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HS 8549.19

Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators, not elsewhere specified

In short

  • The US imported $5.1M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 55% on the year before.
  • Canada is the largest supplier, with 95.1% of US imports; Mexico is next, with 2.3%.
  • Duty paid averaged 0.4% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 1.0 points on a year earlier.
  • Canada is gaining share: 85.8% over the last 12 months, up from 54.7%.
  • US exports were $159.9M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 38.2%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$421K

↑ +66% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$5.1M

↑ +55% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

0.4%

↓ −1.0 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Canada

95.1% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$254K
September 2025$637K
October 2025$296K
November 2025$512K
December 2025$514K
January 2026$508K
February 2026$317K
March 2026$343K
April 2026$430K
May 2026$496K
June 2026$254K
July 2026$400K
August 2026$421K

What changed

  • US imports were $421K in August 2026, up 5.4% from July 2026 and up 66% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $5.1M, up 55% 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.
  • Average price from Canada rose 86% since July 2026, to $11.68/kg.
  • Duty paid on imports from China rose from 17.5% to 20.0% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $5.1M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 6229% on the 12 months to Aug 2023. US exports were $159.9M, up 40%. This code began with the HS 2022 revision in January 2022, taking goods from 8548.10, so its history starts there.

2023202420252026
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2023$81K
12 months to Aug 2024$551K
12 months to Aug 2025$3.3M
12 months to Aug 2026$5.1M
  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • United Kingdom
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodCanadaMexicoUnited KingdomAntigua and Barbuda
12 months to Aug 20230.0%0.0%6.5%42.9%
12 months to Aug 20243.9%5.0%7.6%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202554.7%1.9%0.0%3.1%
12 months to Aug 202685.8%8.6%2.9%0.8%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodCanadaMexicoUnited KingdomAntigua and BarbudaAll countries
12 months to Aug 2023n/an/a0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20250.1%0.0%n/a2.2%2.7%
12 months to Aug 20260.0%0.3%10.0%7.4%0.6%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$5.1M+55%0.6%−2.0 pts$159.9M+32%
12 months to Aug 2025$3.3M+501%2.7%+2.7 pts$121.5M+30%
12 months to Aug 2024$551K+580%0.0%0.0 pts$93.2M−19%
12 months to Aug 2023$81K0.0%$114.5M

Who supplies the US

August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025.

CountryUS importsShareAverage priceDuty paidLast 13 months
Canada$400K95.1%+8.8 pts$11.68/kg+62%0.0%0.0 pts
Mexico$10K2.3%new$63.63/kg0.0%
China$6K1.3%new$4.87/kg20.0%
Malaysia$3K0.8%−11.7 pts$0.96/kg−69%10.0%0.0 pts
Bahamas$2K0.5%new$0.22/kg12.5%
All countries$421K100.0%$8.64/kg+61%0.4%−1.0 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 97.3% of US imports over the last 12 months.

How the market is shifting

Canada gained the most share: 85.8% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 54.7% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 0.6%, down from 17.9%. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months.

