Trophy and Statuette Imports by Country, 2019 to 2026
Where the US gets its metal and plastic statuettes, trophies and ornaments, and what happened to the duties paid on them, from Census Bureau trade data.
By MX Trophies · Published · Data through September 2026
Research / Trophy and statuette imports
Headline finding
China supplied 75.7% of the $781.8 million in base-metal statuettes and ornaments the US imported in 2025, the customs category that includes metal sporting trophies, cups and award medals. Duties collected on that category went from 0.0% of its value in 2024 to 17.3% in 2025 ($135.3 million), according to Census Bureau trade data.
Key numbers
- 75.7%China’s share of US imports of base-metal statuettes and ornaments (HTS 8306.29.0000) in 2025, $781.8 million in allU.S. Census Bureau, international trade data, 2025
- 17.3%Calculated duties as a share of that category’s import value in 2025, up from 0.0% in 2024U.S. Census Bureau, calculated duty, 2024 and 2025
- 79.2%China’s share of US imports of plastic statuettes and ornaments (HTS 3926.40.0090) in 2025, $915.6 million in allU.S. Census Bureau, international trade data, 2025
- 24.0%Calculated duties on plastic statuettes and ornaments as a share of value in 2025, up from 5.2% in 2024U.S. Census Bureau, calculated duty, 2024 and 2025
- $353.2 millionCalculated duties on the two categories together in 2025U.S. Census Bureau, calculated duty, 2025
What these customs codes cover
US import records do not have a line for “trophies.” Awards are classified by what they are made of, and they share their customs codes with other decorative goods. This study follows the two codes where U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has placed trophies:
- HTS 8306.29.0000, statuettes and other ornaments of base metal, not plated with precious metal. CBP ruling HQ 968022 quotes the Harmonized System explanatory notes for this heading, which list “sporting or art trophies (cups, etc.)” and medallions that are not worn as jewelry. CBP placed a framed award medal here in NY L85724. Race finisher medals worn on a ribbon have been ruled imitation jewelry instead (NY N302469, HTS 7117.19.9000), so they are not in these figures.
- HTS 3926.40.0090, statuettes and other ornamental articles of plastics. In NY N350591 (July 3, 2025), CBP classified a plastic years-of-service trophy here.
Both codes also hold figurines, home decor and other ornaments that are not awards. The totals below describe those whole categories. They are not a count of trophies, and they should not be quoted as trophy sales.
Who supplies the US
China is the largest supplier in both categories by a wide margin. In 2025 it shipped 75.7% of base-metal statuettes and ornaments and 79.2% of plastic ones. India is a distant second for metal (13.5%). Vietnam is second for plastic, with 12.8% in 2025, up from 1.8% in 2019.
Top five suppliers, base-metal statuettes and ornaments (HTS 8306.29.0000), 2025
| Country | Imports (customs value) | Share of US imports | Duty as % of value |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | $591.5 million | 75.7% | 18.2% |
| India | $105.9 million | 13.5% | 19.8% |
| Cambodia | $14.1 million | 1.8% | 9.8% |
| Mexico | $13.8 million | 1.8% | 0.2% |
| Thailand | $8.4 million | 1.1% | 9.9% |
Top five suppliers, plastic statuettes and ornaments (HTS 3926.40.0090), 2025
| Country | Imports (customs value) | Share of US imports | Duty as % of value |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | $725.3 million | 79.2% | 26.6% |
| Vietnam | $117.0 million | 12.8% | 15.9% |
| Cambodia | $14.7 million | 1.6% | 12.0% |
| Canada | $8.4 million | 0.9% | 1.7% |
| Mexico | $7.7 million | 0.8% | 1.3% |
In the first nine months of 2026, China’s share of the metal category was back to 81.2%, and its share of the plastic category was 76.1%.
