US imports of Unwrought zinc

US imports under HTS 7901 at a glance

Between March and July 2026, US importers entered $852 million of unwrought zinc under HTS heading 7901, from 12 of the 55 origin countries covered here and across 4 ten-digit tariff lines — roughly $170 million a month of customs value under a single four-digit heading.

Heading 7901 sits in chapter 79, zinc and articles of zinc, so anything classified here shares a duty structure with the rest of that chapter.

Who exports unwrought zinc to the United States

Canada supplies 66.1% of everything entered under this heading — $564 million over the five months — which makes this a single-source market in practice. Peru is a distant second at 15.5%, then Mexico at 13.3%. When one origin carries this much of a heading, a tariff action aimed at that country moves the landed cost of the whole category rather than shifting share between suppliers.

Canada and Mexico sit near the top of the table, and the duty numbers reflect it: Canada entered 100% of its value free of duty and Mexico entered 100% of its value free of duty. Cargo that qualifies under USMCA and is claimed correctly at entry pays nothing; cargo that does not qualify, or that is never claimed, pays the ordinary rate. The certification is the whole difference.

What importers actually paid in duty

Most of this heading enters duty-free. Only 0.1% of the entered value was dutiable, and across all origins CBP collected $34,000 — about $0.00 of duty per $100 of goods. The headline rate on the dutiable portion was 6.5%, but it applies to a small slice, so the number that matters to a landed-cost model is the $0.00.

Duty treatment is fairly uniform across origins here: the countries with real volume all land within a narrow band of $0.00–$0.00 per $100 of goods. Where that happens, switching origin does little for the duty bill, and savings have to come from classification, valuation or freight.

The 10-digit lines under heading 7901

4 ten-digit lines carried trade under this heading in the period. The largest, 7901.11.00.00, took 53.9% of the heading at $459 million. 7901.12.50.00, 7901.12.10.00 and 7901.20.00.00 follow. Rates diverge between those lines, so the classification your broker files is worth checking against the goods rather than carried over from the last entry.

What the duty stack looks like

The rate on an entry is not one number. It is a stack: the general (column 1) rate for the 10-digit line, less any trade-agreement preference the goods qualify for, plus whatever additional duties apply to that product and origin, all applied to the customs value declared. The $0.00 per $100 above is what that stack averaged across every entry in this heading — a benchmark, not a quote.

For the origins carrying the most volume, the per-country breakdowns go a level deeper: Peru (7901.11.00), Australia (7901.11.00) and South Korea (7901.11.00). To price a specific shipment, put your 10-digit code and country of origin into the tariff simulator.

What this means for your next shipment

Classify first, confirm origin second, quote freight third. A heading like 7901 rewards that order, because the duty differences between lines and between origins are usually larger than the freight differences on the same lane. Airlift USA handles the freight and coordinates classification and entry through our licensed broker network.

For the operational side rather than the tariff side, see the Metals & Fabricated Industrial Goods guide for how this cargo moves and the heading index to compare against the rest of chapter 79.