Plastics Imports Climb to $6.5 billion

Plastics Imports climb 1.8% in August 2026 to $6.5 billion and up 11.0% 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: $6.5 billion
• on the month: +1.8%
• on the year: +11.0%

The print sits 100% of the way up the archived range of $5.0 billion (February 2026) to $6.5 billion (August 2026), with the standing trend rising.

The year-over-year comparison is against August 2025, which printed $5.8 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.