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Now is the Time for Brand Building Welcome to the September/October issue of Brushware. This edition looks ahead to the 66th FEIBP Congress in Lyon, France, where the brush industry will once again come together to exchange ideas, strengthen relationships and consider what comes next for our industry. The timing feels particularly appropriate. As you'll see in our Economic Dashboard, manufacturing activity is showing encouraging signs of momentum, yet concerns surrounding tariffs, supply chains and geopolitical risk remain. At the same time, automation and artificial intelligence are accelerating change across manufacturing and the broader business environment. We may be entering one of the most consequential periods of transformation the industry has experienced in decades. In that environment, I believe brand matters more than ever. When markets and supply chains shift, companies explore new relationships. When technology changes how buyers discover suppliers, familiarity and reputation become increasingly valuable. And when uncertainty makes purchasing decisions more difficult, buyers naturally gravitate toward companies they know and trust.
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As brush manufacturers and suppliers prepare to gather in Lyon, my message is simple: this is not the time to retreat from building your brand. In an uncertain world on the precipice of unprecedented change, it may be the most important time to invest in your presence, strengthen relationships and position your company for whatever comes next. Potential customers and partners will gravitate toward reliable, trusted companies. Now is the time to position your company as a leader.
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Mill-Rose Tournament Brings Manufacturers and Suppliers Together for 66th Year
Leadership Change at ZAHORANSKY USA
ZAHORANSKY has announced a leadership change at its U.S. subsidiary: Effective July 1, 2026, Steve Bellocchio assumed the role of President of ZAHORANSKY USA Inc. With his extensive market expertise and long-standing customer relationships, he will further strengthen ZAHORANSKY’s position in this important growth market and drive the company’s sustainable expansion. He succeeds Eva Rotolo, who will remain with the company as Director of Finance, Administration & Business Operations. The U.S. and Canadian markets continue to offer significant growth opportunities for ZAHORANSKY. Under the new leadership, a strong focus will be placed on the strategic and operational development of the company’s sales and service activities. The objective is to further expand the customer base while continuously strengthening the organization at the West Chicago, Illinois, location. “The North American market offers tremendous potential for us. I am excited to work together with our team to further unlock these opportunities,” says Bellocchio. ZAHORANSKY would also like to express its sincere appreciation to Eva Rotolo for her many years of dedication and leadership. She has played a key role in shaping the U.S. organization, delivering strong business results and establishing a solid foundation for the company’s future development. Going forward, she will contribute her extensive expertise in her new position as Director of Finance, Administration & Business Operations. “With Steve Bellocchio, we are gaining an experienced leader who knows both the U.S. market and our customers extremely well. At the same time, we would like to sincerely thank Eva Rotolo for her successful leadership over the past years. We are delighted that she will continue to support ZAHORANSKY USA with her valuable experience,” says Dr. Heinrich Sielemann, Chief Technology Officer of ZAHORANSKY AG. Learn more about ZAHORANSKY at www.zahoransky.com.
The Mill-Rose Company recently hosted the 66th annual Victor F. Miller golf tournament at Shaker Heights Country Club, bringing together brush manufacturers and suppliers from around the country in honor of the company’s past president, Victor F. Miller. Skills of the golfers ranged from near professional to novice; however, a good time was had by all who attended the event. Cash prizes were awarded to golfers for low gross, long drive and closest to the pin shots. A dinner followed the golfing event with attendees including Donna Frendt, American Brush Manufacturers Association (ABMA) director, as well as current ABMA President, Robert Lindstrom of Zepher Mfg., who provided industry updates related to the FEIBP Congress, ABMA Convention and World Brush Expo. “The 2026 Victor F. Miller Golf Tournament was a great success,” said Gregory Miller, of The Mill-Rose Company. “The weather was perfect, we had a number of first-timers in attendance, and I’m always impressed by the support and camaraderie at our events that strengthen bonds and create opportunities within our great industry,” added Miller. The golf event serves as the culmination of activities in which brush company representatives renew alliances and discuss business trends/ opportunities in the brush manufacturing industry. Many gathered earlier in the week for business meetings in the greater Cleveland area, which is often referred to as the “Brush Mecca or Capital,” as there are a number of brush manufacturers located in Northeast Ohio. Brushes manufactured by these companies are used in virtually every type of industry around the world. Applications include makeup/mascara brushes, hair brushes, floor sweeping and polishing brushes, gun cleaning brushes, car wash brushes, copier toner brushes, brooms, paint brushes and special brushes used in the medical field. To learn more about The Mill-Rose Company, visit www.millrose.com.
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ABMA Announces Michael Feuz as 2026 Convention Keynote Speaker
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The American Brush Manufacturers Association has announced Michael Feuz of ITR Economics as the keynote speaker for the 110th ABMA Annual Convention, taking place March 23-26, 2027, at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. Feuz will present “Prospering Through the Cycle” on Wednesday, March 24, at 9:30 a.m. at the ABMA Educational Institute.
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The session arrives at a pointed moment for brush manufacturers and suppliers. According to ITR Economics’ outlook, the US Industrial Production Index — a key barometer for the broader manufacturing economy — is expected to trend largely flat through 2027, with some individual markets contracting outright. For an industry accustomed to planning around steady growth assumptions, that shift matters. Feuz’s session will focus on helping leaders separate the macroeconomic signal from the noise: understanding which forces are driving the current phase of the business cycle, and which are specific to their own sector. That distinction becomes especially important when demand cools and margins compress at the same time, forcing firms to revisit planning assumptions built up over recent, more favorable years.
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Attendees can expect a working session on the macroeconomic drivers shaping 2027 and beyond, with particular attention to: • Inflation and interest rates • Labor availability and productivity • Consumer and business demand • Geopolitical developments Feuz will connect these forces to practical business decisions — cost structure, pricing strategy, workforce planning and capital allocation — with a specific focus on a challenge many manufacturers know well: profitless prosperity, where revenue climbs but profit margins shrink underneath it.
Why It Matters for Brush Manufacturers ITR Economics has built its reputation on helping business leaders anticipate turns in the market before they arrive, rather than react to them after the fact. For an industry where raw material costs, labor markets and customer demand can shift quickly, that kind of forward visibility is a genuine planning advantage. Feuz’s session is designed to leave attendees with a clearer read on where the next 12 to 24 months are heading and the confidence to make decisions accordingly. For more information, visit www.abma.org/convention/.
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20 Years of ZAHORANSKY in the USA
Old West Brands Acquires Champion Brush Product Line
Old West Brands, a division of Old West Industries, Inc., has acquired the Champion Brush business from Hillbrush; the transfer took effect June 23, 2026. The transaction includes the Champion Brush product range, remaining inventory, the Beasties trademark and the Winner’s Circle brand. Champion Brush has long been recognized in the equestrian market, particularly for its grooming brush lines and stable-related products. Old West Brands said it intends to continue developing and growing the Champion Brush business, building on the brand’s history and reputation with equestrian customers. The acquisition also expands Old West Brands’ existing portfolio of equestrian and grooming-related product lines, which includes Wright-Bernet and Desert Equestrian. The company said customers can expect the same commitment to quality products and service throughout the transition.
ZAHORANSKY USA Inc. is celebrating its 20th anniversary. What began two decades ago through a partnership with a US sales representative has grown into an independent subsidiary based in West Chicago, Illinois, serving customers throughout the United States and Canada. To mark the anniversary, the company hosted an Open House, highlighting the strong connection between the North American market and German engineering expertise.
From Sales Representative to an Independent Subsidiary During its early years, ZAHORANSKY was represented in the North American market through a US sales agent. A major milestone followed in October 2014, when the partnership evolved into an independent subsidiary. Since February 2015, ZAHORANSKY USA has operated from its current location in West Chicago, providing comprehensive support to customers across the United States and Canada – from consultation and machine commissioning to after-sales service. The location also played a remarkable role during the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the US government’s Operation Warp Speed, ZAHORANSKY contributed to supplying production equipment for components used in the distribution of newly developed vaccines. This was a compelling example of the team’s ability to respond quickly and flexibly to extraordinary challenges.
Continuously Expanding Customer Support and Service Over the past decade, ZAHORANSKY USA has continuously strengthened its market position. Several Open House events have fostered direct dialogue with prospective customers and repeatedly led to new business relationships. At the same time, the subsidiary has strategically expanded its service and spare parts teams while optimizing internal processes. Throughout this development, the focus has remained on increasing customer satisfaction and ensuring fast response times. “Twenty years in the United States demonstrate how important local presence and close customer relationships are to our business. Our team on site combines ZAHORANSKY’s innovative strength with a deep understanding of the North American market,” says Dr. Heinrich Sielemann, Chief Technology Officer of ZAHORANSKY, who traveled from Germany to attend the anniversary celebration.
Live Demonstration Highlights Anniversary Event To celebrate its 20th anniversary, ZAHORANSKY USA welcomed customers from across the United States to its Open House event, representing regions from the West Coast and the Midwest to the East Coast. The highlight of the event was a live demonstration of the Z.PUMA, showcasing the production of two different brush sizes. The demonstration impressively illustrated the machine’s performance, flexibility, and versatility. To learn more about ZAHORANSKY, visit www.zahoransky.com.
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Interclean Shanghai 2026 to Showcase Professional Cleaning and Hygiene Solutions
Global Shop Solutions Recognizes Customer Care Leader
Manufacturers remember ERP partners for more than the software. They remember who answers the call and stands beside them when production is on the line. Over the past 15 years, Doug Johnson has helped build one of the manufacturing ERP industry’s highest-rated customer care organizations, turning fast, knowledgeable support into one of Global Shop Solutions’ strongest competitive advantages. When he joined Global Shop Solutions in 2011 as one of the company’s first dedicated 24-hour Technical Support specialists, he helped manufacturers solve complex technical challenges. Today, he’s Customer Care Director at the AI-enabled ERP provider, leading the team that answers the phone when any customer calls. Currently, more than 40 Customer Care specialists resolve roughly 90 percent of incoming support requests without escalation. Johnson’s career has mirrored the evolution of customer support at Global Shop Solutions. In 2015, he created FastResponse, a Tier-1 support team focused on reducing customer wait times and improving issue resolution. What started with eight employees, Johnson grew into today’s specialized Customer Care department. “Our customers love our people, and that’s no accident,” says Dusty Alexander, President & CEO of Global Shop Solutions. “Independent reviews consistently highlight our Customer Care team, and our latest customer satisfaction survey found 85% rated Customer Care excellent or very good. Doug helped build that reputation one hire, one process and one customer interaction at a time.” Johnson’s impact extends well beyond the customers he serves. He has recruited and mentored more than 100 employees, many of whom have been promoted into consulting, project management, customer success, software development and other areas of the business. That commitment to developing people has helped build a strong internal talent pipeline while reinforcing the company’s people-first culture. “The industry has changed dramatically over the past 15 years,” says Johnson. “Our purpose hasn’t. Fast answers matter. The goal has always been to help manufacturers run their businesses with confidence. Every improvement we make comes back to that.”