Top five suppliers, base-metal statuettes and ornaments, January to September 2026
| Country | Imports (customs value) | Share of US imports | Duty as % of value |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | $685.9 million | 81.2% | 12.0% |
| India | $70.9 million | 8.4% | 15.4% |
| Cambodia | $21.5 million | 2.5% | 12.8% |
| Vietnam | $14.2 million | 1.7% | 12.4% |
| Mexico | $11.5 million | 1.4% | 0.1% |
Top five suppliers, plastic statuettes and ornaments, January to September 2026
| Country | Imports (customs value) | Share of US imports | Duty as % of value |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | $615.3 million | 76.1% | 17.3% |
| Vietnam | $110.9 million | 13.7% | 17.9% |
| Cambodia | $22.0 million | 2.7% | 20.5% |
| Canada | $6.6 million | 0.8% | 3.5% |
| Mexico | $6.3 million | 0.8% | 1.0% |
What happened to duties
The base-metal category is duty-free at the general rate in the tariff schedule, and from 2019 through 2024 the duty Census recorded on it was 0.0% of its value. Plastic statuettes carry a general rate of 5.3%, and the duty collected on them ran at about that level (5.2% in 2024; some partner countries enter free under trade agreements).
That changed in 2025. Duties collected rose to 17.3% of the value of metal statuettes and ornaments and 24.0% of plastic ones. On metal statuettes from China, the monthly rate peaked at 43.6% in May 2025. CBP’s ruling on the plastic trophy lists two of the added duties in force on a Chinese plastic trophy at the time: an extra 20 percent from March 4, 2025, and a 10 percent reciprocal tariff from April 5, 2025.
Tariff rules changed several more times in late 2025 and 2026. For January to September 2026, duties collected came to 12.0% of value for the metal category and 17.1% for plastic. The figures here are what Census recorded as calculated duty on actual imports, not a tariff schedule.
Base-metal statuettes and ornaments (8306.29.0000)Plastic statuettes and ornaments (3926.40.0090)
Calculated duty divided by the value of imports for consumption. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Duty as a share of import value, all countries and China
| Period | Metal, all countries | Plastic, all countries | Metal, from China | Plastic, from China |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0.0% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 5.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 5.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | 5.1% | 0.0% | 5.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | 5.1% | 0.0% | 5.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | 5.1% | 0.0% | 5.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | 5.2% | 0.0% | 5.3% |
| 2025 | 17.3% | 24.0% | 18.2% | 26.6% |
| Jan-Sep 2025 | 14.7% | 22.8% | 16.7% | 25.7% |
| Jan-Sep 2026 | 12.0% | 17.1% | 12.0% | 17.3% |
Import value and average unit value
US imports of base-metal statuettes and ornaments fell 18.5% from 2024 to 2025, to $781.8 million. Plastic statuettes and ornaments fell 10.1%, to $915.6 million. Imports of the metal category then picked up: January to September 2026 came to $844.9 million, 38.9% more than the same months of 2025.
Did duties raise prices? These records cannot answer that directly. Customs value is the value of the goods before US duties, freight and the importer’s markup, so it is not what a buyer pays. The average customs value per kilogram of metal statuettes fell from $3.46 in 2024 to $0.97 in January to September 2026 while the weight imported rose. A fall that steep is more consistent with a change in the mix of goods than with a price cut on any one product, but the data do not show why. What they do show is that duties became a much larger part of the cost of bringing these goods in.
