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

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In short

  • The US imported $104.1M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 15% on the year before.
  • China is the largest supplier, with 67.7% of US imports; Vietnam is next, with 12.9%.
  • China has the lowest price, but landed at a US port with freight and duty Mexico is cheaper: $2.50 each against $3.07 each.
  • Duty paid averaged 13.4% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 14.7 points on a year earlier.
  • Vietnam is gaining share: 10.8% over the last 12 months, up from 3.3%.
  • US exports were $13.2M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 74.7%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$10.0M

↑ +11% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$104.1M

↓ −15% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

13.4%

↓ −14.7 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

China

67.7% 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$9.0M
September 2025$8.6M
October 2025$7.9M
November 2025$7.1M
December 2025$7.8M
January 2026$7.9M
February 2026$8.3M
March 2026$7.9M
April 2026$6.8M
May 2026$11.4M
June 2026$10.7M
July 2026$9.7M
August 2026$10.0M

What changed

  • US imports were $10.0M in August 2026, up 3.1% from July 2026 and up 11% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $104.1M, down 15% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: Poland up from 0.8% to 3.1%, China down from 74.0% to 67.7%.
  • Average price from Canada rose 81% since July 2026, to $68.12 each.
  • Duty paid on imports from China rose from 12.0% to 15.4% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $104.1M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 23% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $13.2M, down 37%. 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 ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$134.8M
12 months to Aug 2018$143.9M
12 months to Aug 2019$150.3M
12 months to Aug 2020$136.7M
12 months to Aug 2021$179.1M
12 months to Aug 2022$186.1M
12 months to Aug 2023$129.6M
12 months to Aug 2024$133.0M
12 months to Aug 2025$122.2M
12 months to Aug 2026$104.1M
  • China
  • Vietnam
  • Canada
  • Portugal
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodChinaVietnamCanadaPortugal
12 months to Aug 201784.3%0.1%4.9%5.1%
12 months to Aug 201887.2%0.1%3.5%3.3%
12 months to Aug 201988.7%0.0%2.2%3.1%
12 months to Aug 202090.8%0.2%1.9%3.0%
12 months to Aug 202193.3%0.2%1.8%1.8%
12 months to Aug 202291.6%0.3%2.1%1.8%
12 months to Aug 202389.6%0.7%2.7%1.5%
12 months to Aug 202489.9%1.6%2.8%1.7%
12 months to Aug 202587.3%3.3%2.4%1.4%
12 months to Aug 202674.6%10.8%2.9%1.9%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodChinaVietnamCanadaPortugalAll countries
12 months to Aug 20173.5%3.5%0.3%3.5%3.3%
12 months to Aug 20183.5%3.5%0.2%3.5%3.3%
12 months to Aug 20193.5%3.5%0.3%3.5%3.4%
12 months to Aug 20203.5%3.5%1.2%3.5%3.4%
12 months to Aug 20213.5%3.5%0.2%3.5%3.4%
12 months to Aug 20223.5%3.5%0.1%3.5%3.4%
12 months to Aug 20233.5%3.5%0.0%3.5%3.4%
12 months to Aug 20243.5%3.5%0.1%3.5%3.4%
12 months to Aug 202515.3%3.2%0.4%6.7%14.0%
12 months to Aug 202618.7%12.9%0.3%14.1%16.8%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$104.1M−15%16.8%+2.9 pts$13.2M−7.3%
12 months to Aug 2025$122.2M−8.1%14.0%+10.6 pts$14.3M−16%
12 months to Aug 2024$133.0M+2.6%3.4%0.0 pts$17.0M+0.2%
12 months to Aug 2023$129.6M−30%3.4%0.0 pts$17.0M−24%
12 months to Aug 2022$186.1M+3.9%3.4%0.0 pts$22.3M−3.2%
12 months to Aug 2021$179.1M+31%3.4%0.0 pts$23.0M−1.1%
12 months to Aug 2020$136.7M−9.0%3.4%0.0 pts$23.3M−12%
12 months to Aug 2019$150.3M+4.4%3.4%0.0 pts$26.4M+16%
12 months to Aug 2018$143.9M+6.8%3.3%0.0 pts$22.9M+9.0%
12 months to Aug 2017$134.8M3.3%$21.0M

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$6.7M67.7%−17.5 pts$3.04 each+37%15.4%−15.8 pts
Vietnam$1.3M12.9%+9.1 pts$5.32 each−35%10.8%+5.2 pts
Canada$384K3.9%+0.5 pts$68.12 each−29%0.1%−0.5 pts
Mexico$330K3.3%+3.2 pts$3.59 each−95%1.1%+1.1 pts
Poland$307K3.1%+2.6 pts$137.57 each+122%12.4%−1.1 pts
Korea, South$257K2.6%+2.5 pts$69.71 each−24%12.5%+2.5 pts
Thailand$163K1.6%+1.3 pts$1.16 each+119%16.0%+2.5 pts
Taiwan$120K1.2%+0.2 pts$7.49 each+77%10.6%−5.5 pts
Other countries (12)$366K3.7%−1.1 pts$4.66 each−35%11.2%−4.1 pts
All countries$10.0M100.0%$3.56 each+44%13.4%−14.7 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 88.3% 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
Mexico$2.45 each$0.03 each1.4% of price$0.01 each0.4% of price$2.50 each−97%
China$2.41 each$0.35 each14.5% of price$0.31 each12.9% of price$3.07 each+4.0%
Vietnam$5.52 each$0.61 each11.1% of price$0.64 each11.6% of price$6.78 each+77%
All countries$2.78 each$0.35 each12.7% of price$0.33 each11.9% of price$3.47 each+9.1%

Landed at a US port, Mexico was cheapest, at $2.50 each: 18.9% below China.