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Interclean Shanghai 2026 will take place October 28-30, 2026, at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, bringing together cleaning and hygiene professionals from across China and international markets. As China’s only dedicated professional cleaning and hygiene trade show, Interclean Shanghai offers visitors the opportunity to discover cost-effective, high-quality solutions from leading Chinese manufacturers, connect directly with trusted suppliers and explore innovations designed for a wide range of end-user sectors, including healthcare, hospitality, property management, education, retail, transportation, foodservice and industrial facilities. The event is part of the globally recognized Interclean brand, the world’s largest cleaning and hygiene platform. With teams based in Shanghai and Amsterdam, Interclean Shanghai combines international reach with local market expertise, serving as a trusted route to market for companies looking to connect with China’s professional cleaning and hygiene sector. The 2026 show will feature products and services across the cleaning technology supply chain, including equipment, machines, detergents and disinfection, healthcare cleaning solutions, washroom products, data and digital tools, robotics, steam cleaning, window cleaning, high-pressure cleaning, components for manufacturing and related products. The event will also highlight solutions in areas such as waste management, automation and emerging cleaning technologies. Interclean Shanghai is designed for professionals serving a broad range of visitor sectors, including healthcare, hotels and leisure, properties, education, retail, transportation, foodservice, warehousing, offices and real estate, industrial facilities, food processing, agriculture, life sciences and cleanrooms. “Interclean Shanghai brings together international expertise, local market knowledge and direct access to trusted suppliers in one of the world’s most important cleaning and hygiene markets,” the organizers said. “The 2026 edition will provide a valuable platform for professionals to connect, gain insights and discover the latest products and innovations from China and beyond.”
DIY CON 2026 Tickets Now Live: Where DIY Dreams Come to Life
There is a new event built for those who build it themselves: DIY CON 2026, and ticket sales opened July 9, 2026. This hands-on, high-energy collaboration of DIYers gives makers, fixers, creators and builders a place to learn, experience, grow, connect and have a great time doing it all at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas from November 6-8, 2026. Produced by global event organizer RX, DIY CON is where that “I’ve got this” feeling really comes to life. It’s a hands-on, in-person experience packed with ideas, inspiration and people who love creating just as much as you do. Whether it’s tackling your first paint project, giving the workspace a fresh look, or upgrading tools, this is the space to try things, learn new skills and have some fun along the way. DIY CON is about doing things your way — at your pace, in your style and fueled by what you’re passionate about. Come ready to roll up your sleeves, meet great people, and walk away feeling proud of what you can create. “We built DIY CON for the person who’s tired of scrolling past projects and ready to make one,” said Hector Morfin, Event Director. “From November 6-8, the tools are in your hands, the pros are right next to you and nobody leaves wondering whether they could do it, because there’s an opportunity to learn, create and get inspired for DIYers at every level.” DIY CON’s workshops are designed to meet individual experience level, with three different skill levels to choose from; jump in whether you’re just getting started or already deep in your DIY groove. Every workshop is included with your ticket. Beyond the workshops, the show floor is built for discovery, with dedicated zones for Tools, Paint & Wall Treatments, Home Storage & Organization, Living Spaces and Lawn, Garden & Outdoor. Interactive destinations include The Playground (Kids Zone), The Den, the Main Stage the VIP Area and a Beer Garden. DIY CON also offers attendees a chance get up close and hands-on with some of the biggest names in the industry. Expect live demos, interactive experiences and plenty of chances to try out the latest and greatest gear. From SKIL and Leviton to Rockler, Build Plans, EcoPoxy, Hammerfist, ROVR, Wrap-It Storage and more. For more information on DIY CON, visit diycon.com.
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Z.TUCAN: Customization and Precision for Nail Polish Brush Production
Latest version of the ZAHORANSKY machine features modernized drive technology, optical tuft inspection, and maximum configuration flexibility the top of the machine, the screen can be positioned and operated comfortably from different working areas. The new generation also reflects its technological advancement visually, featuring a modern dark and light gray color concept.
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With the new generation of the Z.TUCAN, ZAHORANSKY is setting new standards in the fully automated production of nail polish brushes. The specialized machine manufactures up to 300 brushes per minute while offering exceptional product versatility. At the heart of the latest development is the newly implemented servo-driven main drive, which significantly simplifies machine setup and changeovers. The Z.TUCAN is now also equipped with the ZMI 4.0 machine control system, while an optional camera inspection system further enhances process reliability and manufacturing precision.
To meet the highest quality standards, ZAHORANSKY offers the Z.TUCAN with an optional integrated camera inspection system. A dedicated display provides visual process monitoring, reliably checking that filament tufts are present and correctly positioned. Due to space requirements, this option is available exclusively for the shortchain machine version. This version covers the standard processes of tufting and trimming, while the alternatively available long-chain version includes additional grinding stations for end rounding and further finishing operations. Whether producing classic nail polish brushes in short, long, round, or oval designs, specialty brushes, or even applications for medical technology, the machine can be precisely configured to meet individual customer requirements while processing a wide range of filament lengths.
The Z.TUCAN continues to stand out for its well-established strengths, above all its outstanding flexibility. Whether producing classic nail polish brushes in short, long, round, or oval designs, specialty brushes, or even applications for medical technology, the machine can be precisely configured to meet individual customer requirements while processing a wide range of filament lengths. The filaments are securely fixed in the brush body using loop technology and a fine wire. For increased brush volume, the Z.TUCAN can also be configured with a double-hole option, enabling two filament tufts to be inserted into two adjacent elongated holes.
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With the new generation, ZAHORANSKY reinforces its commitment to providing manufacturers of nail polish and cosmetic brushes with highly flexible production solutions precisely tailored to their needs. “The strength of the Z.TUCAN lies in its adaptability. With the new generation, we have made machine setup and changeovers easier than ever while raising process reliability to a new level through increased automation,” says Andreas Ehmann, Product Manager Personal Care at ZAHORANSKY.
Beyond brush production itself, the Z.TUCAN can be expanded into a complete production line with a range of additional modules. The coating and drying unit applies a customer-supplied specialty coating to stabilize the filament tufts, preventing individual filaments from protruding when the brush is inserted into the narrow neck of a nail polish bottle. The coating is dried within minutes in a drying tower, giving the brush its final shape. Upon contact with the nail polish, the coating dissolves chemically.
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Another available module is the counting and sorting unit. It automatically counts the finished brushes and transfers them in precisely defined quantities to a rotary table equipped with collection boxes. Once the preset quantity has been reached, the rotary table automatically indexes to the next box, ensuring efficient downstream handling.
A key feature of the new generation is the redesigned main drive. The tufting axis is now powered by a servo motor and can be moved into different positions, making machine setup and product changeovers significantly easier. This is complemented by the intelligent ZMI 4.0 machine control system, now also available for the Z.TUCAN. Thanks to its enlarged display, operators can conveniently monitor all machine processes. Mounted on an ergonomic swivel arm at
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Product Focus: The All-Rounders for Brush Production Maximum Flexibility in a Compact Space: VMC342 and VMC353 by Ebser Maschinenbau
In modern brush manufacturing, speed and adaptability determine market success. With the universal drilling and tufting machines from the VMC342 and VMC353 series, Ebser Maschinenbau provides a tailored solution to the growing demand for smaller batch sizes and high product diversity.
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One Machine Concept – Endless Possibilities The core of this machine series is the intelligent concept of interchangeable brush frames. Instead of requiring a separate system for each product, a single base machine suffices. By quickly swapping the frame, manufacturers can adapt to entirely new product geometries in no time. This saves valuable setup time and future-proofs production.
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The decisive practical advantage in day-to-day production: Switching to different brush types is almost tool-free. The entire changeover is completed in just a few minutes. Costly downtime becomes a thing of the past, making even minimal batch sizes and prototypes economically viable.
The VMC342 and VMC353 are ideal for companies seeking speed, flexibility, and cost-efficiency in brush production. Their innovative concept sets new standards for the future of the industry.
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Building Supply Chain Resilience in an Uncertain World By Lisa Anderson The recent Executive Order on Securing America's Defense Supply Chains highlights a growing reality for manufacturers: critical minerals have become a strategic priority. While the order focuses on strengthening defense supply chains and reducing dependence on foreign sources, the implications extend far beyond defense contractors. Manufacturers across industries rely on critical minerals through electronic components, semiconductors, industrial equipment, batteries and specialized materials. As geopolitical tensions, trade restrictions and export controls continue to evolve, organizations without visibility into their extended supply chains risk disruptions, rising costs and lost sales. The question is no longer whether supply chains are vulnerable. It is whether you know where those vulnerabilities exist.
reshoring or friendshoring strategic components. The objective is not to eliminate global sourcing but to avoid dependence on a single point of failure. Strategic inventory also plays an important role. Rather than carrying excess inventory across the board, successful companies identify the few materials where additional inventory provides meaningful protection while managing working capital effectively.
Look Beyond Tier One Suppliers
Make Scenario Planning Part of Your Strategy
Many manufacturers have strong relationships with their direct suppliers but limited visibility beyond tier one suppliers. Yet some of the greatest risks exist several levels deeper in the supply chain. For example, a supplier delivering components on time may depend on a single processor of rare earths, a sole-source producer of tungsten or a constrained material available from only one region. When disruptions occur upstream, manufacturers often discover the problem only after lead times increase or shipments stop. To address this issue, forwardthinking organizations are mapping their extended supply chains to identify geographic concentrations, single-source dependencies and potential bottlenecks before they become customer issues.
Understand Your Bill of Materials Companies must understand where critical materials exist within their products to mitigate risk and stay in front of changing conditions. A Bill of Materials (BOM) analysis helps manufacturers identify which materials, products and customers are most exposed to supply disruptions so they can prioritize mitigation efforts before a crisis occurs. For example, a medical products manufacturer performed a BOM analysis and discovered that a specialized non-woven material was required in approximately 80 percent of its product portfolio. Several specifications relied on constrained supply from Brazil, creating significant business risk. Rather than waiting for a disruption, the procurement leader identified a domestic supplier and collaborated to develop a modified formulation that met product requirements. The company strategically sourced approximately 20 percent of its requirements from the new supplier. Several years later, when a port strike disrupted imports, the domestic supplier rapidly expanded production to support the company's needs even while receiving requests from much larger competitors. The long-term relationship protected customer deliveries while competitors struggled to secure supply.
Build Flexibility Before You Need It Resilient supply chains are built on options. Leading manufacturers reduce risk by qualifying secondary suppliers, evaluating alternate materials, diversifying sourcing across multiple regions and selectively
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Supply chain resilience depends on preparation, not prediction. Manufacturers should routinely evaluate questions such as: • What happens if a critical supplier becomes unavailable? • How would new tariffs or export restrictions affect operations? • What alternatives exist if lead times double? • Which customers should receive priority if supply becomes constrained? Integrated planning processes such as SIOP, supported by ERP systems, supply chain planning technologies and advanced analytics, allow organizations to evaluate these scenarios before disruptions occur. Instead of reacting to shortages, they can proactively balance customer service, inventory, capacity and profitability while making informed business decisions.
The Bottom Line
The recent Executive Order may focus on defense supply chains, but its message applies across manufacturing. Supply chain resilience is no longer simply about reducing costs. It is about protecting customer service, supporting profitable growth and ensuring business continuity. Manufacturers that invest in multi-tier supplier visibility, BOM analysis, strategic supplier relationships, alternate sourcing and scenario planning will be better positioned to respond to future disruptions. The organizations that understand where their supply chains are vulnerable today will be the ones best prepared for tomorrow
Lisa Anderson is the founder and president of LMA Consulting Group, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in manufacturing strategy and end-to-end supply chain transformation that maximizes the customer experience and enables profitable, scalable, dramatic business growth. She recently released “SIOP (Sales Inventory Operations Planning): Creating Predictable Revenue and EBITDA Growth,” an e-book on how to better navigate supply chain chaos and ensure profitable, scalable business growth. A complimentary download can be found at www.lma-consultinggroup.com/siop-book/.
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2001 1976
Carlos Petzold demonstrates a Dal Maschio broom stitcher producing plastic‑stitched brooms in Cadereyta, Mexico. Petzold summer vacations were so much fun!
1999
Carlos Petzold hires Matt Tompkins to lead spare parts sales and technical support, beginning the growth of a dedicated service infrastructure for Borghi machinery customers in North America.
Land is purchased for a new headquarters designed to support the growing operations of Borghi USA and Bodam International.
