U.S. Import Opportunities — Fastest-Growing Products

Fastest-growing imports

Standard International Trade Classification Import Opportunities

Name: U.S. Trade Opportunities
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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Top U.S. import opportunities at the Standard International Trade Classification leaf level, ranked by trade value and growth. Year-over-year comparison.

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1122519.1

METHYLOXIRANE (PROPYLENE OXIDE)

$8.4M

+306274.0%

TOLUENE

$8.6M

+194870.3%

UNREFINED COPPER (INC BLIST & EXC CEM); COP ANODES

$1.9M

+33901.1%

HYDRAULIC TURBINES AND WATER WHEELS

$1.3M

+22913.3%

COPPER ORES AND CONCENTRATES

$8.5M

+10448.7%

METHYLOXIRANE (PROPYLENE OXIDE)

$8.4M

+306274.0%

TOLUENE

$8.6M

+194870.3%

1,310 opportunitiesApril 2026

Product	Value	Growth	Score	Signal
NATURAL GAS, LIQUEFIED SITC 34310	$38.8M	Growth:+151.9%	71.2	High growth, medium market
RAPE OR COLZA SEEDS SITC 22261	$22.9M	Growth:+149.4%	69.9	High growth, medium market
SULFIDES N.E.S.; POLYSULFIDES SITC 52342	$2.3M	Growth:+152.3%	69.7	Other
TYPEWRITERS OTHER THAN PRINTERS; WORD-PROCESS MACH SITC 75110	$577K	Growth:+152.1%	68.8	Other
PTS OF ELEC INTERGRATED CIRCUITS & MICROASSEMBLES SITC 77689	$60.2M	Growth:+144.7%	68.6	High growth, medium market
IRON & NA STEEL U, I, H, L & T SECT NU80MM HI H-RL SITC 67682	$70.8M	Growth:+144.2%	68.5	High growth, medium market
WASTE PAPER/PPRDB, MECHANICAL PULP (NEWSPAPER ETC) SITC 25113	$677K	Growth:+150.7%	68.3	Other
COLOR LAKES; PREPARATIONS BASED ON COLOR LAKES SITC 53122	$3.4M	Growth:+148.2%	68.3	Other
ARTIFICIAL FUR AND ARTICLES THEREOF SITC 84832	$264K	Growth:+151.1%	67.9	Other
IRON & STEEL RIVET ETC TUBES ETC NES ED OV 406.4MM SITC 67939	$26K	Growth:+154.5%	67.9	Other
MATE SITC 07431	$948K	Growth:+146.8%	67.0	Other
COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC OR ORGANIC OF HG, EX AMALGAMS SITC 52496	$93K	Growth:+149.8%	66.8	Other
CORK, NATURAL, RAW OR SIMPLY PREPARED SITC 24403	$71K	Growth:+150.2%	66.8	Other
GASEOUS HYDROCARBONS IN THE GASEOUS STATE, N.E.S. SITC 34490	$1.1M	Growth:+142.5%	65.3	Other
CYCLOHEXANE SITC 51121	$15K	Growth:+148.6%	65.2	Other
IRON & STEEL WELDED TUBES ETC NES, EXD OV 406.4MM SITC 67933	$11.4M	Growth:+137.6%	64.8	High growth, medium market
PRINTED MATTER, NES SITC 89289	$119.9M	Growth:+133.4%	64.5	High growth, large market
BASE METALS, WROUGHT NES & ART OF THESE METALS NES SITC 69999	$25.2M	Growth:+134.6%	64.1	High growth, medium market
BRAZIL NUTS FRESH OR DRIED, WHETHER SHELLED/PEELED SITC 05772	$5.8M	Growth:+135.9%	63.7	Other
TANTALUM, WROUGHT AND ARTICLES OF TANTALUM, N.E.S. SITC 69993	$12.4M	Growth:+134.4%	63.5	High growth, medium market
CINEMATOGRAPHIC CAMERAS SITC 88121	$1.3M	Growth:+136.3%	63.0	Other
CRESOLS, N.E.S., AND THEIR SALTS SITC 51242	$864K	Growth:+136.3%	62.7	Other
LACTAMS SITC 51561	$82.2M	Growth:+128.2%	62.2	High growth, medium market
NEWSPAPERS, JOURNLS & PERIODLS APPEAR 4 TIMES A WK SITC 89221	$48K	Growth:+139.2%	62.1	Other
GRANULATED SLAG FROM MANUFACTURE OF IRON & STEEL SITC 27861	$13.0M	Growth:+129.5%	61.6	High growth, medium market
PETROLEUM COKE SITC 33542	$47.3M	Growth:+126.3%	61.1	High growth, medium market
