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

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HS 8549.21

Waste and scrap for the recovery of precious metal, cont primary cells, primary batteries, elec accum, mercury-switch, crt/other activated glass, etc

In short

  • The US imported $1.0M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 1140% on the year before.
  • Canada is the largest supplier, with 100.0% of US imports.
  • Duty paid averaged 0.0% of the value of imports in August 2026, the same as a year earlier.
  • Ecuador is gaining share: 21.6% over the last 12 months, up from 0.0%.
  • US exports were $33.2M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Korea, South, with 98.5%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$4K

↓ −77% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$1.0M

↑ +1140% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

0.0%

0.0 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

Canada

100.0% 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$17K
September 2025$18K
October 2025$0
November 2025$0
December 2025$102K
January 2026$24K
February 2026$22K
March 2026$35K
April 2026$241K
May 2026$147K
June 2026$343K
July 2026$111K
August 2026$4K

What changed

  • US imports were $4K in August 2026, down 97% from July 2026 and down 77% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $1.0M, up 1140% 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 stayed within 5% of July 2026, at $1.75/kg.
  • Duty paid by the main suppliers held within 2 points of July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $1.0M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 2507% on the 12 months to Aug 2023. US exports were $33.2M, up 488%. This code began with the HS 2022 revision in January 2022, taking goods from 3825.10, 3825.20, 3825.30 and 1016 more, so its history starts there.

2023202420252026
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2023$40K
12 months to Aug 2024$19K
12 months to Aug 2025$84K
12 months to Aug 2026$1.0M
  • Canada
  • Ecuador
  • Guatemala
  • Israel
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodCanadaEcuadorGuatemalaIsrael
12 months to Aug 20230.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202460.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202548.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202669.2%21.6%7.6%0.6%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodCanadaEcuadorGuatemalaIsraelAll countries
12 months to Aug 2023n/an/an/an/a0.0%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%n/an/an/a3.5%
12 months to Aug 20250.0%n/an/an/a0.8%
12 months to Aug 20261.8%10.0%10.0%10.0%4.6%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$1.0M+1140%4.6%+3.8 pts$33.2M+235%
12 months to Aug 2025$84K+354%0.8%−2.7 pts$9.9M+145%
12 months to Aug 2024$19K−54%3.5%+3.5 pts$4.0M−28%
12 months to Aug 2023$40K0.0%$5.6M

Who supplies the US

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

CountryUS importsShareAverage priceDuty paidLast 13 months
Canada$4K100.0%0.0 pts$1.75/kg+100%0.0%0.0 pts
All countries$4K100.0%$1.75/kg+100%0.0%0.0 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 98.3% of US imports over the last 12 months.

How the market is shifting

Ecuador gained the most share: 21.6% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 0.0% in the 12 months before. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months.

  • Canada
  • Ecuador
  • Guatemala
  • Israel
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthCanadaEcuadorGuatemalaIsrael
September 2024n/an/an/an/a
October 2024n/an/an/an/a
November 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
December 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
January 2025n/an/an/an/a
February 2025n/an/an/an/a
March 2025n/an/an/an/a
April 2025n/an/an/an/a
May 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
June 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
July 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
August 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
September 202578.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
October 2025n/an/an/an/a
November 2025n/an/an/an/a
December 2025100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
January 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
February 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
March 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
April 20268.7%55.7%33.0%2.6%
May 202637.8%62.2%0.0%0.0%
June 202698.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
July 202698.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
August 2026100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthCanadaEcuadorGuatemalaIsraelAll countries
September 2024n/an/an/an/an/a
October 2024n/an/an/an/an/a
November 2024n/an/an/an/a0.0%
December 2024n/an/an/an/a0.0%
January 2025n/an/an/an/an/a
February 2025n/an/an/an/an/a
March 2025n/an/an/an/an/a
April 2025n/an/an/an/an/a
May 2025n/an/an/an/a1.9%
June 20250.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
July 20250.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
August 20250.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
September 20250.0%n/an/an/a12.0%
October 2025n/an/an/an/an/a
November 2025n/an/an/an/an/a
December 202513.1%n/an/an/a13.1%
January 20260.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
February 20260.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
March 20260.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
April 20260.0%10.0%10.0%10.0%9.1%
May 20260.0%10.0%n/an/a6.2%
June 20260.0%n/an/an/a0.2%
July 20260.0%n/an/an/a0.7%
August 20260.0%n/an/an/a0.0%

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Sweetgrass, MT$321K · 30.7%
  2. Houston, TX$305K · 29.2%
  3. Port Huron, MI$220K · 21.1%
  4. Detroit, MI$62K · 6.0%
  5. Highgate Springs-Alburg, VT$40K · 3.8%

Where US exports go

US exports were $3.0M in August 2026, up 71% from August 2025, and $33.2M over the last 12 months, up 235% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Korea, South, up 251%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Korea, South$32.6M98.5%+251%
Japan$312K0.9%+3.0%
Canada$170K0.5%+17%
Singapore$11K0.0%new
Hong Kong$6K0.0%new
Taiwan$3K0.0%−19%
All countries$33.2M100.0%+235%

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; 44 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
Belgium$183.1Min 2025+35%$32.7M17.9%
Korea, South$172.4Min 2025+65%$94.1MUS records $17.0M54.6%
Japan$60.9Min 2025+32%$6.4MUS records $91K10.5%
Lithuania$58.5Min 2025+2154%$00.0%
Norway$3.4Min 2025+44%$00.0%
Spain$1.9Min 2025+132%$00.0%
Germany$668Kin 2025−47%$00.0%
Singapore$556Kin 2024−88%$00.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Belgium, which imported $183.1M of this product in 2025, 17.9% of that from the US.

Of these, imports into Lithuania grew fastest: up 2154% 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
Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators, not elsewhere specifiedHS 8549.19$5.1M$159.9M
Electrical and electronic waste and scrap, not elsewhere specifiedHS 8549.99$11.5M$56.7M
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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