2002 2000 1986
Carlos Petzold establishes Bodam International LTD. to strengthen the brand recognition of Borghi brush manufacturing machinery in North America. Location: Parkton, Maryland.
A separate company is incorporated to focus on spare parts distribution and technical support. Borghi USA is formally established.
Borghi USA opens its headquarters in Aberdeen, Maryland, creating a centralized hub for machinery support, spare parts inventory, and customer service.
2026
Bodam International Ltd., led by Carlos Petzold, continues to represent Borghi S.p.A. of Italy for machinery sales in the USA and Canada. Borghi USA provides spare parts and technical support for Borghi machinery under the leadership of Matt Tompkins.
2026 FEIBP CONGRESS LYON, FRANCE | SEPTEMBER 22-24, 2026
FEIBP Sets a New Course in Lyon 66th FEIBP Congress launches new environmental theme while putting collaboration, accessibility and longterm industry challenges at the center of the conversation.
After three years of reminding the brushware industry that no person, company or federation is an island, FEIBP is ready to turn the page. The 66th FEIBP Congress, scheduled for September 22-24 in Lyon, France, will mark the first Congress under President Simon Lorrillière and the beginning of a new thematic direction for the European federation. This time, the focus moves from the importance of connection toward understanding the forces reshaping the industry itself. Lorrillière has introduced “Environmental Transition and Protection” as the theme for his presidency, but he is quick to point out that the discussion goes well beyond climate change. “For me, this is not only about climate change,” Lorrillière says. “It is about understanding how environmental, demographic and social changes will impact our countries, our companies and our industry.” That broader view will shape a Congress that brings manufacturers and suppliers together at the Novotel Lyon Gerland Musée des Confluences for three days of working groups, industry discussion, networking and social activities. The program includes FEIBP’s Innovation Award, the Brush Forum, a Climate Fresk workshop, working group sessions, a wine tasting, a river dinner, a tour of Lyon’s historic center and a gala dinner inside the Musée des Confluences. For Lorrillière, however, the value of the Congress begins with something much simpler: getting industry leaders into the same room. “Our world is changing very
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quickly, and our industry is changing with it,” he says. “We are facing economic, environmental, regulatory and geopolitical challenges that are becoming increasingly complex. I believe national associations, federations and companies need to communicate more and work together.”
From Islands to Transition The Lyon Congress follows a three-year storyline developed under former FEIBP President Alessandro Acquaderni. Beginning in Belfast in 2023 with “No Man Is an Island,” a theme focused on company leaders, the concept continued in Ibiza with “No Company Is an Island” and concluded last year in Ischia with “No Federation Is an Island.” The trilogy emphasized collaboration at increasingly wider levels among individuals, companies and ultimately industry organizations. Lorrillière’s new theme represents a natural next question: What exactly should the industry be collaborating on? His answer begins with understanding change. He envisions Environmental Transition and Protection as a two-step process. The first year, beginning in Lyon, focuses on examining the changes already underway and considering how they could affect businesses, employees, markets and supply chains. The next phase will concentrate more heavily on how companies can adapt and where those changes might create opportunities. A centerpiece of that first step will be Wednesday morning’s Climate Fresk, a workshop scheduled from 9:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The session occupies more than three hours of the official Congress program, giving
View of Lyon from the top of Notre Dame de Fourviere, istockphoto/vwalakte
delegates significant time to explore the interconnected causes and consequences of climate change rather than approaching the subject through a conventional presentation. Lorrillière says the discussion will extend beyond climate to demographic and social change, including aging populations, migration and the future availability of skilled labor. Those forces, he believes, will increasingly shape how manufacturers think about their workforce, markets and longterm competitiveness. “A strong country is not strong only because it has machines, technology and capital,” Lorrillière says. “It is strong because it has women and men who work, create, innovate and build the future together.”
A Convergence of Challenges For brush manufacturers and suppliers, Lorrillière sees the difficulty less as one dominant problem than a collection of challenges arriving at the same time. Energy remains a concern for European manufacturers. International trade has become less predictable. Geopolitical events
can quickly affect transportation, raw materials and supply chains. Major European markets — including automotive — face their own pressures, with slowdowns capable of moving downstream to the companies that supply those industries. Regulation adds another layer, and European businesses face increasing environmental, product and reporting requirements. Lorrillière argues that industry leaders must find ways to meet those objectives while ensuring manufacturers remain competitive with companies operating under different regulatory conditions elsewhere in the world. Environmental change can also create direct industrial consequences. He points to low water levels on the Danube as an example. Reduced water levels can constrain river shipping while also affecting power generation, creating multiple problems from the same underlying environmental condition. “This is a very good example of how one environmental change can create several consequences at the same time: less transport capacity, pressure on energy production, higher costs and disruption to supply chains,” he says.
And then there is labor. Recruiting motivated employees is becoming more difficult in many markets, while younger workers may have different expectations surrounding careers and work-life balance. Companies, Lorrillière says, will need to understand those expectations if manufacturing is going to remain attractive to future generations. “These challenges are connected,” he says. “This is why we need to understand them together rather than looking at each one separately.”
From Reaction to Anticipation That complexity also helps define how Lorrillière sees FEIBP evolving. Most brushware companies are small and mediumsized businesses. Few have extensive internal departments dedicated to environmental regulation, sustainability, international affairs or monitoring every legislative and economic development affecting their operations. A federation can help fill that gap, and Lorrillière says the FEIBP can identify Artwork generated by ChatGPT
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2026 FEIBP CONGRESS LYON, FRANCE | SEPTEMBER 22-24, 2026
Lyon: Six Must-See Stops With more than 2,000 years of history and a reputation as one of France’s great food cities, Lyon offers plenty of reasons for FEIBP Congress attendees to extend their stay. Here are six places worth putting on the list.
1. BASILICA OF NOTRE-DAME DE FOURVIÈRE Perched above the city on Fourvière Hill, the landmark basilica combines ornate 19th-century architecture with some of Lyon’s best panoramic views. The sanctuary is open daily and is easily reached from Vieux Lyon by funicular.
important developments, share information among national associations and allow companies to benefit from experiences elsewhere in the membership. “If one member has already faced a new regulation or technical problem, there is no reason for twenty other companies to solve exactly the same problem separately,” Lorrillière says.
wants to learn whether members prefer a location chosen primarily for convenience and accessibility or a destination that demands additional travel but offers a more distinctive setting. Lyon provides both sides of that equation better than most cities. It has more than
More importantly, he wants the federation to move beyond responding to developments after they occur. “If we understand environmental, regulatory, demographic or economic changes early enough, we can prepare our companies and perhaps find new markets and opportunities,” he says. His summary may ultimately provide the clearest statement of the direction he wants FEIBP to take: “Alone we react; together we can anticipate.”
Lyon: Accessibility Meets Experience The choice of Lyon reflects that changing direction as well. Recent congresses in Ibiza and Ischia offered destinations that combined industry programming with distinctive island settings, but the FEIBP wanted to test a different model for 2026. The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, istockphoto/yujie chen
2. VIEUX LYON AND THE TRABOULES Lyon’s historic old town is known for its Renaissanceera streets and its traboules — hidden passageways running through buildings and courtyards. Lyon has about 500 traboules, including approximately 200 in Vieux Lyon, but fewer than 100 are open to the public.
3. LUGDUNUM ROMAN THEATRES Long before Lyon became a center of French industry and gastronomy, it was the Roman city of Lugdunum. The archaeological site on Fourvière Hill includes ancient theaters and a museum built on the location where the Roman settlement was founded in 43 B.C.
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Lyon offers accessibility. Located at a major transportation crossroads in France, the city can be reached by air, rail or road and is relatively central for many European members. Two hotel categories were selected to give attendees different price points, with discounted accommodations available at the Ibis Lyon Gerland Musée des Confluences and the Novotel Lyon Gerland Musée des Confluences.
FEIBP President Simon Lorrillière at the 2026 ABMA Convention
2,000 years of history, a substantial industrial heritage and one of France’s best-known culinary traditions. It also fits the Congress theme as a major European city dealing directly with questions surrounding mobility, sustainability and environmental transition. “We will listen to the feedback after the Congress and use it to prepare future editions,” Lorrillière says.
Business by Day, Lyon by Night
The schedule has also been compressed into a Tuesday-through-Thursday format for the first time. Registration, the FEIBP board meeting and the welcome reception take place Tuesday. The main business program runs Wednesday and Thursday, allowing participants to complete the Congress during the workweek and return home before the weekend.
The formal program opens Wednesday morning with Lorrillière welcoming delegates, greetings from the ABMA president, recognition of first-time attendees and presentation of the 16th Innovation Award. The Climate Fresk follows before lunch. Wednesday afternoon turns toward sector-specific discussion. Technical brush and personal care working groups meet from 2-3:30 p.m., followed by paintbrush and professional hygiene brush sessions from 3:30-5 p.m.
There is an experimental element to the decision. After two Congresses built around more unusual leisure destinations, FEIBP
In the evening, the setting will change as attendees will travel to Chai Saint Olive for a wine-tasting team-building activity
“I did not want the cost of accommodation to become a reason for someone not to attend,” Lorrillière says.
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4. PARC DE LA TÊTE D’OR For a break from meetings and sightseeing, Lyon’s largest and most popular park covers 105 hectares and includes a 17-hectare lake. Its botanical garden contains approximately 15,000 plant species, making the park an easy choice for visitors looking for a quieter side of the city.
5. LES HALLES DE LYON PAUL BOCUSE Lyon takes food seriously, and this celebrated indoor market is one of the best places to sample the city’s culinary traditions. Visitors will find butchers, cheesemongers, bakers, pastry and chocolate shops, seafood vendors, wine merchants and restaurants under one roof.
6. PLACE BELLECOUR AND THE PRESQU’ÎLE At the heart of central Lyon, Place Bellecour provides a natural starting point for exploring the Presqu’île between the Rhône and Saône rivers. At roughly 47,500 square meters, it is one of France’s largest public squares and is also home to Lyon’s main tourism pavilion.
Bellecour square, istockphoto/Michel PERES
before dinner aboard Les Bateaux Lyonnais, providing delegates an opportunity to experience Lyon from its rivers. Thursday returns to industry business with the Brush Forum from 9:30-11:30 a.m., followed by FEIBP’s General Assembly. The afternoon program includes a guided tour of Lyon’s old town before the Congress concludes with a gala dinner from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Musée des Confluences. The museum itself is an appropriate setting for this year’s Congress. Positioned where the Rhône and Saône rivers meet, the distinctive modern structure is devoted to questions surrounding science, society, history and humanity — themes that parallel a Congress asking participants to look beyond immediate business concerns and consider forces that could shape the industry for decades.
Building the Atlantic Bridge American attendees are also very much part of Lorrillière’s vision for Lyon. Last year’s Congress placed particular emphasis on cooperation between FEIBP and the American Brush Manufacturers Association, and Lorrillière wants that relationship to continue growing. European and U.S. companies face many of the same issues, he says, including recruitment, environmental requirements, raw material costs, shifting markets and global competition. The most immediate opportunity is increasing participation in one another’s events — more ABMA members attending the FEIBP Congress and more European companies participating in the ABMA Convention. But Lorrillière does not want cooperation to stop with conference attendance. The FEIBP and ABMA can share information, collaborate on technical and regulatory subjects and potentially develop additional projects together. The World Brush Expo remains the most visible example of what the two organizations can accomplish jointly. “For me, the principle is very simple,” he says. “We have more to gain by working together than by staying in our own regions.” For U.S. manufacturers and suppliers debating whether Lyon is worth the trip, Lorrillière makes the case first on business grounds. An FEIBP Congress provides access
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to manufacturers, suppliers and industry leaders representing numerous European markets in a single setting. Informal discussions during meals, working sessions and social events can develop relationships that are difficult to replicate through email or videoconferencing. Then there is France itself. Attendees can combine the Congress with additional European travel, and Lyon’s transportation connections make Paris and other destinations relatively easy additions. Lorrillière sums up his pitch to ABMA members simply: “Come for the business, stay for the experience and the relationships.”
