Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights; parts and accessories thereof

US trade by year

US imports were $48.7M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 29% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $26.7M, up 70%. 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.

• Switzerland
• China
• Germany
• 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 79.9% 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, China was cheapest, at $52.03/kg: 21.2% below Poland.

Landed cost from Switzerland fell 59% on a year earlier, to $281.54/kg, mostly on price: $562.15/kg then, $240.32/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Germany gained the most share: 24.0% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 9.1% in the 12 months before. Switzerland lost the most: 29.9%, down from 61.3%. 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.

• Switzerland
• China
• Germany
• 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. December 2025–January 2026 · Duty paid: Switzerland 37.4% → 14.4%, China 55.5% → 44.3%, all countries 33.7% → 25.6%.
2. February–July 2025 · Duty paid: Switzerland 12.8% → 36.8%, China 28.8% → 58.9%, Germany 3.9% → 13.9%, all countries 8.9% → 33.7%.
3. October 2020 · Duty paid: China 20.0% → 28.9%.
4. January 2020 · Duty paid: China 10.1% → 28.2%.
   • Review of Action: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Aircraft DisputeDec 12, 2019 · Office of the US Trade Representative
5. September 2018 · Duty paid: China 3.9% → 13.4%.
   • 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

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; 122 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 $45.3M of this product in 2025, 4.3% of that from the US.

Of these, imports into the Netherlands grew fastest: up 77% from 2024 to 2025.