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U.S. imports of unwrought tungsten, including sintered bars & rods (HS 810194) totaled $2.9M in July 2026, traded with 9 countries.
Importers of Unwrought Tungsten, Including Sintered Bars & Rods paid $495K in duties in July 2026 — an effective duty rate of 17% on $2.9M in dutiable value, based on actual customs collections rather than the published tariff schedule. Unwrought Tungsten, Including Sintered Bars & Rods imports of $2.9M in July 2026 ran 46% below the year-to-date monthly average of $5.5M.
Last updated: July 2026 dataTungsten in unwrought form — including bars and rods produced simply by sintering tungsten powder — is a strategic refractory metal used in cutting tools, electrical contacts, radiation shielding, and defense applications. China dominates global supply and is the leading US source under this heading, a concentration that has drawn sustained attention from supply-chain risk managers; Vietnam and Canada are secondary suppliers. Imports from China are subject to Section 301 tariffs, and the strategic nature of tungsten has prompted ongoing US government interest in supply diversification.
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12 shipments/mo
Unwrought tungsten under 810194 covers primary metal forms — including sintered bars and rods produced directly from powder metallurgy without further working — as well as scrap. Tungsten that has been drawn into wire, rolled into sheet, or machined into finished parts classifies in other subheadings of Chapter 81 or in the relevant finished-goods chapter.
The heading explicitly includes bars and rods 'obtained simply by sintering,' meaning powder-metallurgy consolidation alone does not move the product out of the unwrought category. However, if sintered bars are subsequently drawn, swaged, or otherwise mechanically worked, they would reclassify into the worked tungsten subheadings.
Subheading 4 of 5 in heading 8101
Subheading 810194 · $2.9M of $50.0M
ImportsExports
Imports
$2.9MYoY · Pro
Exports
$873KYoY · Pro
12-mo low · imports
YoY · ProThrough July 2026. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Imports · July 2026
origin
Vietnam and Austria together supply 91% of it.
customs district
destination
entry
rate provision · imports
7.2% enters free of duty; the effective duty rate is 16.84%.
HS10 import codes under this HS6 parent, each with its own page. Source: U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
| Code | Description | Import Value | Effective Tariff % | Dutiable Share | Duty Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8101940000 | Tungsten, Unwrought | $2.9M | 16.84% | 97.45% | $495K |
HS10 export codes under this HS6 parent, each with its own page. Source: U.S. Schedule B export classification.
| Code | Description | Export Value |
|---|---|---|
| 8101940000 | Tungsten, Unwrought | $873K |
Import lines come from the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule and export lines from Schedule B. The two are numbered by different agencies, so the same 10-digit code can appear in both tables describing a different product.
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