Measuring Success Differently Attendance will matter in Lyon, but Lorrillière says his first Congress as president will not be judged solely by a registration total. He will be watching the number of first-time attendees. New companies and new people joining the Congress would demonstrate that FEIBP remains relevant and capable of expanding its reach. He also wants delegates to move beyond familiar circles. “I want people from different countries, different generations and different parts of our industry talking to each other rather than always staying with the people they already know,” he says. Innovation will provide another measure. Lorrillière hopes for strong participation in the Innovation Awards and believes new products, materials, manufacturing techniques and ideas will be critical to the industry’s future. Ultimately, though, his definition of success is remarkably individual. “If people leave Lyon with one new idea, one new contact, one potential business opportunity or a different perspective on the future, then the Congress will have achieved something useful,” he says. That may also capture the larger idea behind the 66th FEIBP Congress. The past three Congresses made the case that companies and associations cannot operate as islands. Lyon begins the next phase by asking what an interconnected industry can accomplish once it starts looking beyond today’s problems.
66th FEIBP Congress Agenda Tuesday, September 22, 2026 ALL 16.30 – 18.30
Registration desk
BOARD 17.00 – 18.30
Board Meeting
ALL 19.00 – 22.00
Welcome Cocktail and Meal
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 ALL 08.00 – 09.00
Registration
08.30 – 09.30
Official Opening 66th FEIBP Congress – Welcome by Simon Lorrillière – Greetings from the President of ABMA – Presentation of all first-time attendees – 16th Innovation Award presentaion
09.30 – 09.45
Coffee Break
09.45 – 13.00
Workshop – Climate Fresk
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch
Place des Jacobins, istockphoto/Gregory_DUBUS
DELEGATES 14.00 – 15.30
Working Group Technical Brushes
14.00 – 15.30
Working Group Personal Care
15.30 – 17.00
Working Group Paint Brushes
15.30 – 17.00
Working Group PHB
ALL 17.30 – 19.00
Wine Tasting – Team Building
19.30 – 22.30
Dinner
Thursday, September 24, 2026 ALL 09.00 – 09.30
Brush Forum Setup
09.30 – 11.30
Brush Forum
DELEGATES 11.30 – 13.00
General Assembly
ALL 13.00 – 14.00
Lunch
14.30 – 17.30
Team Building – Guided Visit of the Old Town
19.00 – 00.00
Gala Dinner
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Precision Brush Company 1951 to 2026: 75th Anniversary Three Generations of Ingenuity, Custom Manufacturing and Growth
Precision Brush Company was founded in 1951 by Lloyd Benjamin in Cleveland, Ohio. Before starting the company, Lloyd worked for Superior Brush Company, which primarily manufactured vacuum cleaner brushes. While there, he designed brush-making equipment and worked in the factory. He began noticing customer inquiries for custom brush products that Superior Brush was not particularly interested in pursuing.
Lloyd saw an opportunity. Starting with very little money but hard work and determination, he founded Precision Brush Company and began to design and build machinery to manufacture metal channel strip brushes. He cobbled together parts and components wherever he could find them and ultimately succeeded in building his first strip-brush machine. Over the years, Lloyd built several more machines, establishing both the manufacturing capability and entrepreneurial philosophy that would define Precision Brush for decades to come. By the early 1960s, the company had grown enough to move into a new, approximately 5,000-square-foot factory in Maple Heights, Ohio. Lloyd’s original idea — serving customers who needed custom products and smaller production runs — became the foundation of the company. Seventy-five years later, that philosophy remains at the heart of Precision Brush. Jim Benjamin, Lloyd’s son, was born in 1965 and essentially grew up around Precision Brush. He frequently went to the factory with his father on weekends, watching and helping as Lloyd made brushes, organized the plant and handled paperwork in the office. Jim’s uncle, Ken Benjamin, was also involved in the business and was in charge of sales and running the office. Through high school and college, Jim continued working at Precision Brush during summers and on weekends. After earning a business degree, he joined the company full time in 1987. “It was an amazing opportunity right out of school,” Jim says.
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Jim and Lloyd Benjamin in 1983
In the shop in 1999
1951 trimmer
1951 machine 4
Worker operating the original strip brush machine
Workers forming and finished brushes for the first large customer, Stanley Home Products
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Jim Benjamin, Peter Benjamin and Lily Benjamin at the PBC building in 1998.
Lloyd Benjamin in 1951
At the time, Lloyd was getting older and had begun considering the possibility of selling the business. Jim expressed an interest in Precision Brush, and father and son decided instead to work together. Jim quickly discovered that running the company required much more than the business education he had received in college. There was an enormous amount of engineering knowledge to learn, particularly because much of Precision Brush’s machinery had been designed and built by Lloyd himself. The machines had no blueprints, and one machine would be considerably different from the next. Computers had not yet entered the company’s operations either. One of Jim’s early challenges became bringing more organization and technology into the business — computerizing the office, documenting and organizing machinery and spare parts and gradually creating more formal processes throughout the company. Working alongside his father also taught Jim a great deal about the challenges and rewards of operating a multigenerational family company. Lloyd had suffered a motorcycle/moped accident as a young teenager that damaged his hearing, which continued to deteriorate over the decades. Communication between father and son could sometimes be challenging. Despite those challenges, the two successfully transitioned Precision Brush from the entrepreneurial operation Lloyd had created into a larger and more structured manufacturing company. One of Jim’s proudest accomplishments was taking his father’s original vision, satisfying customers who needed custom and smaller-run brush products and building a more sophisticated manufacturing organization around it. Under Jim’s leadership, Precision Brush expanded its facilities in 1998, added manufacturing capacity and machinery, improved processes and developed a larger office staff along with stronger sales and customer-relations capabilities. At the same time, the company has remained particularly focused on its core expertise: metal channel strip brushes.
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Over many years, Precision Brush has steadily increased its manufacturing capacity and broadened the range of products it can produce. Today, one of the company’s distinguishing capabilities is the breadth of its metal channel strip-brush manufacturing. Precision Brush manufactures strip brushes in channel sizes ranging from No. 2 through No. 10, giving the company a wider range of metal channel sizes than almost any other strip-brush manufacturer. That manufacturing flexibility supports another hallmark of the business: an extraordinarily diverse customer base.
President: James Benjamin
Strip brushes may appear to be a specialized industrial product, but their applications reach virtually every industry. Precision Brush products are used in agriculture, food processing, conveyor cleaning, dust control, industrial machinery, weather seals, door seals, raised floor grommets, wire grommets, data centers, pharmaceutical applications, cable management, pest control seals, wire-harness management and vacuum cleaner brushes, among many, many other applications.
Headquarters: Solon, Ohio
That diversity is, in a number of ways, a continuation of the opportunity Lloyd Benjamin recognized in 1951: customers frequently need specialized products and solutions that don’t fit neatly into high-volume, standardized manufacturing. Precision Brush has successfully designed countless brushes from concept to creation according to the needs of their customers.
Incoming Third Generation: Peter Benjamin, joining September 2026
Reflecting on 75 Years
Manufacturing Facilities: One
For Jim, reaching Precision Brush’s 75th anniversary is difficult to fully comprehend. “It’s hard to believe it’s been 75 years since my father started the company,” he says. “There have been a lot of changes in the industry and a lot of changes in the company. It’s also amazing to realize that I’ve been here myself since 1987.”
Primary Product Category: Metal channel strip brushes
The milestone represents more than simply the longevity of the company. It demonstrates the durability of Lloyd Benjamin’s original idea: listen to customers, solve unusual problems and manufacture products other companies may not be interested in making. The tools and technologies have changed dramatically since Lloyd cobbled together that first strip-brush machine in a small Cleveland machine shop, but the underlying philosophy has remained remarkably consistent.
Year Founded: 1951 Founder: Lloyd Benjamin Current Generation of Family Leadership: Second generation — James Benjamin
Ownership Structure: Privately held Number of Employees: Approximately 25 Manufacturing Location: Solon, Ohio
Metal Channel Size Range: No. 2 through No. 10 Core Manufacturing Capabilities: Custom metal channel strip-brush manufacturing across an unusually broad range of channel sizes, supported by manufacturing capacity developed and expanded over many years.
For Jim, one of the most rewarding parts of the company’s 75-year history has been taking that entrepreneurial foundation and building upon it, creating a larger operation with more machinery, better processes, greater capacity and stronger systems while retaining the flexibility of a family-owned manufacturer. Now, another major transition is approaching.
Key Industries and Applications: Food processing, weather sealing, grommets, data centers, cable management, wire-harness management, vacuum cleaner brushes and numerous other industrial and commercial applications.
The Third Generation
Competitive Strengths: A particularly broad range of metal channel sizes; extensive experience in custom and specialized brush manufacturing; flexibility in serving diverse applications and customer requirements.
The next chapter of Precision Brush begins in September 2026, when Jim’s son, Peter Benjamin, is scheduled to join the company, representing the third generation of the Benjamin family in the business. Peter studied mechanical engineering at the University of Vermont, giving him a skill set particularly well suited to the manufacturing side of Precision Brush. Jim describes his son as hardworking, artistic, and creative, and believes Peter will be able to look at the company through several new lenses: as a young person, as a mechanical engineer and as someone who has grown up with 75 years of family brush-making history behind him. Peter has been familiar with Precision Brush throughout his life, but his priority will be developing a much deeper understanding of its manufacturing processes and operations. Jim expects him to be particularly interested in the mechanical side of brush making.
Current Priorities: Manufacturing modernization, increased automation and production capacity, continued development of custom manufacturing capabilities and preparing the third generation of family leadership.
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The opportunity of a small family business also gives Peter something that can be difficult to duplicate in a larger organization: the freedom to create, experiment and ultimately help build the business according to his own vision. Jim sees his role as giving Peter that opportunity while providing the foundation created first by Lloyd and then expanded by Jim. One important difference between the second and third generation transitions is communication. Jim believes he and Peter communicate particularly well, and he is looking forward to working alongside his son on a daily basis. The goal, as Jim puts it, is to “really get Precision Brush humming on every level and every potential level.”
Manufacturing’s Next Chapter Peter’s arrival comes at a particularly interesting moment for both Precision Brush and American manufacturing. The company sees larger orders as well as increased inquiries and opportunities returning from overseas. Jim believes there is considerable opportunity in the brush industry today and increasing manufacturing capacity will be an important part of capturing it. Peter (left) and Jim (right)
Peter Benjamin: Third Generation Peter Benjamin is scheduled to join Precision Brush in September 2026, becoming the third generation of the Benjamin family to work in the company. The opportunity combines Peter’s mechanical engineering background with the freedom and entrepreneurial possibilities of a small familyowned manufacturing company. Having grown up around Precision Brush, he is familiar with the business but will initially focus on developing a much deeper understanding of its manufacturing processes and day-to-day operations. With a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Vermont, the mechanical aspects of brush making are expected to be a particular area of interest. Peter will also bring a younger perspective to a company with 75 years of manufacturing history. His engineering training, creativity and familiarity with newer technologies—including potentially artificial intelligence and advanced automation—could play an important role in the company’s next stage. Over time, Peter is expected to take on increasing responsibility and potentially succeed his father in leading Precision Brush. The opportunity is ultimately to respect what two generations built before him while developing his own ideas about what Precision Brush can become.
