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Machinery Imports Rocket to $93.9 billion in July 2026

U.S. machinery imports totalled $93.9 billion in July 2026, up 19.8% on the month and up 59.1% on the year. The common full-year customs-unit-value comparison (2025 over 2024) shows: lifting and handling equipment customs unit values fell 34.3%, and metal-cutting machine tools customs unit values rose 6.8%. These aggregates can also move with product, grade, origin, valuation, or quantity mix.

Customs unit-value context, by family

Lifting and Handling Equipment: customs unit value down 34.3% in 2025, observed effective calculated-duty rate 11.4%, $13.8 billion of annual customs value
Metal-cutting Machine Tools: customs unit value up 6.8% in 2025, observed effective calculated-duty rate 9.5%, $4.3 billion of annual customs value
Compressors and Fans: customs unit value down 3.5% in 2025, observed effective calculated-duty rate 14.7%, $15.0 billion of annual customs value

The full-year customs unit values add context but do not split this monthly customs-value move into price and physical volume. They are aggregate ratios across products and origins, not matched-item price indexes, and their 2025 reporting period differs from the monthly flow above.

Import figures are census customs values — landed cost adds duty and freight on top, which is where the effective tariff rates bite. Source: Census International Trade.

Published 2026-09-14.