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US imports of articles of iron & steel — monthly data by origin and port

In June 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 652 kt of articles of iron & steel (HS chapter 73), worth $1.6B (+0% by weight year-on-year), led by China with 34% of the chapter. Counted by US customs; mirrored and revision-tracked. Updated: 2026-08-09. Duty is set at the tariff line beneath this chapter — what chapter 73 actually paid, measure by measure →

Where it comes from · last 12 months

China 34% · 3 Mt
India 14% · 1 Mt
Taiwan 9% · 1 Mt
Vietnam 9% · 1 Mt
Thailand 6% · 1 Mt
Malaysia 3% · 0 Mt

What exactly · top goods in the chapter

structures and parts nesoi of iron or steel 730890 · 1 Mt
articles of iron or steel nesoi 732690 · 1 Mt
threaded screws and bolts nesoi of iron or steel 731815 · 1 Mt
nails, tacks, drawing pins etc of iron or steel 731700 · 0 Mt
pipe etc nesoi, weld cir cr sect, iron or nonal st 730630 · 0 Mt
self-tapping screws of iron or steel 731814 · 0 Mt

Two years of the chapter

885 443 2024-06: 761 kt2024-07: 837 kt2024-08: 795 kt2024-09: 768 kt2024-10: 808 kt2024-11: 776 kt2024-12: 816 kt2025-01: 885 kt2025-02: 776 kt2025-03: 779 kt2025-04: 724 kt2025-05: 749 kt2025-06: 655 kt2025-07: 709 kt2025-08: 666 kt2025-09: 653 kt2025-10: 632 kt2025-11: 600 kt2025-12: 646 kt2026-01: 700 kt2026-02: 593 kt2026-03: 711 kt2026-04: 656 kt2026-05: 683 kt2026-06: 652 kt 652 2024-062025-062026-06
Containerised imports of articles of iron & steel, kt/month, all origins. Source: US Census, mirrored.
3 1 2024-06: 3 $/kg2024-07: 3 $/kg2024-08: 3 $/kg2024-09: 3 $/kg2024-10: 3 $/kg2024-11: 3 $/kg2024-12: 3 $/kg2025-01: 3 $/kg2025-02: 3 $/kg2025-03: 3 $/kg2025-04: 3 $/kg2025-05: 2 $/kg2025-06: 2 $/kg2025-07: 2 $/kg2025-08: 2 $/kg2025-09: 2 $/kg2025-10: 2 $/kg2025-11: 2 $/kg2025-12: 2 $/kg2026-01: 2 $/kg2026-02: 2 $/kg2026-03: 2 $/kg2026-04: 2 $/kg2026-05: 2 $/kg2026-06: 2 $/kg 2 2024-062025-062026-06
Customs value per kilogram of the chapter — the price track. Mix shifts move this line as well as prices; per-good analysis lives in the atlas.

Cite this

In print: US containerised imports of articles of iron & steel (HS ch. 73) through the eight major US container gateways were 652 kt in June 2026, per US Census port-level records mirrored and archived by the Trimtab US Trade Ledger (retrieved 2026-08-09) — trimtabist.com/us-imports-of-iron-steel-articles
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · HS2 ch. 73 · retrieved 2026-08-09

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