Brakes and servo-brakes; parts thereof

US trade by year

US imports were $6.47B in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 34% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $2.27B, down 24%. In January 2022 the HS 2022 revision moved some goods between this code and 8524.11, 8524.12, 8524.19 and 4 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.

• Mexico
• China
• India
• Japan
• All countries

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.

The 3 largest suppliers had 73.8% 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

Landed at a US port, Japan was cheapest, at $2.97 each: 44.5% below India.

Landed cost from Canada rose 36% on a year earlier, to $5.54 each, mostly on price: $3.93 each then, $5.34 each now.

How the market is shifting

Mexico gained the most share: 51.1% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 46.7% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 16.6%, down from 22.1%. 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
• India
• Japan
• All countries

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 63.0% → 51.4%.
   • Certain Brake Drums From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Circumvention Inquiry on the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty OrdersJan 27, 2026 · International Trade Administration
2. February–April 2025 · Duty paid: Mexico 0.7% → 6.7%, China 28.1% → 69.3%, all countries 9.0% → 22.7%.
   • Brake Drums From China and Turkey; Scheduling of the Final Phase of Countervailing Duty and Antidumping Duty InvestigationsFeb 7, 2025 · International Trade Commission
   • Certain Brake Drums From the Republic of Türkiye: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional MeasuresJan 29, 2025 · International Trade Administration
   • Certain Brake Drums From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional MeasuresJan 29, 2025 · International Trade Administration
3. September 2020 · Duty paid: China 18.4% → 27.1%.
   • Implementation of the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) Uniform Regulations Regarding Rules of OriginJul 1, 2020 · Treasury Department
4. June 2019 · Duty paid: China 9.9% → 19.5%.
5. October 2018 · Duty paid: China 2.5% → 9.9%.
   • Request for Comments Concerning Proposed Modification of Action Pursuant to Section 301: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and InnovationJul 17, 2018 · Office of the US Trade Representative

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 8708.30

• Certain Brake Drums From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Circumvention Inquiry on the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty OrdersJan 27, 2026 · International Trade Administration

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. 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.

The biggest market outside the US is Germany, which imported $4.71B of this product in 2025, 0.7% of that from the US.

The US supplies 51.2% of imports into Mexico and 43.5% into Canada, but under 10% into Germany, Poland and France.

Related products

Other products under heading 8708: parts and accessories for tractors, public-transport passenger vehicles, motor cars, goods transport motor vehicles and special purpose motor vehicles. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.