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HS 9401.79

Seats with metal frames, not upholstered, not elsewhere specified

In short

  • The US imported $1.65B of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 14% on the year before.
  • China is the largest supplier, with 34.4% of US imports; Vietnam is next, with 28.0%.
  • China is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $17.03 each.
  • Duty paid averaged 17.1% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 13.9 points on a year earlier.
  • Vietnam is gaining share: 31.9% over the last 12 months, up from 14.5%.
  • US exports were $102.0M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 57.2%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$103.5M

↑ +14% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$1.65B

↓ −14% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

17.1%

↓ −13.9 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

China

34.4% 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. 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.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugVietnam ↑Duty ↓
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$90.9M
September 2025$72.0M
October 2025$72.2M
November 2025$86.1M
December 2025$131.0M
January 2026$155.6M
February 2026$184.6M
March 2026$219.4M
April 2026$188.8M
May 2026$168.5M
June 2026$146.1M
July 2026$122.8M
August 2026$103.5M

What changed

  • US imports were $103.5M in August 2026, down 16% from July 2026 and up 14% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $1.65B, down 14% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Vietnam up from 25.6% to 28.0%, China down from 38.6% to 34.4%.
  • Average price from China rose 37% since July 2026, to $15.29 each.
  • Duty paid on imports from China rose from 29.2% to 31.9% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from Vietnam rose from 9.2% to 11.3% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $1.65B in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 28% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $102.0M, up 8.3%. 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.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Duty ↑China ↓Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$2.30B
12 months to Aug 2018$2.35B
12 months to Aug 2019$2.32B
12 months to Aug 2020$2.11B
12 months to Aug 2021$2.80B
12 months to Aug 2022$3.44B
12 months to Aug 2023$2.27B
12 months to Aug 2024$2.03B
12 months to Aug 2025$1.92B
12 months to Aug 2026$1.65B
  • China
  • Vietnam
  • Cambodia
  • Indonesia
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodChinaVietnamCambodiaIndonesia
12 months to Aug 201788.0%1.2%0.0%1.3%
12 months to Aug 201886.6%2.1%0.0%1.5%
12 months to Aug 201984.5%3.7%0.0%1.7%
12 months to Aug 202081.3%6.2%0.0%2.7%
12 months to Aug 202180.7%7.5%0.1%2.8%
12 months to Aug 202280.0%6.5%0.1%3.5%
12 months to Aug 202376.5%6.6%0.3%3.8%
12 months to Aug 202473.5%8.0%0.3%4.4%
12 months to Aug 202561.7%14.5%1.7%6.6%
12 months to Aug 202633.7%31.9%8.7%7.8%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodChinaVietnamCambodiaIndonesiaAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20180.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
12 months to Aug 20199.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%7.7%
12 months to Aug 202014.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%11.9%
12 months to Aug 202121.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%17.7%
12 months to Aug 202222.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%17.8%
12 months to Aug 202321.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%16.0%
12 months to Aug 202420.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%14.8%
12 months to Aug 202529.8%2.9%4.9%2.0%19.5%
12 months to Aug 202638.3%18.1%15.3%14.6%23.5%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$1.65B−14%23.5%+4.0 pts$102.0M−9.9%
12 months to Aug 2025$1.92B−5.4%19.5%+4.7 pts$113.2M−7.2%
12 months to Aug 2024$2.03B−10%14.8%−1.2 pts$121.9M+2.6%
12 months to Aug 2023$2.27B−34%16.0%−1.7 pts$118.9M+1.0%
12 months to Aug 2022$3.44B+23%17.8%+0.1 pts$117.6M+20%
12 months to Aug 2021$2.80B+33%17.7%+5.8 pts$98.3M+20%
12 months to Aug 2020$2.11B−9.1%11.9%+4.2 pts$81.8M−12%
12 months to Aug 2019$2.32B−1.1%7.7%+7.7 pts$92.5M−7.6%
12 months to Aug 2018$2.35B+1.9%0.0%0.0 pts$100.0M+6.1%
12 months to Aug 2017$2.30B0.0%$94.2M

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.