Base-metal statuettes and ornaments (HTS 8306.29.0000)
| Period | US imports (customs value) | China share | Duty as % of value | Average value per kilogram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $693.4 million | 80.2% | 0.0% | $5.61 |
| 2020 | $646.8 million | 81.4% | 0.0% | $4.99 |
| 2021 | $947.8 million | 79.8% | 0.0% | $4.77 |
| 2022 | $1,060.6 million | 80.0% | 0.0% | $4.88 |
| 2023 | $850.9 million | 80.1% | 0.0% | $4.27 |
| 2024 | $959.3 million | 82.2% | 0.0% | $3.46 |
| 2025 | $781.8 million | 75.7% | 17.3% | $1.80 |
| Jan-Sep 2025 | $608.4 million | 77.1% | 14.7% | $2.09 |
| Jan-Sep 2026 | $844.9 million | 81.2% | 12.0% | $0.97 |
Plastic statuettes and ornaments (HTS 3926.40.0090)
| Period | US imports (customs value) | China share | Duty as % of value | Average value per item |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $475.1 million | 89.1% | 5.0% | $0.51 |
| 2020 | $535.9 million | 87.4% | 5.0% | $0.52 |
| 2021 | $755.7 million | 83.6% | 5.1% | $0.58 |
| 2022 | $889.5 million | 83.8% | 5.1% | $0.54 |
| 2023 | $822.6 million | 83.7% | 5.1% | $0.67 |
| 2024 | $1,018.8 million | 82.9% | 5.2% | $0.64 |
| 2025 | $915.6 million | 79.2% | 24.0% | $0.55 |
| Jan-Sep 2025 | $683.8 million | 81.1% | 22.8% | $0.58 |
| Jan-Sep 2026 | $809.0 million | 76.1% | 17.1% | $0.52 |
What this means for event organizers and award buyers
- Most finished statuettes and ornaments in these categories come from one country: China supplied 77.6% of the two categories combined in 2025. Changes in trade policy toward China reach this whole shelf of products.
- Duties on these goods changed several times from early 2025 on. If you are comparing quotes for stock trophies, ask what each quote includes and how long it holds.
- MX Trophies designs and builds its awards in its own shop in Carson City, Nevada, mostly from acrylic, wood and metal. This study covers finished imported statuettes, not the materials any award maker buys, so it says nothing about any one company’s costs. For how custom awards are put together, see how trophies are made.
- Plan the award order as part of the event, with time to review a design proof before anything is produced. The event award planning guide walks through the steps.
Method, sources and limits
We downloaded every monthly import record from January 2019 to September 2026 (the latest month published when we ran the numbers) for HTS 8306.29.0000 and 3926.40.0090 from the U.S. Census Bureau’s International Trade API, for every partner country, and added the months up into calendar years and into January to September of 2025 and 2026.
A country’s share is its general imports (customs value) divided by imports from all countries. The duty rate is Census’s calculated duty divided by the value of imports for consumption, which is how Census relates the two. Average unit value is customs value divided by quantity (kilograms for the metal code, number of items for the plastic code).
A separate script queried Census again for its own year-to-date totals and for the 6-digit codes, and recomputed every figure in the key numbers box and the headline from those. All of them matched.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau, International Trade API: imports by HS, monthly, January 2019 to September 2026, retrieved November 12, 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, USA Trade Online, the same import data in an interactive tool
- U.S. International Trade Commission, Harmonized Tariff Schedule, general duty rates for 8306.29.00 and 3926.40.00
- CBP ruling NY N350591, plastic award trophy, July 3, 2025
- CBP ruling HQ 968022, base metal medals, June 13, 2006
- CBP ruling NY L85724, framed award medal, June 30, 2005
- CBP ruling NY N302469, award medals and a volunteer award coin, February 21, 2019
Limits
- The two codes include decorative goods that are not awards. Use the totals as the size of the category, not of the trophy market.
- Awards made of other materials, wearable medals, and award parts imported separately are classified under other codes and are not counted.
- Base-metal statuettes and ornaments plated with precious metal are a separate line, HTS 8306.21, and are not included.
- Customs value excludes US duties, freight, insurance and markups, so neither the totals nor the unit values are retail prices.
- Calculated duty is Census’s figure from the rates reported at entry. Later refunds, exclusions or corrections may not be reflected.
- Census revises trade data. The 2026 months were the first published figures when we ran the numbers.
Cite this study
MX Trophies. “Trophy and Statuette Imports by Country, 2019 to 2026.” November 12, 2026. https://mx-trophies.com/research/trophy-imports-by-country/
Download the data: trophy-imports-by-country.csv. The table is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a credit and a link to this page. It lists every partner country for each period and code, with value, share, calculated duty and quantity.
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