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

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In short

  • The US imported $1.21B of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 12% on the year before.
  • Japan is the largest supplier, with 25.0% of US imports; Malaysia is next, with 15.2%.
  • Philippines is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $0.18 each.
  • Duty paid averaged 2.9% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 2.9 points on a year earlier.
  • Singapore is gaining share: 6.2% over the last 12 months, up from 1.2%.
  • 2 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.

US imports, Aug 2026

$107.0M

↑ +20% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$1.21B

↓ −12% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

2.9%

↓ −2.9 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Japan

25.0% 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. 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 ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$88.8M
September 2025$93.3M
October 2025$82.5M
November 2025$100.0M
December 2025$103.3M
January 2026$86.0M
February 2026$81.5M
March 2026$109.3M
April 2026$111.3M
May 2026$106.6M
June 2026$112.0M
July 2026$119.3M
August 2026$107.0M

What changed

  • US imports were $107.0M in August 2026, down 10% from July 2026 and up 20% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $1.21B, down 12% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Taiwan up from 4.5% to 6.7%, Sweden down from 4.8% to 0.0%.
  • Average price from Austria fell 6.8% since July 2026, to $0.79 each.
  • Duty paid by the main suppliers held within 2 points of July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $1.21B in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 18% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $1.47B, up 9.4%. 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 2022China ↑China ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$1.03B
12 months to Aug 2018$1.20B
12 months to Aug 2019$1.27B
12 months to Aug 2020$1.06B
12 months to Aug 2021$1.38B
12 months to Aug 2022$1.82B
12 months to Aug 2023$2.00B
12 months to Aug 2024$1.83B
12 months to Aug 2025$1.38B
12 months to Aug 2026$1.21B
  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • Austria
  • Germany
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodJapanMalaysiaAustriaGermany
12 months to Aug 20178.1%20.3%0.5%3.9%
12 months to Aug 20189.1%18.0%0.5%4.4%
12 months to Aug 201910.3%17.6%0.3%6.7%
12 months to Aug 202013.6%16.6%0.3%5.6%
12 months to Aug 202115.3%12.6%2.6%4.1%
12 months to Aug 202215.1%13.7%6.8%5.7%
12 months to Aug 202313.3%10.7%10.1%7.2%
12 months to Aug 202415.1%14.1%13.0%8.4%
12 months to Aug 202521.8%10.4%10.8%7.6%
12 months to Aug 202626.2%13.4%12.2%9.8%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodJapanMalaysiaAustriaGermanyAll 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%0.7%
12 months to Aug 20190.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.8%
12 months to Aug 20200.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.6%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.7%
12 months to Aug 20220.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.5%
12 months to Aug 20230.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.3%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%
12 months to Aug 20250.0%0.1%0.0%0.1%2.9%
12 months to Aug 20260.1%0.2%0.2%0.2%3.0%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$1.21B−12%3.0%+0.1 pts$1.47B+9.6%
12 months to Aug 2025$1.38B−25%2.9%+1.0 pts$1.34B−20%
12 months to Aug 2024$1.83B−8.3%2.0%−0.4 pts$1.67B−19%
12 months to Aug 2023$2.00B+9.6%2.3%−0.2 pts$2.05B−6.6%
12 months to Aug 2022HS 2022 revision$1.82B+32%2.5%+0.8 pts$2.19B+33%
12 months to Aug 2021$1.38B+31%1.7%+0.1 pts$1.64B+31%
12 months to Aug 2020$1.06B−17%1.6%−1.2 pts$1.25B−8.3%
12 months to Aug 2019$1.27B+5.5%2.8%+2.1 pts$1.37B+4.2%
12 months to Aug 2018$1.20B+17%0.7%+0.7 pts$1.31B−2.2%
12 months to Aug 2017$1.03B0.0%$1.34B

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
Japan$26.7M25.0%−2.8 pts$1.51 each+5.9%0.1%0.0 pts
Malaysia$16.3M15.2%+4.0 pts$0.28 each+1.0%0.0%−0.3 pts
Austria$14.4M13.5%+1.1 pts$0.79 each+13%0.2%+0.2 pts
Germany$10.1M9.4%−1.3 pts$0.51 each−0.1%0.5%−0.1 pts
Taiwan$7.1M6.7%+5.2 pts$0.26 each+292%0.1%−0.5 pts
China$6.9M6.4%−3.3 pts$0.27 each+6.2%48.6%−20.7 pts
Philippines$5.4M5.0%−1.5 pts$0.16 each+88%0.2%−0.4 pts
Singapore$4.5M4.2%−2.6 pts$3.87 each+61%0.0%0.0 pts
Other countries (25)$15.7M14.7%+1.7 pts$0.26 each+73%0.3%−1.2 pts
All countries$107.0M100.0%$0.46 each+42%2.9%−2.9 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 51.7% 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
Philippines$0.17 each$0.00 each2.7% of price$0.00 each0.3% of price$0.18 each+66%
Taiwan$0.21 each$0.00 each1.1% of price$0.00 each0.1% of price$0.22 each+66%
Malaysia$0.31 each$0.01 each3.3% of price$0.00 each0.0% of price$0.32 each+10%
China$0.22 each$0.00 each2.2% of price$0.11 each49.0% of price$0.33 each+2.4%
Germany$0.50 each$0.01 each2.0% of price$0.00 each0.2% of price$0.51 each−5.7%
Austria$0.74 each$0.04 each5.1% of price$0.00 each0.2% of price$0.78 each+27%
Japan$1.64 each$0.03 each1.8% of price$0.00 each0.1% of price$1.67 each+35%
Singapore$3.47 each$0.03 each0.9% of price$0.01 each0.2% of price$3.50 each+118%
All countries$0.43 each$0.01 each2.5% of price$0.01 each2.5% of price$0.46 each+25%

Landed at a US port, Philippines was cheapest, at $0.18 each: 18.7% below Taiwan.