Automation is expected to play a major role. Precision Brush is considering investments in new machinery, and Jim envisions Peter eventually helping lead a significant modernization of the company’s manufacturing capabilities. Over the course of Peter’s tenure, that could ultimately mean replacing much of the company’s existing machinery with increasingly automated equipment, improving efficiency and dramatically increasing production capacity. Peter’s mechanical engineering background should be especially valuable in that effort. Jim also expects the next generation to introduce technologies and approaches that weren’t available during either his father’s era or Jim’s own early years with the company. That could include artificial intelligence as well as other modern tools for manufacturing, engineering and business operations. The challenge will be balancing those new ideas with the strengths that have sustained Precision Brush for 75 years. The objective isn’t to abandon what has made the company successful. It is to combine modern technology, automation and new thinking with the principles on which Lloyd Benjamin built Precision Brush: flexibility, ingenuity, hard work and a willingness to find a solution for the customer. Peter will have an opportunity to bring his own energy, engineering perspective, creativity and vision to the business while, in Jim’s words, “stepping on the stones” laid by Lloyd and Jim Benjamin. Jim hopes Peter will eventually take over the business and evolve Precision Brush into something even larger and better than it is today. For a company that began with an entrepreneur with almost no money cobbling together parts to build his own strip-brush machine, the arrival of a third generation represents both continuity and another opportunity for reinvention. After 75 years, the machinery may be different and the applications broader, but the basic idea remains much the same: identify what customers need, figure out how to make it and build the capabilities necessary to deliver it. That philosophy carried Precision Brush through its first three-quarters of a century. The Benjamin family believes it will provide the foundation for the company’s next generation as well. Learn more about Precision Brush Company at www.precisionbrush.com.
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STATS US IMPORTS 2026 First Half
0502100000 Pigs, Hogs, Boars Bristles & Hair & Waste Thereof (kg) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
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-67.73%
-78.19%
0502900000 Badger Hair & Other Brushmaking Hair, Waste Therof (kg) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Germany Korea, South United Kingdom
6168 0 0
9 0 0
0 2200 2716
0 40 3
World Total
6168
9
4916
43
25.47%
-79.07%
1404902000 Broomcorn Used Primarily In Brooms Or In Brushes (t) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
China France Netherlands
0 2162 0
0 1 0
2304 0 12305
3 0 6
World Total
2162
1
14609
9
Country
El Salvador India Indonesia Mexico World Total
-85.20%
-88.89%
1404903000 Istle Used Primarily In Brooms Or In Brushes (kg) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
0 0 37826 0
0 0 18789 0
3375 4830 0 406181
993 379 0 131169
37826
18789
414386
132541
-90.87%
-85.82%
1404904000 Vegetable Materials For Brooms Or Brushes, Nesoi (kg) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Austria China Germany India Italy Netherlands Thailand
3371 11375 0 8777 0 0 2200
1 724 0 2034 0 0 45
0 13712 52876 30689 4382 3005 6500
0 1064 4579 4726 260 30 215
World Total
25723
2804
111164
10874
-17.04%
-31.95%
-71.40%
-56.96%
-66.15%
-79.07%
-76.86%
-74.21%
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau
4417002000 Broom/mop Handles Gt 1.9CM Dmr Gt 97cm Long, Wood (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Brazil China Colombia Honduras Indonesia Mexico Spain Vietnam
773448 873533 13533 937685 309267 0 0 0
848955 1536396 28440 1299475 317944 0 0 0
1638482 836029 7449 880983 332574 178086 2875 19489
1699508 1598590 14376 1422846 348228 292817 300 45856
-52.79% 4.49% 81.68% 6.44% -7.01%
-50.05% -3.89% 97.83% -8.67% -8.70%
World Total
2907466
4031210
3895967
5422521
-25.37%
-25.66%
Country
China Germany Indonesia Israel Italy Lithuania Poland Spain Thailand
4417004000 Paint Brush And Paint Roller Handles, Of Wood (kg) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
349666 0 141029 0 5906691 6207 317175 7961 97977
136847 0 38688 0 399907 95 24680 6 3471
467768 5055 174737 6986 5600503 0 379247 10416 105346
115866 282 47720 451 328993 0 33060 1315 2925
-25.25%
18.11%
-19.29%
-18.93%
5.47%
21.55%
-16.37% -23.57% -7.00%
-25.35% -99.54% 18.67%
World Total
6826706
603694
6750058
530612
1.14%
13.77%
Country
4417008010 Tools Handles Of Wood (kg) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD Value QTY Value QTY
Austria Brazil Canada China Colombia Germany India Indonesia Italy Japan Mexico Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Vietnam
4004 508429 2650 230199 2554 38857 121237 0 3770 2072 0 15657 21974 20109 12793 147204 396951 107240
77 188967 31 2282312 962 2190 25683 0 483 2 0 329 2848 619 44 680453 128385 26026
0 131593 0 345275 0 20865 149153 10538 0 0 102235 40566 0 8130 4268 66667 0 162170
0 45217 0 78962 0 1341 26676 912 0 0 15004 8862 0 186 262 886994 0 35883
World Total
1635700
3339411
1041460
1100299
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286.36% 317.91% -33.33% 2790.39% 86.23% -18.72%
63.31% -3.72%
-61.40%
-96.29%
147.34% 232.80% 199.74% -83.21% 120.80% -23.29% -33.87%
-27.47%
57.06%
203.50%
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US IMPORTS 7326908676 Metal Handles For Brooms,mops Paint Applicators (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Belgium Brazil Cambodia China Denmark France Germany Hungary India Italy Japan Korea, South Malaysia Mexico Morocco Netherlands Portugal Romania Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey United Kingdom Vietnam
0 2090 189507 1140152 6372 5091 49069 2973 16848 3294587 3971 0 0 0 6650 13440 0 2800 2160507 6750 8886 25557 162147 14900 72521 1785372
0 132 220800 2518281 800 16 36443 12 15849 3074951 4655 0 0 0 7 72 0 1 1931952 5001 1601 16805 157600 28 52631 7113558
3864 9486 29968 4308104 24871 0 4167 0 81809 3030346 0 10000 54419 2652 0 0 5227 0 3125312 0 0 2768 0 0 20479 0
4 280 110521 10043744 924 0 2400 0 69184 2992150 0 20 63000 1008 0 0 656 0 2528290 0 0 2200 0 0 17509 0
World Total
8970190
15151195
10713472
15831890
Country
8509805045 Electric Toothbrushes (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD Value QTY Value QTY
Austria China France Germany Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Japan Korea, South Malaysia Singapore Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Vietnam
0 75050067 2421 7598914 134770 204396 1085757 189494 14215 54125 17261 2625 30148 0 17911543 27685730
0 22617370 1 856500 7920 7175 620370 8588 2352 4450 2373 35 410 0 1559370 2084082
42201 104882675 0 8287115 0 182791 7405 327321 0 106560 0 0 16299 49476 4351074 18664517
1800 35649461 0 1083028 0 4768 1008 13402 0 1600 0 0 1141 589 364262 1467557
World Total
129981466
27770996
136917434
38588616
-77.97% 532.36% -73.53% -74.38%
-52.86% 99.78% -74.93% -13.42%
1077.56% 1418.46% -79.41% 8.72%
-30.87%
-77.09% 2.77%
-23.59%
823.30% 663.86% 254.12% 200.59% -16.27%
-4.30%
YTD Growth % Value Qty
-28.44%
-36.56%
-8.30%
-20.92%
11.82% 50.48% 14562.48% 61444.64% -42.11% -35.92% -49.21% 178.13% 84.97%
-64.07%
311.66% 328.09% 48.33% 42.01% -5.07%
-28.03%
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9603100500 Wiskbrooms,brm Corn,lt=.96 Ea,lt 61,655 Dz Cal Yr (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Burma Sri Lanka
0 5793
0 15873
14068 0
18510 0
World Total
5793
15873
14068
18510
-58.82%
-14.25%
9603101500 Wiskbrooms,brm Corn,lt=.96 Ea,gt=61,655 Dz,cal Yr (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
China Colombia India Vietnam
2796 0 10449 2171
4000 0 19450 3984
5163 5363 2500 0
4025 6912 3600 0
World Total
15416
27434
13026
14537
Country
-45.85%
-0.62%
317.96% 440.28% 18.35%
88.72%
9603103500 Wiskbrooms,of Broomcorn,valued Over .96 Each (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Canada China Germany Japan Mexico Netherlands Slovenia Thailand Vietnam
0 5148 68402 16857 0 6849 0 0 25930
0 4368 56988 11033 0 6 0 0 22000
7585 16643 39085 2463 16477 0 5432 11591 7745
50 6101 42208 100 8364 0 2000 4992 4764
234.80% 361.80%
World Total
123186
94395
107021
68579
15.10%
-69.07% -28.41% 75.01% 35.02% 584.4% 10933.0%
37.64%
9603105000 Brooms,of Brm Corn,lt=.96 Ea,gt=121,478 Dz,cal Yr (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Netherlands
0
0
11616
9
World Total
0
0
11616
9
-100.00% -100.00%
9603106000 Other Brooms,of Broomcorn,valued Over .96 Each (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Afghanistan China Japan Mexico Pakistan Sri Lanka Thailand
3100 2666 2282 0 2500 2050 4294
3100 1720 40 0 2500 3750 450
0 4949 0 143117 0 65520 0
0 618 0 36346 0 14581 0
World Total
16892
11560
213586
51545
-46.13% 178.32%
-96.87%
-74.28%
-92.09%
-77.57%
9603109000 Brooms & Brushes,of Twigs Or Veg Material,nesoi (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Afghanistan China Colombia Dominican Rep. El Salvador Estonia Germany Ghana India Italy Japan Korea, South Netherlands Philippines Poland Singapore Sri Lanka Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vietnam
3300 217130 2411 8056 0 4993 4483 4150 4572 9692 5047 2334 4889 27793 2723 0 218659 0 4224 22698 9603 3528 2083 106851
