U.S. imports of Other Imports: Movies, Miscellaneous, and Special Transactions (End-Use 50040) totaled $1.1B in August 2026, imported from 142 countries.
Importers of Other Imports: Movies, Miscellaneous, and Special Transactions paid $11.3M in duties in August 2026, an average duty rate of 1.06% — duty actually collected as a share of the imports that cleared customs, not the published tariff schedule.
Last updated: August 2026 dataEnd-use code 50040 is a Census Bureau catch-all import category that captures transactions not classifiable elsewhere in the end-use system, including imported motion picture content, intangible or non-merchandise transfers, and other special trade transactions. Motion picture imports, for example, often involve royalty or licensing structures rather than conventional merchandise flows, making their statistical treatment distinct from physical goods. Trade analysts encounter this category when reconciling aggregate import statistics, as it absorbs residual flows that do not fit neatly into commodity-based end-use groupings. Its heterogeneous composition means it is rarely useful for commodity-specific market analysis.
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37.9K import shipments a month
End-Use codes describe different products on the import and export sides. Cross-direction exports are not shown for this slug.
Imported film and media content often involves intangible rights, licensing fees, or non-standard valuation methods that do not align with physical merchandise categories. The Census Bureau places these flows in the residual end-use category to avoid distorting commodity-specific statistics, since the economic nature of the transaction differs fundamentally from goods-based imports.
Generally no. Because this category aggregates unrelated transaction types — films, miscellaneous goods, and special transactions — its aggregate figures do not represent any single market or commodity. Analysts seeking sector-specific insights should use HTS-based trade data rather than this end-use grouping.
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Commodity 50040 · $1.1B of $14.0B
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Imports · August 2026
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12-mo low · imports
Low · free accountOver the twelve months to August 2026, the U.S. imported $13.7B of Other Imports: Movies, Miscellaneous, and Special Transactions.
Through August 2026. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.