  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • United Kingdom
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthCanadaMexicoUnited KingdomAntigua and Barbuda
September 20240.0%3.4%0.0%1.9%
October 20240.0%0.0%0.0%56.3%
November 20243.1%0.0%0.0%3.3%
December 20240.0%0.0%0.0%67.2%
January 20250.0%41.7%0.0%32.5%
February 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
March 202591.4%0.0%0.0%2.2%
April 20258.7%0.0%0.0%16.9%
May 202596.5%0.0%0.0%2.6%
June 202591.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
July 202589.1%7.2%0.0%3.0%
August 202586.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
September 202592.0%3.6%2.3%1.6%
October 202561.1%17.0%14.8%3.3%
November 202585.8%9.9%0.0%2.0%
December 202569.7%7.9%17.7%1.8%
January 202692.2%7.8%0.0%0.0%
February 202682.8%16.4%0.0%0.0%
March 202671.7%25.8%0.0%0.0%
April 202692.3%7.7%0.0%0.0%
May 202692.1%6.9%0.0%0.0%
June 202686.6%6.7%0.0%0.0%
July 202696.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
August 202695.1%2.3%0.0%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthCanadaMexicoUnited KingdomAntigua and BarbudaAll countries
September 2024n/a0.0%n/a0.0%0.0%
October 2024n/an/an/a0.0%0.0%
November 20240.0%n/an/a0.0%6.5%
December 2024n/an/an/a0.0%0.0%
January 2025n/a0.0%n/a0.0%0.0%
February 2025n/an/an/an/a17.3%
March 20250.0%n/an/a0.0%0.0%
April 202525.0%n/an/a10.0%9.2%
May 20250.0%n/an/a10.0%0.3%
June 20250.0%n/an/an/a0.8%
July 20250.0%0.0%n/a0.0%0.1%
August 20250.0%n/an/an/a1.4%
September 20250.0%0.0%10.0%0.0%0.3%
October 20250.0%0.0%10.0%10.0%2.2%
November 20250.0%0.0%n/a10.0%0.4%
December 20250.0%0.0%10.0%10.0%2.3%
January 20260.0%0.0%n/an/a0.0%
February 20260.0%0.0%n/an/a0.1%
March 20260.0%1.5%n/an/a0.7%
April 20260.0%0.0%n/an/a0.0%
May 20260.3%0.0%n/an/a0.4%
June 20260.0%0.0%n/an/a0.5%
July 20260.0%n/an/an/a0.6%
August 20260.0%0.0%n/an/a0.4%

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Port Huron, MI$3.2M · 62.2%
  2. Detroit, MI$1.1M · 21.1%
  3. Hildago, TX$441K · 8.6%
  4. Ysleta, TX$184K · 3.6%
  5. Champlain-Rouses Point, NY$138K · 2.7%

Where US exports go

US exports were $12.9M in August 2026, up 0.1% from August 2025, and $159.9M over the last 12 months, up 32% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Korea, South, up 2876%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$61.1M38.2%+1.7%
Mexico$43.0M26.9%+0.8%
Japan$36.6M22.9%+106%
Korea, South$19.2M12.0%+2876%
India$18K0.0%new
Tunisia$15K0.0%new
Singapore$7K0.0%−97%
United Arab Emirates$5K0.0%new
All countries$159.9M100.0%+32%

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; 57 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
Canada$60.3Min 2025+95%$60.3M100.0%
Korea, South$17.9Min 2025−45%$100KUS records $19.4M0.6%
Poland$5.3Min 2025+1794%$00.0%
Norway$2.4Min 2025−0.1%$2K0.1%
Sweden$1.9Min 2025−82%$00.0%
Germany$1.4Min 2025+434%$00.0%
Slovenia$784Kin 2025−42%$00.0%
Japan$543Kin 2025−28%$0US records $25.7M0.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Canada, which imported $60.3M of this product in 2025, 100.0% of that from the US.

The US supplies 100.0% of imports into Canada, but under 10% into Poland, Norway and Sweden.

Of these, imports into Canada grew fastest: up 95% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 8549: electrical and electronic waste and scrap. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Waste and scrap of lead-acid accumulators; spent lead-acid accumulatorsHS 8549.11$1.7M$691.1M
Electrical and electronic waste and scrap for the recovery of precious metal, not elsewhere specifiedHS 8549.29$20.4M$329.6M
Electrical and electronic waste and scrap, not elsewhere specifiedHS 8549.99$11.5M$56.7M
Waste and scrap for the recovery of precious metal, cont primary cells, primary batteries, elec accum, mercury-switch, crt/other activated glass, etcHS 8549.21$1.0M$33.2M
Waste and scrap electrical and electronic assemblies and printed circuit boards, not elsewhere specifiedHS 8549.39$2.8M$30.7M
Waste and scrap containing lead, cadmium or mercury, of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulatorsHS 8549.12$1.5M$29.8M
Waste and scrap elec and electronic assemb and print circ boards, cont primary cells, prim batt, elec accum, mercury-switch, crt/other activ glass etcHS 8549.31$102K$2.1M
Waste and scrap sorted by chemical type, of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators, not elsewhere specifiedHS 8549.13$331K$1.1M
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 (kilograms), 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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