5000 172054 1944 5004 0 8 159 415 3400 1044 356 1 1 21910 7 0 192631 0 308 9214 3040 252 66 73247
2756 270884 0 0 2760 0 2372 0 13987 13156 3482 0 41996 13395 0 20682 245221 60801 0 19196 0 0 30652 172589
1225 188508 0 0 2400 0 120 0 19250 20712 113 0 39 6000 0 40553 245931 119218 0 10662 0 0 51671 122760
World Total
669219
490061
913929
829162
19.74% 308.16% -19.84% -8.73%
89.00%
32.50%
-67.31% -82.34% -26.33% -94.96% 44.95% 215.04% -88.36% -97.44% 107.49% 265.17% -10.83%
-21.67%
18.24%
-13.58%
-93.20% -38.09%
-99.87% -40.33%
-26.78%
-40.90%
Country
Austria Brazil Cambodia Canada China Colombia France Germany Guatemala Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Italy Japan Korea, South Malaysia Mexico Pakistan Singapore Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey United Kingdom Vietnam
9603210000 Tooth Brushes, Incl Dental-plate Brushes (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
11188277 9336360 0 0 1277113 5968800 9294 2128 50568152 303376732 2425 4680 4533 76 34185911 120904773 6680451 16542020 7841 9504 2251332 3038400 7334839 25727522 0 0 1832875 4165974 552268 207568 275515 175369 1061254 2345170 179124 203920 193151 553072 3679 1980 2096 112 835033 610478 14747266 11974683 0 0 732137 2320000 0 0 42083 5173 5624173 58023058
15820727 0 437718 37281 54107974 5214 2012 34135364 5389431 0 2991 8841469 7752 1815284 298550 266985 778483 75401 286074 9893 0 834405 16017023 47139 689973 15740 63602 6572196
8707769 0 3798070 10232 326315557 11700 277 135533967 19154816 0 2040 28110498 350 4397064 411040 223114 1323464 334900 1029016 85008 0 493295 14352032 121836 2245820 35772 5478 63985832
World Total
139590822 565497552
146558681
610688947
Country
9603294010 Hairbrushes, Valued Not Over .40 Each (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Bangladesh Bulgaria China Germany Italy Japan Thailand United Kingdom Vietnam World Total
Country
Bangladesh Cambodia Canada China France Germany India Indonesia Italy Japan Korea, South Pakistan Spain Taiwan Thailand Turkey United Kingdom Vietnam World Total
426652 13710 4231957 15035 107612 6261 151485 13686 1008153
1877664 51722 21456106 56721 388709 4120 420792 445 3631206
0 0 4397353 0 0 4754 0 0 0
0 0 21263730 0 0 474 0 0 0
5974551
27887485
4402107
21264204
-29.28%
7.22%
191.77% -75.07% -6.54% -53.49% 125.30% 0.15% 23.95%
57.15% -79.20% -7.03% -60.00% -72.56% -10.79% -13.64%
75170.2% 148841.1% -17.04% -8.48% 0.97% 84.98% 3.19% 36.32% 137.56% -32.48% -62.81%
-5.26% -49.50% -21.40% 77.20% -39.11% -46.25% -97.67%
0.08% -7.93%
23.76% -16.56%
6.11%
3.30%
-33.83% -14.42%
-5.57% -9.32%
-4.75%
-7.40%
-3.76%
0.90%
31.70%
769.20%
35.72%
31.15%
Country
9603298010 Hairbrushes, Valued Over .40 Each (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Australia 0 Bangladesh 1275688 Brazil 41314 Cambodia 218541 China 34556931 Czech Republic 4357 Denmark 10049 France 1394151 Germany 683848 Hong Kong 27781 Hungary 0 India 14906 Indonesia 93077 Israel 48539 Italy 996889 Japan 100081 Korea, South 604800 Malaysia 609596 Mexico 0 Netherlands 4084 Pakistan 4277 Philippines 32496 Poland 0 South Africa 0 Spain 80272 Sweden 7236 Switzerland 209471 Taiwan 951850 Thailand 2377 Turkey 0 UAE 0 United Kingdom 4879628 Vietnam 7067414
0 1159726 40060 241384 38320469 7 1205 161955 86457 16000 0 349 136320 10584 187400 44100 202729 117002 0 204 4752 4081 0 0 11027 3300 40000 605913 20 0 0 1205982 8970132
2049 247001 19725 213553 41259176 0 2363 64426 347839 2770 7237 0 50385 0 807524 129726 1036912 833408 11654 5683 0 0 6049 3000 95108 5285 138990 469205 0 14764 274775 3974685 855258
1 184241 5976 224016 45932472 0 450 5763 51215 2000 882 0 72144 0 81670 32790 329998 438786 884 204 0 0 2500 1000 13286 221 30000 291862 0 11436 29865 930846 782700
53919653
51571158
50878550
49457208
World Total
416.47% 529.46% 109.45% 570.35% 2.34% 7.75% -16.24% -16.57% 325.26% 167.78% 2063.96% 2710.26% 96.60% 68.81% 902.92% 700.00% 84.73%
88.96%
23.45% 129.46% -22.85% 34.49% -41.67% -38.57% -26.86% -73.34% -28.14%
0.00%
-15.60% -17.00% 36.92% 1393.21% 50.71% 33.33% 102.86% 107.60%
22.77% 726.35%
29.56% 1046.05%
5.98%
4.27%
9603294090 Shaving Brushes,nail Brus Etc,lt=.40 Ea (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
78762 412768 2040 2315566 3180 196822 127539 31250 103062 22079 31234 148298 3393 8305 99602 0 5376 23700
367080 1714884 31320 20798850 10600 1827549 1371132 240000 2415933 95047 19680 962400 240 23040 275844 0 2034 865328
0 0 0 2812654 5467 176676 52339 14400 453794 5337 69285 0 0 29444 0 2072 0 0
0 0 0 28426357 18912 778749 160032 115200 6358936 34560 334877 0 0 190537 0 6516 0 0
3612976
31020961
3621468
36424676
-17.67% -41.83% 11.40% 143.68% 117.01% -77.29% 313.70% -54.92%
-26.83% -43.95% 134.68% 756.79% 108.33% -62.01% 175.02% -94.12%
-71.79%
-87.91%
-0.23%
-14.84%
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US IMPORTS 9603298090 Shaving Brushes, Nail Brush,etc,valued Over .40 Ea (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Austria Brazil Cambodia Cameroon Canada China France Germany Hong Kong India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Korea, South Malaysia Mexico Netherlands Poland Portugal Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey United Kingdom Vietnam
0 4182 1104238 0 2620 7801995 72353 324579 0 19428 0 0 2938 628251 115987 13208 0 11396 162379 70585 2992 3097 42963 24439 2927 13724 38670 10794 295734 241698
0 1601 1286960 0 150 6066276 6541 39091 0 29700 0 0 16 158283 59413 7081 0 480 17527 130316 224 2724 8312 2153 410 6128 88024 9474 42215 335796
3058 6200 0 2743 0 11141923 47162 588037 56828 157903 44266 4377 6000 1122484 110834 88465 4978 8675 4411 27208 12011 7600 72883 13373 9507 35666 61120 21168 317019 58326
12 4000 0 8 0 10885359 3175 78983 3800 146052 41760 918 1 798108 38067 22429 1272 2500 139 4421 725 4648 15383 1522 2112 11338 47584 7040 45104 12145
31.37% -80.80% 3581.23% 12509.35% 159.43% 2847.66% -75.09% -69.10% -59.25% -41.39% -41.05% -45.97% 82.75% 41.46% -69.21% -80.59% -61.52% -45.95% -36.73% 84.99% -49.01% 34.57% -6.71% -6.41% 314.39% 2664.89%
World Total
11011177
8298895
14034225
12178605
-21.54%
-32.55%
-59.98%
-29.98% -44.27% 53.41% 106.02% -44.80% -50.51% -87.70%
-79.66%
-51.03% 1500.0% -44.03% -80.17% 4.65% 56.07% -85.07% -68.43%
-31.86%
9603302000 Artists Brushes,writing Brush,cosmet Br,lt=.05 Ea (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
China France Germany India Indonesia Italy Korea, South Taiwan United Kingdom Vietnam
1121293 6540 279430 39714 145869 641055 0 0 0 16823
39072234 150000 9943300 2689850 3982168 33257500 0 0 0 469656
1653524 31673 423455 34804 0 662488 5154 4320 4591 0
60211607 680000 13197692 2203030 0 33106510 198231 144000 197500 0
-32.19% -79.35% -34.01% 14.11%
-35.11% -77.94% -24.66% 22.10%
-3.24%
0.46%
World Total
2250724
89564708
2820009
109938570
-20.19%
-18.53%
9603304000 Artists Brushes,writ Br,cosmet Br,gt .05,lt=.10 Ea (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
China France Germany India Indonesia Italy Korea, South Malaysia Mexico Thailand United Kingdom Vietnam
4105470 8463 381326 73815 25199 0 9033 0 0 12059 6439 548536
58635779 160000 5629240 1054524 358368 0 150000 0 0 164760 88010 6360181
4597905 0 343007 9385 0 97553 0 7446 2627 0 6494 4069
64814870 0 5504250 124305 0 1795200 0 74472 27648 0 86013 43992
World Total
5170340
72600862
5068486
72470750
Country
12106 0 0 70344 10291 94411798 18823 164386 144763 845666 1484432 507822 4564 2173127 13880 6365 13972 1329402 1592313 398951 0 0 1119405 3459038 59591 2459 2981 5044 0 34386 8706 330008 853878 47254 271032 2250390 42779 2985 1213793 894122
3585 0 0 55729 374 182357084 510 336267 268982 168110 940557 261349 396 4204281 814 6240 1593 595089 444566 137268 0 0 108610 19849437 573 12 2300 228 0 69348 900 55633 845972 967 1284662 4923764 34437 1500 392858 1875177
119128266 182396433
113800856
219229172
Country
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9603402000 Paint Rollers (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD Value QTY Value QTY
Australia 31263 Brazil 68830 Cambodia 2552014 Canada 90064 China 11899258 Czech Republic 22964 Germany 257757 India 3943 Italy 50902 Japan 0 Korea, South 0 Netherlands 8409 Poland 0 South Africa 0 Sweden 133490 Taiwan 6670 United Kingdom 72733 Vietnam 457015
18144 96648 5695182 165911 24975628 14496 54270 5 66314 0 0 348 0 0 44780 946 53499 1251972
0 0 44288 8652 11350405 0 205695 4503 2378 4814 5500 3086 4624 16496 0 20941 13377 50454
0 0 87864 1096 24597775 0 91357 1394 8538 3725 1000 2 360 34992 0 2970 16378 13368
15655312
32438143
11735213
24860819
World Total
-9.53%
11.17% 2.27% 686.52% 748.34%
-0.85% 13380.8%
2.32% 14357.5%
2.01%
0.18%
9603306000 Artists Brushes,writing Br,cosmetic Br,gt.10 Ea (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Australia 3839 483 Bangladesh 2880 3600 Burma 494149 795050 Cambodia 2042805 1916158 Canada 37970 96181 China 91352655 148844755 Cyprus 24097 340 Czech Republic 0 0 Dominican Rep. 139911 151968 France 727158 74447 Germany 2365977 5429172 Hong Kong 53382 65708 Hungary 0 0 India 2742611 6428243 Indonesia 319001 398575 Ireland 18084 12558 Israel 0 0 Italy 1063766 494636 Japan 4882598 1223072 Korea, South 522284 524123 Latvia 2090 1 Lithuania 38702 59695 Mauritius 753120 135587 Mexico 0 0 New Zealand 2543 245 Norway 0 0 Poland 0 0 Portugal 0 0 Singapore 100179 286900 Slovakia 0 0 South Africa 0 0 Spain 274947 80968 Sri Lanka 1043325 1268426 Sweden 0 0 Taiwan 901905 1235425 Thailand 3129943 3944255 Turkey 167534 139780 Ukraine 0 0 United Kingdom 1527365 565882 Vietnam 4393446 8220200 World Total