CountryUS importsShareAverage priceDuty paidLast 13 months
China$35.6M34.4%−8.5 pts$15.29 each+36%31.9%−22.9 pts
Vietnam$29.0M28.0%+8.4 pts$25.24 each+38%11.3%−2.8 pts
Indonesia$8.2M7.9%+1.6 pts$76.02 each+64%9.3%−5.9 pts
Cambodia$7.7M7.4%+3.7 pts$15.56 each−14%9.8%−11.9 pts
Mexico$7.2M7.0%+0.2 pts$94.17 each+45%0.6%−1.2 pts
Canada$2.6M2.5%−1.3 pts$154.51 each−21%6.9%+3.1 pts
Taiwan$2.0M1.9%−0.8 pts$20.71 each−8.4%9.7%−7.5 pts
Italy$1.5M1.4%−0.7 pts$114.69 each−18%9.3%−5.9 pts
Other countries (39)$9.8M9.5%−2.4 pts$28.27 each+15%10.8%−6.5 pts
All countries$103.5M100.0%$22.39 each+34%17.1%−13.9 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 74.4% 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
CountryPriceFreight and insuranceDutyLanded costMake-up
China$11.61 each$1.88 each16.2% of price$3.53 each30.5% of price$17.03 each−12%
Cambodia$14.58 each$1.92 each13.1% of price$1.36 each9.4% of price$17.86 each+13%
Vietnam$20.30 each$2.39 each11.8% of price$2.04 each10.0% of price$24.73 each−22%
Indonesia$71.47 each$5.87 each8.2% of price$6.46 each9.0% of price$83.81 each+23%
Mexico$100.02 each$0.73 each0.7% of price$0.50 each0.5% of price$101.24 each+12%
All countries$17.61 each$2.09 each11.9% of price$2.93 each16.6% of price$22.63 each−11%

Landed at a US port, China was cheapest, at $17.03 each: 4.7% below Cambodia.

Landed cost from Indonesia rose 23% on a year earlier, to $83.81 each, mostly on price: $56.64 each then, $71.47 each now.

How the market is shifting

Vietnam gained the most share: 31.9% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 14.5% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 33.7%, down from 61.7%. 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.

  • China
  • Vietnam
  • Cambodia
  • Indonesia
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthChinaVietnamCambodiaIndonesia
September 202464.0%8.1%0.3%7.4%
October 202463.3%7.0%0.6%8.1%
November 202462.4%13.6%0.3%7.4%
December 202469.6%12.2%0.4%5.9%
January 202573.2%12.3%1.6%5.1%
February 202570.3%15.0%1.5%5.5%
March 202566.1%15.1%1.4%5.9%
April 202559.6%15.3%2.4%8.8%
May 202549.8%20.0%2.6%6.5%
June 202537.8%21.6%2.9%6.8%
July 202546.8%15.3%3.2%7.1%
August 202542.9%19.6%3.7%6.3%
September 202538.8%21.9%5.3%6.2%
October 202534.5%24.1%6.3%5.5%
November 202532.7%28.8%4.6%12.0%
December 202527.9%38.8%6.5%11.5%
January 202633.0%37.6%6.5%9.7%
February 202635.2%36.4%8.5%7.7%
March 202631.0%37.9%10.2%7.7%
April 202629.5%30.4%14.0%9.0%
May 202635.5%31.3%10.2%5.1%
June 202638.6%26.5%9.1%5.4%
July 202638.6%25.6%8.9%5.5%
August 202634.4%28.0%7.4%7.9%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthChinaVietnamCambodiaIndonesiaAll countries
September 202421.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%13.7%
October 202420.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%13.2%
November 202421.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%13.5%
December 202418.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%
January 202518.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%13.8%
February 202519.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%14.0%
March 202531.5%0.2%0.0%0.0%20.9%
April 202543.1%0.8%0.0%0.4%26.0%
May 202558.2%5.3%5.2%1.5%31.1%
June 202549.8%9.1%10.0%9.3%23.6%
July 202551.3%9.9%10.0%9.5%28.3%
August 202554.8%14.1%21.7%15.2%31.0%
September 202561.0%30.6%27.4%22.5%38.5%
October 202562.6%28.5%30.7%24.2%37.8%
November 202548.6%26.6%30.1%22.3%31.8%
December 202544.8%24.1%23.9%19.6%29.2%
January 202644.4%25.6%22.9%18.7%30.3%
February 202643.4%23.3%20.9%15.0%28.9%
March 202635.1%17.7%15.5%12.1%22.1%
April 202628.1%11.6%10.2%9.7%15.6%
May 202629.2%9.4%9.6%9.7%15.8%
June 202630.6%9.8%9.8%9.6%16.9%
July 202629.2%9.2%8.5%8.1%15.9%
August 202631.9%11.3%9.8%9.3%17.1%

