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Plastics Imports Jump to $6.4 billion

Plastics Imports jump 4.4% in June 2026 to $6.4 billion and up 14.9% from a year earlier. Import value is a volume-and-price composite, so a swing this size usually means either restocking or a tariff-driven…

Plastics Imports jump 4.4% in June 2026 to $6.4 billion and up 14.9% from a year earlier. Import value is a volume-and-price composite, so a swing this size usually means either restocking or a tariff-driven pull-forward, not a demand turn.

• June 2026: $6.4 billion
• on the month: +4.4%
• on the year: +14.9%

Import value is a volume-and-price composite, so a swing this size usually means either restocking or a tariff-driven pull-forward, not a demand turn.

The print sits 100% of the way up the archived range of $5.0 billion (February 2026) to $6.4 billion (June 2026), with the standing trend rising.

The year-over-year comparison is against June 2025, which printed $5.6 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.

Published 2026-08-17.