Machinery Imports Slide to $89.5 billion

Machinery Imports slide 4.7% in August 2026 to $89.5 billion and up 61.6% from a year earlier. Import customs value combines transaction values, quantity, and product and origin mix, so this swing cannot be labeled demand, restocking, or tariff pull-forward without separate evidence.

• August 2026: $89.5 billion
• on the month: -4.7%
• on the year: +61.6%

The print sits 90% of the way up the archived range of $51.2 billion (April 2025) to $93.9 billion (July 2026), with the standing trend rising.

The year-over-year comparison is against August 2025, which printed $55.4 billion. Source: Census International Trade. The number above is the agency's published value, unrounded; the history and any later revisions stay queryable on the live data page.