ALUMINUM WASTE AND SCRAP SITC 28823	$366.9M	Growth:+123.0%	61.0	High growth, large market
WOV FABRIC, SYN ST FIB, UN85% MIX WOOL ETC SITC 65341	$2.7M	Growth:+130.3%	61.0	Other
LIGHTING SETS OF A KIND USED FOR CHRISTMAS TREES SITC 89441	$2.6M	Growth:+130.3%	61.0	Other
IVORY, TORTOISE SHELL, CLAWS ETC UNWORKED, & WASTE SITC 29116	$554K	Growth:+132.4%	60.9	Other
STAINLESS STEEL SEMIFINISHED PRODUCTS SITC 67281	$18.1M	Growth:+126.7%	60.7	High growth, medium market
YARN OF FINE ANIMAL HAIR, NOT PK FOR RETAIL SALE SITC 65114	$1.7M	Growth:+129.7%	60.5	Other
WEAVING MACHINES (LOOMS) SITC 72451	$2.6M	Growth:+128.5%	60.3	Other
WH MINK SKINS, WITH HEAD ETC OR NOT, UNASSEMBLED SITC 61311	$15K	Growth:+136.0%	60.2	Other
POTASSIUM SULFATE FERTILIZERS SITC 56232	$11.6M	Growth:+125.5%	60.0	High growth, medium market
PLATINUM & OTH PLAT GR METALS & ALLOYS SEMIMFR NES SITC 68125	$67.2M	Growth:+121.3%	59.3	High growth, medium market
CINEMA FILM EXP & DEVP, INCL SOUND TRAK, 35MM/MORE SITC 88310	$93K	Growth:+130.5%	59.1	Other
HYDRAULIC LIME SITC 66113	$34K	Growth:+132.0%	59.1	Other
BORING-MILLING MACHINES NES, NUMERICALLY CONTROLLD SITC 73144	$17.1M	Growth:+121.7%	58.7	High growth, medium market
MEDICAMENTS OF ALKALOIDS ETC NES, NOT DOSAGE FORM SITC 54231	$1.0M	Growth:+125.8%	58.6	Other
CAFFEINE AND ITS SALTS SITC 54143	$13.3M	Growth:+121.5%	58.4	High growth, medium market
WASTE ORGANIC SOLVENTS SITC 59930	$66K	Growth:+129.1%	58.3	Other
HYDANTOIN AND ITS DERIVATIVES SITC 51572	$2.2M	Growth:+123.3%	58.1	Other
SPARK-IGNIT RECIP OR ROTRY INT COM ENGS FOR AIRCFT SITC 71311	$7.0M	Growth:+121.3%	58.0	Other
COT MIX WOV FABRIC NES, YRN COL, NOT OV 200G/M2 SITC 65293	$125K	Growth:+126.3%	57.6	Other
SEEDS OF FORAGE PLANTS, OTHER THAN BEET SEED SITC 29252	$11.5M	Growth:+117.8%	56.9	High growth, medium market
PROPELLENT POWDERS SITC 59311	$24.7M	Growth:+116.6%	56.9	High growth, medium market
SMOKING TOBACCO, WHETHER CONTAINING TOB SUBSTITUTE SITC 12232	$21.1M	Growth:+116.6%	56.8	High growth, medium market
STORAGE UNITS FOR DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS SITC 75270	$2.2B	Growth:+107.4%	55.9	High growth, large market
HEATING MACH, PLANT OR EQUIPMENT NES SITC 74189	$297.8M	Growth:+109.2%	55.4	High growth, large market

NATURAL GAS, LIQUEFIED

SITC 34310

High growth, medium market

Value

$38.8M

Growth

Growth:+151.9%

Score

71.2

RAPE OR COLZA SEEDS

SITC 22261

High growth, medium market

How we calculate opportunity scores

Each product receives a composite score combining trade volume and growth rate:

score = ln(import_value) × 0.6 + growth_rate × 0.4

ln(import_value) rewards large markets on a logarithmic scale, so a $10B market scores higher than a $100M market but not 100x higher.
growth_rate is the percentage change versus the prior period (month-over-month or year-over-year).
The 60/40 weighting favors market size over growth, surfacing products that combine meaningful volume with positive momentum.

Products are filtered to national-level HS6 imports only, and require a minimum prior period value of $100K to prevent misleading growth spikes from low-volume products.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Scores are for informational purposes only.

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