-10.71%
-68.29%
-86.53%
2804.02% 3338.35% 268.96%25616.84% -3.24% -18.38% 28.02% -33.33% -3.35% -43.50% -14.01% -55.72% 59.39% 477.23% -89.49% -74.86% 26.21% 52.90% 2198.28% 48864.9% 184.12% 101.25% -19.98% -16.88% 206.64% 175.12% 30.91% 281.82% -32.72%
24.84%
-95.73%
-57.24%
-16.68% 22.19%
45.54% 49.94%
232.77% -3.83% 39.08% -19.89% 291.63% 305.90% 25.83% 44.04% 391.37% 338.37% 4.68%
-16.80%
YTD Growth % Value Qty
5662.31% 6381.82% 940.96%15037.86% 4.84% 1.54% 25.31% -40.60% -12.44% -99.64% 2040.54% 676.69% 172.49%17300.00%
-68.15% -68.15% 443.72% 226.65% 805.81% 9265.44% 33.40%
30.48%
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9603404020 Paint Pads (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD Value QTY Value QTY
China Italy Pakistan Thailand United Kingdom Vietnam
3049023 0 15526 3068 44995 497986
4724844 0 179200 1760 48800 584384
2510470 9591 0 0 14952 0
3722810 1152 0 0 21600 0
World Total
3610598
5538988
2535013
3745562
Country
YTD Growth % Value Qty
21.45%
26.92%
200.93% 125.93% 42.43%
47.88%
9603404040 Natural Bristle Brushes, Exc Subhdg 9603.30 (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Belgium Cambodia Canada China Germany India Indonesia Italy Japan Mexico New Zealand Poland Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Turkey United Kingdom Vietnam
0 41064 0 4091612 42513 10261 3118819 68867 0 2361 2106 10193 3696 9338 3933 766495 0 334111
0 105898 0 26365070 3367 4870 17297318 11832 0 1 1 1180 1500 20161 528 220844 0 951510
3351 0 2032 4962551 32483 67002 346393 11936 6223 0 0 2169 0 18576 0 690087 10956 293750
240 0 1668 26848872 7354 456384 1574424 1776 520 0 0 660 0 27772 0 169964 900 1490976
World Total
8505369
44984080
6447509
30581510
-17.55% -1.80% 30.88% -54.22% -84.69% -98.93% 800.37% 998.64% 476.97% 566.22%
369.94%
78.79%
-49.73%
-27.41%
11.07%
29.94%
13.74%
-36.18%
31.92%
47.10%
9603404060 Paint,distemper/siml Brushes Exc Subhdg 960330,nes (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Austria 0 Belgium 12098 Brazil 148130 Cambodia 5340 Canada 2938 China 30856310 Czech Republic 38375 Dominican Rep. 27786 Egypt 0 France 11697 Germany 129087 Hong Kong 0 India 5590 Indonesia 891629 Italy 134756 Japan 38715 Korea, South 0 Malaysia 43119 Mexico 4179 Netherlands 0 Poland 62680 South Africa 55408 Spain 3704 Sri Lanka 0 Sweden 36931 Taiwan 83986 Turkey 1436760 United Kingdom 227581 Vietnam 2449781
0 19604 154694 6048 166 86423978 41804 9100 0 1628 27747 0 4862 4296360 453777 6935 0 392856 1 0 106318 134790 2 0 78833 236395 2544955 277051 5119979
8237 10725 116240 0 11212 30938052 12138 0 7741 17199 219761 4758 38941 201793 142556 32327 6019 0 5577 9572 569422 3318 23816 15800 17447 85416 783504 112283 645410
160 6500 149928 0 2383 96263963 14576 0 2953 2371 162290 4032 166694 723824 340876 22547 44 0 780 1044 1248537 18432 4824 10000 7618 475394 2107485 141320 485641
36706580
100337883
34039264
102364216
World Total
12.80% 27.43%
201.60% 3.18%
-73.80% -93.03% -0.26% -10.22% 216.16% 186.80% -31.99% -41.26%
-31.34% -82.90%
-85.64% -97.08% 341.85% 493.56% -5.47% 33.12% 19.76% -69.24% -25.07%
-99.87%
-88.99% -91.48% 1569.92% 631.28% -84.45% -99.96% 111.68% 934.83% -1.67% -50.27% 83.38% 20.76% 102.69% 96.05% 279.57% 954.27% 7.84%
-1.98%
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US IMPORTS 9603500000 Othr Brushes,as Parts Of Machines,appliance,vehicl (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Australia 822738 Austria 418222 Belgium 96563 Brazil 132157 Bulgaria 64918 Cambodia 1296814 Canada 87986 China 18169201 Cyprus 0 Czech Republic 262324 Denmark 224457 Estonia 415760 Finland 157191 France 519181 Germany 12487216 Guatemala 37078 Hungary 10381 India 174495 Indonesia 153887 Ireland 51278 Israel 2280 Italy 8517684 Japan 3957704 Korea, South 552842 Lebanon 55700 Lithuania 395908 Luxembourg 22462 Malaysia 596039 Mexico 274851 Netherlands 1306217 New Zealand 9086 Norway 17135 Pakistan 0 Philippines 103067 Poland 279698 Portugal 123120 Romania 132048 San Marino 161218 Serbia 5510 Slovakia 7456 Slovenia 38953 Spain 3784017 Sri Lanka 0 Sweden 1412323 Switzerland 483786 Taiwan 821199 Thailand 412802 Tunisia 160147 Turkey 21272 United Kingdom 1224950 Vietnam 2388124
4905 9009 2892 4963 2498 781885 1668 34103468 0 49740 6792 12395 10382 491957 1742245 4010 75 28731 39736 3866 30 952403 135985 62820 23000 3630 12 130203 87238 28165 546 28 0 5648 437196 1751 10608 4302 50 18 1585 694559 0 97033 12348 578154 46631 24520 218 67411 1098409
799560 121971 74544 87910 33012 0 2490335 18934312 4696 518174 231193 187188 190893 471774 9643678 0 24335 270435 47549 19420 0 5874290 3365377 340191 0 999085 27000 1130121 1263019 1879159 20901 16690 7229 114630 146635 219791 139010 138648 0 16240 100559 3109571 63645 482265 507949 1003158 124940 0 19068 963768 2823609
2460 31433 1130 955 2350 0 70806 34148945 124 795 22747 5817 11115 8610 2173972 0 201 35531 11996 720 0 324108 153474 51860 0 12808 15 181392 2813429 58743 1092 211 300 6228 19702 4596 8388 4366 0 140 339 757021 25544 65121 16093 870808 64593 0 62 45907 688393
2.90% 99.39% 242.89% -71.34% 29.54% 155.93% 50.33% 419.69% 96.65% 6.30%
11.56% 251.61% 27.10% 46.84% -15.42% 59.56%
62849445
41805718
59047527
42704440
6.44%
World Total
Country
9603904000 Feather Dusters (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD Value QTY Value QTY
-96.47% -4.04%
-97.64% -0.13%
-49.38% 6156.60% -2.91% -70.14% 122.11% 113.08% -17.65% -6.59% 10.05% 5613.79% 29.49% -19.86% -57.34% -62.69% -35.48% -19.14% 223.64% 231.24% 164.05% 436.94% 45.00% 17.60% 62.51%
193.85% -11.40% 21.13%
-60.37% -16.81% -47.26% -78.24% -30.49% -56.53% 2.67%
-71.66% -20.00% -28.22% -96.90% -52.05% -50.00% -86.73%
-10.09% -9.31% 90.74% 2119.04% -43.98% -61.90% -5.01% 26.47% 16.28% -1.47% -54.09% -87.14% -61.26% 367.55% 21.69% -8.25% 192.85% -4.76% -18.14% 230.40%
49.00% -23.27% -33.61% -27.81%
-2.10%
YTD Growth % Value Qty
Bangladesh Brazil Canada China Dominican Rep. Germany India Italy Jordan Korea, South Lebanon Mexico South Africa Thailand United Kingdom Vietnam
73067 3379 0 1429547 0 59747 0 0 89577 0 189070 0 317212 205484 0 2117027
100755 1080 0 1057066 0 16156 0 0 51624 0 27740 0 202572 137446 0 441568
0 10831 168353 3209263 82644 45761 14220 2887 581505 38963 140288 15043 247592 0 20240 804757
0 704 39978 1897706 9280 11148 3600 1 251659 13092 24278 5054 51256 0 8540 131937
163.06% 234.68%
World Total
4484110
2036007
5382347
2448233
-16.69%
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-68.80%
53.41%
-55.46%
-44.30%
30.56%
44.92%
-84.60%
-79.49%
34.77%
14.26%
28.12%
295.22%
-16.84%
Country
9603908010 Wiskbrooms (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD Value QTY Value QTY
YTD Growth % Value Qty
Bangladesh Cambodia China France Germany Hungary Italy Laos Thailand Turkey Vietnam
8770 12245 203430 0 0 0 0 0 2325 0 0
72984 12672 140858 0 0 0 0 0 3100 0 0
40195 17975 247784 3887 13067 2843 4344 2284 0 2556 11178
382392 13896 219617 200 606 700 183 4568 0 300 8280
-78.18% -31.88% -17.90%
-80.91% -8.81% -35.86%
World Total
226770
229614
346113
630742
-34.48%
-63.60%
Country
9603908020 Upright Brooms (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD Value QTY Value QTY
YTD Growth % Value Qty
Brazil Cambodia Canada China Colombia El Salvador Germany Guatemala Honduras India Italy Mexico Poland Portugal Sri Lanka Thailand Vietnam
13458 2852533 4576 4771004 16425 0 2737 0 21024 4489 396887 8582 0 6483 238290 803938 1383871
6900 1855836 756 3141168 19092 0 2000 0 28800 2016 236958 2268 0 3624 110979 527448 2821502
86102 76178 2221 8724140 14452 39004 0 23048 21144 2142 287974 5818 5097 89371 122454 162128 63031
3791 70024 378 6793813 16368 41196 0 18300 28800 1440 134712 2400 402 11352 37548 98460 29858
-84.37% 82.01% 3644.56% 2550.29% 106.03% 100.00% -45.31% -53.76% 13.65% 16.64%
World Total
10524297
8759347
9724304
7288842
8.23%
Country
9603908030 Push Brooms, 41 Cm Or Less In Width (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
China France Germany Japan Poland Sri Lanka Taiwan United Kingdom
271746 2868 2377 48412 18192 676600 21806 4731
240540 40 10 6400 3216 224312 400 4032
532817 0 0 0 4288 152741 0 0
406546 0 0 0 1280 54252 0 0
World Total
1046732
478950
689846
462078
Country
9603908040 Other Brooms,nesoi (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD Value QTY Value QTY
Australia Bangladesh Belgium Brazil Cambodia Canada China Czech Republic Germany Hong Kong India Italy Japan Korea, South Latvia Lithuania Malaysia Mexico Pakistan Portugal Spain Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Venezuela Vietnam
60148 0 0 507720 528341 14115 3500986 14755 57837 0 47248 271527 5032 2375 10598 3072 0 2313 15091 0 38069 1454223 25694 13359 69696 0 5439 0 416236
10521 0 0 115146 472712 2165 2405264 1140 2674 0 32648 76754 6 1 2288 5350 0 480 28080 0 16468 579572 5168 8690 85155 0 412 0 190784
88929 5940 2252 0 220776 5187 3954309 0 8898 6600 27649 228245 2120 0 0 0 38702 10614 0 33495 40698 664950 8353 18277 77882 47100 5126 8221 282526
360 5400 1250 0 161614 500 2676175 0 96 1200 12527 99271 89 0 0 0 3026 1910 0 91455 1918 240025 2880 7845 81652 1984 18 11304 205175
World Total
7063874
4041478
5786849
3607674
-0.57% 109.57% 37.82% 47.51%
0.00% 40.00% 75.90% -5.50%
-92.75% -68.08% 94.60% 195.57% 395.87% 435.70% 2095.54% 9349.74%
-49.00%
20.17%
-40.83%
324.25% 151.25% 342.97% 313.46% 51.73%
3.65%
