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US imports of organic chemicals — monthly data by origin and port

In May 2026, the 8 major US container gateways received 348 kt of organic chemicals (HS chapter 29), worth $1.4B (+8% by weight year-on-year), led by China with 35% of the chapter. Counted by US customs; mirrored and revision-tracked. Updated: 2026-08-06.

Where it comes from · last 12 months

China 35% · 1 Mt
India 12% · 0 Mt
Germany 8% · 0 Mt
South Korea 8% · 0 Mt
Thailand 3% · 0 Mt
Japan 3% · 0 Mt

What exactly · top goods in the chapter

non-halogenated organo-phosphorous derivatives nes 293149 · 0 Mt
organo-inorganic compounds, nesoi 293190 · 0 Mt
aromatic polycarboxylic acids, anhydride etc nesoi 291739 · 0 Mt
citric acid 291814 · 0 Mt
esters of other inorganic acids, etc nesoi 292090 · 0 Mt
cmpds (exc melamine) cont an unfused triazine ring 293369 · 0 Mt

Two years of the chapter

405 202 2024-05: 387 kt2024-06: 350 kt2024-07: 334 kt2024-08: 307 kt2024-09: 316 kt2024-10: 303 kt2024-11: 304 kt2024-12: 350 kt2025-01: 405 kt2025-02: 285 kt2025-03: 386 kt2025-04: 359 kt2025-05: 322 kt2025-06: 301 kt2025-07: 351 kt2025-08: 288 kt2025-09: 279 kt2025-10: 272 kt2025-11: 249 kt2025-12: 275 kt2026-01: 325 kt2026-02: 268 kt2026-03: 324 kt2026-04: 334 kt2026-05: 348 kt 348 2024-052025-052026-05
Containerised imports of organic chemicals, kt/month, all origins. Source: US Census, mirrored.
5 2 2024-05: 4 $/kg2024-06: 4 $/kg2024-07: 4 $/kg2024-08: 4 $/kg2024-09: 4 $/kg2024-10: 4 $/kg2024-11: 4 $/kg2024-12: 4 $/kg2025-01: 4 $/kg2025-02: 4 $/kg2025-03: 4 $/kg2025-04: 4 $/kg2025-05: 4 $/kg2025-06: 4 $/kg2025-07: 4 $/kg2025-08: 4 $/kg2025-09: 4 $/kg2025-10: 4 $/kg2025-11: 5 $/kg2025-12: 4 $/kg2026-01: 4 $/kg2026-02: 4 $/kg2026-03: 4 $/kg2026-04: 4 $/kg2026-05: 4 $/kg 4 2024-052025-052026-05
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 organic chemicals (HS ch. 29) through the eight major US container gateways were 348 kt in May 2026, per US Census port-level records mirrored and archived by the Trimtab US Trade Ledger (retrieved 2026-08-06) — trimtabist.com/us-imports-of-organic-chemicals
For the record: Trimtab Port Ledger · TT-008 · HS2 ch. 29 · retrieved 2026-08-06

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