Rubber Jumps to $2.9 billion in August 2026

U.S. rubber totalled $2.9 billion in August 2026, up 3.5% on the month and down 2.8% on the year. The common full-year customs-unit-value comparison (2025 over 2024) shows: rubber materials and products customs unit values rose 4.7%. These aggregates can also move with product, grade, origin, valuation, or quantity mix.

Customs unit-value context, by family

• Rubber Materials and Products: customs unit value up 4.7% in 2025, observed effective calculated-duty rate 11.2%, $9.2 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.