Parts and accessories for liquid crystal devices, lasers (other than laser diodes) and other optical appliances and instruments, not elsewhere specified

US trade by year

US imports were $361.0M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 19% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $796.5M, down 2.4%. In January 2022 the HS 2022 revision moved some goods between this code and 8524.11, 8524.12, 8524.19 and 10 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.

• Germany
• Canada
• Mexico
• China
• 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 50.0% 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, United Kingdom was cheapest, at $7.37 each: 26.5% below China.

Landed cost from Mexico rose 1422% on a year earlier, to $143.89 each, mostly on price: $8.56 each then, $143.65 each now.

How the market is shifting

Mexico gained the most share: 9.2% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 3.2% in the 12 months before. Canada lost the most: 17.0%, 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.

• Germany
• Canada
• Mexico
• China
• 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–April 2026 · Duty paid: Germany 20.3% → 14.1%, China 48.9% → 35.8%, all countries 17.4% → 10.0%.
2. August 2025 · Duty paid: China 66.5% → 56.8%.
3. March–May 2025 · Duty paid: Germany 3.6% → 15.8%, China 26.6% → 66.5%, all countries 5.9% → 15.5%.
   • Implementation of Duties on Aluminum Pursuant to Proclamation 10895 Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United StatesMar 5, 2025 · Bureau of Industry and Security
4. June 2019 · Duty paid: China 13.7% → 24.8%.
   • Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty OrdersMay 17, 2019 · International Trade Administration
   • 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 InnovationMay 17, 2019 · Office of the US Trade Representative
   • Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention and Scope Inquiries on the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty OrdersMay 6, 2019 · International Trade Administration
5. October 2018 · Duty paid: China 5.0% → 13.7%.
   • Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances ReviewSep 10, 2018 · International Trade Administration
   • Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2017Jul 27, 2018 · International Trade Administration
   • Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2016Jul 25, 2018 · International Trade Administration

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 9013.90

• Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024Aug 11, 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; 111 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 China, which imported $338.2M of this product in 2025, 10.3% of that from the US.

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

Related products

Other products under heading 9013: lasers, other than laser diodes; optical appliances and instruments, not elsewhere specified. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.