Landed cost from Singapore rose 118% on a year earlier, to $3.50 each, mostly on price: $1.59 each then, $3.47 each now.

How the market is shifting

Singapore gained the most share: 6.2% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 1.2% in the 12 months before. Morocco lost the most: 1.8%, down from 11.9%. 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.

  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • Austria
  • Germany
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthJapanMalaysiaAustriaGermany
September 202413.6%11.8%8.1%3.8%
October 202421.0%9.3%11.7%10.0%
November 202416.8%11.2%11.7%5.7%
December 202415.0%8.9%8.6%5.2%
January 202525.0%12.6%12.0%9.0%
February 202527.2%12.5%7.7%10.2%
March 202521.0%9.0%8.5%12.4%
April 202528.9%11.3%9.1%7.9%
May 202529.1%8.5%14.5%6.5%
June 202523.6%9.0%10.7%4.9%
July 202525.4%9.8%18.3%8.6%
August 202527.8%11.2%12.3%10.7%
September 202535.4%9.1%9.8%11.4%
October 202531.9%10.7%10.6%10.3%
November 202524.1%14.7%12.7%8.3%
December 202519.1%11.0%13.0%11.3%
January 202626.0%12.9%10.6%9.9%
February 202625.4%13.3%11.9%11.9%
March 202624.4%15.0%11.9%10.3%
April 202628.4%13.7%11.7%7.4%
May 202627.0%13.2%12.9%8.5%
June 202624.6%16.9%11.2%8.3%
July 202624.6%14.0%14.9%11.4%
August 202625.0%15.2%13.5%9.4%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthJapanMalaysiaAustriaGermanyAll countries
September 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.4%
October 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.7%
November 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.6%
December 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.1%
January 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.8%
February 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.7%
March 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.7%
April 20250.0%0.6%0.1%0.5%3.5%
May 20250.0%0.5%0.0%0.3%3.9%
June 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%2.9%
July 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%3.5%
August 20250.1%0.4%0.0%0.6%5.8%
September 20250.1%0.1%0.0%0.3%3.3%
October 20250.0%0.1%0.1%0.2%3.7%
November 20250.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%4.6%
December 20250.2%0.3%0.2%0.1%3.8%
January 20260.2%0.5%0.1%0.1%3.8%
February 20260.0%0.1%0.1%0.1%2.6%
March 20260.1%0.1%0.0%0.1%2.7%
April 20260.2%0.6%0.8%0.7%2.8%
May 20260.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.3%
June 20260.1%0.0%0.3%0.0%2.3%
July 20260.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.3%
August 20260.1%0.0%0.2%0.5%2.9%

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–February 2026 · Duty paid: China 63.0% → 46.7%, Mexico 14.2% → 0.1%.
  2. February–April 2025 · Duty paid: China 24.5% → 66.8%, Mexico 0.0% → 14.2%.
  3. September 2020 · Duty paid: China 7.6% → 23.6%.
  4. August 2018 · Duty paid: China 0.0% → 16.8%.

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 8541.29

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Los Angeles International Airport, CA$390.2M · 32.2%
  2. Chicago, IL$190.5M · 15.7%
  3. Los Angeles, CA$118.6M · 9.8%
  4. Anchorage, AK$84.2M · 7.0%
  5. Otay Mesa, CA$63.3M · 5.2%

Where US exports go

US exports were $124.4M in August 2026, up 6.1% from August 2025, and $1.47B over the last 12 months, up 9.6% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Korea, South, up 44%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
China$288.6M19.7%+18%
Mexico$222.1M15.1%−9.8%
Malaysia$213.9M14.6%+15%
Singapore$201.8M13.8%+10%
Philippines$87.4M6.0%+12%
Germany$70.7M4.8%+4.9%
Korea, South$58.1M4.0%+44%
Canada$50.4M3.4%+13%
Other countries (90)$273.6M18.7%+10%
All countries$1.47B100.0%+9.6%

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; 118 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$9.55Bin 2025+6.4%$72.6M0.8%
Hong Kong$6.53Bin 2025+0.5%$23.2M0.4%
Singapore$3.74Bin 2025+34%$192.4M5.1%
Germany$2.59Bin 2025−1.0%$35.7M1.4%
Malaysia$1.08Bin 2025+32%$110.6M10.3%
Taiwan$925.0Min 2024+0.2%$8.0M0.9%
Mexico$812.4Min 2025−0.5%$35.1MUS records $247.4M4.3%
Morocco$807.4Min 2025−37%$4.9M0.6%

The biggest market outside the US is China, which imported $9.55B of this product in 2025, 0.8% of that from the US.

Of these, imports into Singapore grew fastest: up 34% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 8541: semiconductor devices; photosensitive semiconductor devices incl photovoltaic cells; light-emitting diodes (led); mounted piezo-elec crystals; parts. 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.
  • 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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