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. January–March 2026 · Duty paid: China 54.7% → 39.3%, Vietnam 24.9% → 10.7%, all countries 29.7% → 16.4%.
  2. August 2025 · Duty paid: Vietnam 7.2% → 27.5%.
  3. April 2025 · Duty paid: China 19.5% → 50.3%, all countries 13.7% → 27.3%.
  4. September 2020 · Duty paid: China 11.0% → 20.3%, all countries 9.5% → 16.0%.
  5. April 2020 · Duty paid: China 16.6% → 11.0%.
  6. July 2019 · Duty paid: China 7.7% → 16.9%, all countries 6.6% → 12.8%.
  7. October–November 2018 · Duty paid: China 0.0% → 8.4%, all countries 0.2% → 7.0%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Los Angeles, CA$383.7M · 23.2%
  2. Savannah, GA$207.9M · 12.6%
  3. Newark, NJ$146.3M · 8.9%
  4. Long Beach, CA$141.9M · 8.6%
  5. Houston, TX$117.4M · 7.1%

Where US exports go

US exports were $8.8M in August 2026, down 21% from August 2025, and $102.0M over the last 12 months, down 9.9% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Netherlands, up 1539%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$58.3M57.2%−9.8%
Mexico$8.3M8.1%−33%
Netherlands$4.3M4.2%+1539%
Taiwan$3.8M3.8%−39%
United Kingdom$2.5M2.5%+9.2%
Bahamas$2.1M2.0%−29%
China$1.7M1.6%−13%
Belgium$1.4M1.3%+264%
Other countries (101)$19.6M19.2%−9.4%
All countries$102.0M100.0%−9.9%

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.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Germany$530.1Min 2025+25%$324K0.1%
France$305.2Min 2025+1.8%$786K0.3%
Netherlands$278.0Min 2025+11%$292K0.1%
United Kingdom$252.6Min 2025−4.2%$2.3M0.9%
Canada$225.2Min 2025+8.0%$18.8MUS records $63.3M8.3%
Spain$186.6Min 2025+19%$68K0.0%
Italy$171.9Min 2025+6.8%$371K0.2%
Korea, South$154.8Min 2025−17%$1.5M1.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Germany, which imported $530.1M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

Of these, imports into Germany grew fastest: up 25% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 9401: seats (other than barber, dental and similar chairs), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Parts of seats, not elsewhere specifiedHS 9401.99$9.95B$2.18B
Seats with wooden frames, upholstered, not elsewhere specifiedHS 9401.61$5.39B$488.3M
Seats with metal frames, upholstered, not elsewhere specifiedHS 9401.71$1.35B$133.3M
Seats other than of metal or wooden frames, not elsewhere specifiedHS 9401.80$1.14B$135.0M
Swivel seats with variable height adjustment, not elsewhere specifiedHS 9401.39$1.08B$179.6M
Seats of a kind used for aircraftHS 9401.10$738.6Mnone
Seats with wooden frames, not upholstered, not elsewhere specifiedHS 9401.69$588.4M$60.0M
Seats of a kind used for motor vehiclesHS 9401.20$209.9M$362.3M
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 (number of items), 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.
  • Landed cost adds Census's import charges (freight, insurance and other costs of bringing the goods to the first US port) and calculated duty to the customs value, per unit, across the product's 10-digit lines. It leaves out antidumping and countervailing duties, customs fees and transport inland. Prices are averages across the goods within the code, so a lower one can mean cheaper goods, not the same goods for less.
  • 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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