China had the lowest price before freight and duty, $2.41 each, but they added 27.4% to it.

Landed cost from Mexico fell 97% on a year earlier, to $2.50 each, mostly on price: $83.56 each then, $2.45 each now.

How the market is shifting

Vietnam gained the most share: 10.8% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 3.3% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 74.6%, down from 87.3%. 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.

  • China
  • Vietnam
  • Canada
  • Portugal
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthChinaVietnamCanadaPortugal
September 202489.7%4.8%2.4%0.6%
October 202484.8%6.4%2.6%1.5%
November 202490.8%1.3%2.0%1.2%
December 202489.9%2.4%1.3%1.0%
January 202592.2%1.7%1.0%1.7%
February 202590.4%2.5%0.8%2.2%
March 202586.1%2.8%2.2%1.0%
April 202584.8%3.5%3.7%1.7%
May 202585.3%3.3%2.8%1.2%
June 202580.1%4.9%3.1%2.0%
July 202585.5%2.0%4.7%1.9%
August 202585.2%3.8%3.3%1.1%
September 202577.3%10.0%3.4%1.6%
October 202578.0%9.9%2.8%1.9%
November 202573.3%10.2%4.6%4.6%
December 202577.4%7.2%3.2%2.8%
January 202678.4%10.4%1.8%1.5%
February 202674.9%16.6%1.6%1.2%
March 202669.1%13.9%3.6%2.5%
April 202672.4%10.5%3.2%4.2%
May 202675.6%8.8%2.8%1.5%
June 202677.5%8.0%1.7%0.9%
July 202674.0%12.0%2.2%1.1%
August 202667.7%12.9%3.9%0.4%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthChinaVietnamCanadaPortugalAll countries
September 20243.5%3.5%0.1%3.5%3.4%
October 20243.5%3.5%0.1%3.5%3.4%
November 20243.5%3.5%0.1%3.5%3.4%
December 20243.5%3.5%0.2%3.5%3.4%
January 20253.5%3.5%0.3%3.5%3.5%
February 20254.7%3.5%0.0%3.5%4.6%
March 202517.9%3.1%1.2%3.5%15.8%
April 202527.4%2.1%0.1%3.5%23.6%
May 202544.0%1.5%0.4%8.9%38.5%
June 202526.3%2.6%1.7%13.5%22.8%
July 202531.0%2.1%0.0%13.5%27.6%
August 202531.2%5.6%0.6%14.1%28.1%
September 202531.6%13.3%0.0%15.0%27.4%
October 202532.5%8.9%0.0%15.0%28.0%
November 202526.2%13.8%0.0%15.0%22.6%
December 202522.1%16.5%1.6%15.0%20.5%
January 202620.9%18.8%1.1%15.0%20.0%
February 202619.1%13.9%0.0%14.3%17.7%
March 202612.2%11.2%0.5%13.5%11.6%
April 202612.6%12.3%0.2%13.5%12.0%
May 202612.2%13.3%0.0%13.5%11.6%
June 202611.8%12.6%0.5%13.5%11.3%
July 202612.0%11.8%0.0%11.0%11.1%
August 202615.4%10.8%0.1%10.0%13.4%

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 2026 · Duty paid: China 28.9% → 15.8%, all countries 25.0% → 14.9%.
  2. September 2025 · Duty paid: Vietnam 2.3% → 13.5%.
  3. April 2025 · Duty paid: China 4.1% → 29.2%, all countries 4.0% → 25.6%.

Where it enters the US

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

  1. Los Angeles, CA$27.5M · 26.5%
  2. Newark, NJ$18.3M · 17.6%
  3. Long Beach, CA$14.9M · 14.3%
  4. Savannah, GA$10.8M · 10.4%
  5. Tacoma, WA$6.0M · 5.8%

Where US exports go

US exports were $1.1M in August 2026, down 20% from August 2025, and $13.2M over the last 12 months, down 7.3% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Korea, South, up 26054%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$9.9M74.7%−14%
Mexico$978K7.4%+22%
Korea, South$719K5.4%+26054%
El Salvador$212K1.6%+0.5%
Belize$182K1.4%+145%
France$166K1.3%−10%
United Kingdom$160K1.2%−3.0%
Philippines$107K0.8%+702%
Other countries (49)$821K6.2%−18%
All countries$13.2M100.0%−7.3%

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.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Philippines$62.3Min 2025+27%$2K0.0%
Germany$55.4Min 2025+15%$131K0.2%
United Kingdom$30.7Min 2025−15%$215K0.7%
Netherlands$30.0Min 2025+29%$56K0.2%
France$28.4Min 2025−1.8%$226K0.8%
Japan$22.0Min 2025−4.5%$35K0.2%
Canada$18.5Min 2025−7.8%$5.3M28.7%
Australia$17.4Min 2025+1.4%$71K0.4%

The biggest market outside the US is the Philippines, which imported $62.3M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

The US supplies 28.7% of imports into Canada, but under 10% into the Philippines, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Of these, imports into the Netherlands grew fastest: up 29% from 2024 to 2025.

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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