%12.5%12.5%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. March 2026 · Duty paid: Indonesia 21.5% → 12.1%.
  2. September–October 2025 · Duty paid: Indonesia 16.5% → 21.6%, Philippines 0.1% → 21.6%.
  3. April–May 2025 · Duty paid: Germany 2.6% → 12.6%, Hungary 2.6% → 12.6%, Indonesia 2.6% → 12.6%, Japan 2.6% → 12.6%, all countries 2.8% → 12.1%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. San Francisco International Airport, CA$33.1M · 31.4%
  2. Newark, NJ$22.8M · 21.7%
  3. Los Angeles, CA$11.6M · 11.0%
  4. Anchorage, AK$8.6M · 8.2%
  5. Los Angeles International Airport, CA$7.3M · 6.9%

Where US exports go

US exports were $9.4M in August 2026, up 35% from August 2025, and $96.7M over the last 12 months, up 3.3% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: China, up 15%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Taiwan$23.5M24.3%+2.9%
China$20.9M21.6%+15%
Korea, South$19.2M19.8%+6.7%
Japan$5.8M6.0%−18%
Canada$3.7M3.8%+14%
Netherlands$3.2M3.3%+4.9%
Ukraine$2.7M2.8%+17232%
Singapore$2.6M2.7%−6.8%
Other countries (72)$15.2M15.7%−17%
All countries$96.7M100.0%+3.3%

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; 115 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
Singapore$42.2Min 2025+12%$972KUS records $2.1M2.3%
Germany$41.6Min 2025+19%$4.7M11.3%
Taiwan$36.4Min 2024+7.6%$2.5MUS records $20.7M6.9%
China$29.5Min 2025+6.7%$714KUS records $19.3M2.4%
Korea, South$29.0Min 2025−5.7%$3.7MUS records $18.2M12.7%
Saudi Arabia$27.7Min 2025+9.5%$643K2.3%
Poland$17.4Min 2025−31%$569K3.3%
Netherlands$12.8Min 2025+28%$4.0M31.6%

The biggest market outside the US is Singapore, which imported $42.2M of this product in 2025, 2.3% of that from the US by its own count; the US records $2.1M of exports there.

The US supplies 31.6% of imports into the Netherlands, but under 10% into Saudi Arabia and Poland.

Of these, imports into the Netherlands grew fastest: up 28% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 8539: electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultraviolet or infrared lamps; arc lamps; 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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