YTD Growth % Value Qty
-32.36% 2822.50%
139.31% 192.49% 172.12% 333.00% -11.46% -10.12% 550.00% 2685.42% 70.89% 160.62% 18.96% -22.68% 137.36% -93.26%
-78.21%
-74.87%
-6.46% 758.60% 118.70% 141.46% 207.60% 79.44% -26.91% 10.77% -10.51% 4.29% 6.11% 2188.89% 47.33%
-7.01%
22.07%
12.02%
Country
9603908050 Brooms,brushes,squeegees,etc,nesoi (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Afghanistan 2800 77 0 Australia 245573 331 101322 Bangladesh 1192103 3235218 654999 Belgium 1276391 415646 1174814 Belize 77000 14000 0 Bosnia/Herzeg. 2398 3 0 Brazil 100652 71017 36114 Cambodia 18685250 9442101 1844759 Canada 52382 6754 90192 China 153761337 133930237 210217954 Colombia 13516 14712 4279 Croatia 2163 18 0 Czech Republic 1676333 483940 1568511 Denmark 3388473 603311 3398340 Dominican Rep. 8628 8628 155991 Egypt 36796 52596 4686 El Salvador 25631 26100 0 Estonia 11112 290 2389 Finland 126122 260 12576 France 321381 70213 276714 Germany 3591086 861390 2734520 Guatemala 0 0 24444 Honduras 1364734 611625 924574 Hong Kong 171934 173242 38842 India 515496 860104 919884 Indonesia 622939 1434649 0 Ireland 3686 11520 0 Israel 0 0 23491 Italy 916250 377649 1405326 Japan 2059784 141016 2938813 Korea, South 85715 8990 81904 Latvia 4564 160 3962 Lebanon 4998 340 0 Lithuania 358376 2160 153001 Macau 3122 2022 0 Malaysia 506001 1065058 272678 Mexico 529158 166210 1439216
0 63 1081446 361960 0 0 31179 1147145 12177 142246138 4980 0 295257 583757 11429 979 0 31 5530 35342 487126 20400 504128 26376 1275156 0 0 7502 587776 113569 38929 115 0 450 0 201293 536510
142.37% 425.40% 82.00% 199.16% 8.65% 14.83% 178.71% 127.77% 912.88% 723.10% -41.92% -44.53% -26.86% -5.85% 215.87% 195.42% 6.87% 63.90% -0.29% 3.35% -94.47% -24.51% 685.23% 5272.42% 365.13% 835.48% 902.88% -95.30% 16.14% 98.67% 31.32% 76.83% 47.61% 21.32% 342.65% 556.82% -43.96% -32.55%
-34.80% -29.91% 4.65% 15.19%
Nepal 2125 Netherlands 78531 New Zealand 852144 Pakistan 2365277 Philippines 304282 Poland 102245 Portugal 65537 Romania 0 Serbia 10440 Sierra Leone 225104 Singapore 158842 Slovakia 0 South Africa 3424 Spain 442881 Sri Lanka 1051939 Sweden 71437 Switzerland 825646 Syria 0 Taiwan 4996364 Thailand 17983836 Turkey 537558 Ukraine 0 UAE 33623 United Kingdom 1032508 Vietnam 30667134 World Total
2500 6886 9305 2629999 3344 46398 52939 0 144 159048 1932 0 400 338587 731498 3317 113601 0 2111086 11917520 411769 0 54340 386307 20356638
0 61808 357093 1892776 0 64897 33459 4527 0 50561 10694 8457 232799 619185 660710 205559 346676 2070 4641310 10685971 593753 2680 0 954756 17264918
0 14997 5522 1616408 0 12025 13180 200 0 37032 100 1700 10800 455061 506695 6207 44693 4800 2064519 3277581 331692 1340 0 192413 6344382
253554761 193429145
269198954
164558090
27.06% 138.63% 24.96%
-54.08% 68.51% 62.71%
57.55% 95.87%
285.85% 301.66%
345.21% 329.49% 1385.34% 1832.00% -98.53% -96.30% -28.47% -25.60% 59.21% 44.37% -65.25% -46.56% 138.16% 154.18% 7.65% 68.29% -9.46%
2.26% 263.61% 24.14%
8.14% 77.63%
100.77% 220.86%
-5.81%
17.54%
-35.75% 24.17% -76.91% 39.13%
134.23% 380.00% 85.57% 429.11% -63.23% -69.02%
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US EXPORTS
STATS US EXPORTS 2026 First Half
0502100000 Pigs, Hogs, Boars Bristles & Hair & Waste Thereof (kg) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Belgium Dominican Rep. Germany Mexico St Kitts/Nevis Trinidad/Tobago
130281 0 10077 0 0 12760
19842 0 1127 0 0 800
237026 12153 0 74850 14046 317583
39509 1151 0 8372 3200 40270
-45.04%
-49.78%
-95.98%
-98.01%
World Total
153118
21769
655658
92502
-76.65%
-76.47%
0502900000 Badger Hair & Other Brushmaking Hair, Waste Therof (kg) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Canada China Korea, South Trinidad/Tobago United Kingdom
0 0 0 0 2588
0 0 0 0 24
8471 4554 8961 9860 3663
180 260 512 1965 37
-29.35%
-35.14%
World Total
2588
24
35509
2954
-92.71%
-99.19%
4417000000 Tools/tool & Broom Bodies Etc Shoe Last/trees Wood (kg) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Aruba 3711 Australia 35645 Bahamas 10553 Barbados 0 Belize 0 Bermuda 3060 Brazil 312733 Canada 1866763 Cayman Islands 0 Chile 22842 China 63635 Colombia 0 Costa Rica 322755 Croatia 0 Dominican Rep. 4130 Ecuador 0 El Salvador 2600 France 0 Gabon 0 Germany 176531 Honduras 0 Hong Kong 3416 India 13228 Iraq 3070 Israel 10902 Italy 0 Jamaica 0 Japan 19384 Kazakhstan 0 Korea, South 35818 Kuwait 0 Lithuania 5093 Malaysia 3346 Mexico 643918 Netherlands 43001 New Zealand 5260 Nicaragua 0 Nigeria 0 Norway 2956 Panama 0 Peru 5500 Russia 0 Saudi Arabia 53711 Singapore 32665 Spain 33700 St Lucia 2934 St Vin/Grenadines 0 Sweden 0 Switzerland 10715
51 2552 2549 0 0 418 16526 92208 0 1293 1796 0 29955 0 75 0 53 0 0 2043 0 10 12 45 100 0 0 453 0 192 0 25 19 190878 972 60 0 0 8 0 14 0 840 1006 2311 307 0 0 212
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0 33246 26936 2692 62476 13484 325859 2070073 5232 15961 236221 28690 466494 210000 8700 3505 94646 11675 11880 148022 3509 93378 31862 0 0 28163 6264 53264 13863 58024 32340 31848 0 381528 57473 37073 7163 10500 10353 3336 4275 5594 19725 17367 17075 5267 7986 2521 3845
0 2020 1591 188 1790 452 15891 96046 1150 1138 6601 115 40273 8663 625 181 12724 99 466 2077 328 1879 1487 0 0 1100 322 1587 908 443 122 481 0 36799 4206 652 363 108 14 20 175 34 26 292 38 818 238 14 100
7.22% -60.82%
26.34% 60.21%
-77.31% -4.03% -9.82%
-7.52% 4.00% -4.00%
43.11% -73.06%
13.62% -72.79%
-30.81%
-25.62%
-52.53%
-88.00%
-97.25%
-99.58%
19.26%
-1.64%
-96.34% -58.48%
-99.47% -99.19%
-63.61%
-71.46%
-38.27%
-56.66%
-84.01%
-94.80%
68.77% 418.70% -25.18% -76.89% -85.81% -90.80% -71.45%
-42.86%
28.65%
-92.00%
172.30% 3130.77% 88.09% 244.52% 97.36% 5981.58% -44.29% -62.47% 178.67% 112.00%
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Thailand Turks&Caicos UAE United Kingdom Venezuela Vietnam
0 8712 3325 36583 4890 4289
0 67 121 986 20 566
24000 0 0 30370 36414 0
1112 0 0 1274 810 0
World Total
3811374
348743
4810172
247840
20.46% -86.57%
-22.61% -97.53%
-20.76%
40.71%
9603100000 Brooms & Brushes, Of Twigs/oth Veg Mat Bound (doz) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Angola 0 Australia 3300 Bahamas 25349 Bahrain 0 Bermuda 2849 Brazil 16359 Canada 1278670 Cayman Islands 3925 Chile 4094 China 5834 Colombia 0 Costa Rica 3482 Czech Republic 0 Ecuador 0 El Salvador 0 Finland 2550 France 20271 Germany 22312 Greece 0 Haiti 2535 Honduras 2999 Hong Kong 103832 India 0 Italy 0 Jamaica 0 Japan 10115 Jordan 4198 Korea, South 26258 Kuwait 2520 Malaysia 54980 Malta 0 Mexico 87884 Netherlands 2912 New Zealand 3657 Nicaragua 7976 Panama 0 Peru 9760 Philippines 44427 Poland 20100 Saudi Arabia 20269 Singapore 5125 Somalia 0 St Kitts/Nevis 0 St Lucia 3619 St Vin/Grenadines 0 Trinidad/Tobago 0 Turkey 24727 UAE 0 United Kingdom 44595
0 120 43 0 5 1394 30717 285 33 3 0 27 0 0 0 3 400 178 0 42 62 2733 0 0 0 97 132 108 3 797 0 2641 67 17 6 0 81 923 442 49 4 0 0 75 0 0 875 0 1506
2815 109466 5161 4823 6363 0 1493373 17278 0 8204 15327 9475 7302 7470 17046 0 5514 15464 8830 0 0 18412 5399 5001 3779 8709 0 34281 3208 0 5183 136787 0 4256 0 54553 5715 0 0 30070 0 4318 8937 3525 11922 6594 12965 4064 72956
100 4557 8 84 13 0 32390 369 0 760 131 100 221 95 90 0 50 486 268 0 0 140 5 28 42 13 0 750 18 0 18 2451 0 2 0 1248 44 0 0 823 0 17 271 110 49 235 169 123 1438
1871483
43868
2174545
47716
World Total
-96.99% -97.37% 391.16% 437.50% -55.23%
-61.54%
-14.38% -77.28%
-5.17% -22.76%
-28.89%
-99.61%
-63.25%
-73.00%
267.63% 700.00% 44.28% -63.37%
463.94% 1852.14%
16.14%
646.15%
-23.40% -21.45%
-85.60% -83.33%
-35.75%
7.75%
-14.07% 750.00% 70.78%
84.09%
-32.59%
-94.05%
2.67%
-31.82%
90.72%
417.75%
-38.87%
4.73%
-13.94%
-8.06%
Quality Since
190
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US EXPORTS Country
9603210000 Tooth Brushes, Incl Dental-plate Brushes (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Anguilla 2701 Argentina 1174616 Aruba 41421 Australia 157089 Bahamas 66516 Barbados 44316 Belgium 91245 Belize 5383 Bermuda 16345 Bolivia 5151 Brazil 466990 British VI 9115 Canada 30604158 Cayman Islands 11840 Chile 39431 China 1036117 Colombia 176879 Costa Rica 303417 Cuba 7000 Curacao 43722 Denmark 26688 Dominican Rep. 254319 Ecuador 18541 El Salvador 257675 France 47337 French Polynesia 5750 Georgia 0 Germany 631239 Greece 0 Grenada 3880 Guatemala 168767 Guyana 142446 Haiti 0 Honduras 190079 Hong Kong 84495 India 619888 Indonesia 48435 Ireland 50746 Israel 3960 Italy 0 Jamaica 529668 Japan 29577 Korea, South 884783 Latvia 15719 Lithuania 0 Malaysia 10268 Mexico 3284391 Morocco 4374 Netherlands 4099053 New Zealand 56023 Nicaragua 20533 Pakistan 25214 Panama 123085 Paraguay 0 Philippines 50302 Poland 3188399 Qatar 0 Romania 0 Saudi Arabia 27186 Singapore 16023 Sint Maarten 8475 Slovakia 54080 Spain 11308 St Kitts/Nevis 2975 St Lucia 15951 St Vin/Grenadines 10794 Suriname 19321 Sweden 0 Switzerland 21047 Taiwan 0 Thailand 41375 Trinidad/Tobago 160489 Ukraine 0 UAE 28827 United Kingdom 180563 Uruguay 147044 Vietnam 27974
733 1851873 2843 45174 8334 4128 185423 8280 348 2160 226294 148 25419007 8000 4464 1530255 114467 83338 3000 63676 13275 238653 1020 381684 20010 9000 0 923169 0 2000 159672 91312 0 16907 116935 667941 89784 270000 1075 0 226017 8373 606214 5631 0 556 4848087 2400 1364414 70751 2388 28232 57940 0 10136 5312180 0 0 6817 5804 106 14683 3480 3500 3412 9384 12257 0 50112 0 47424 129922 0 15770 131447 304176 8242
0 1413677 58405 186187 29764 23821 553432 0 3093 0 175789 0 33572982 18327 0 810271 305442 188160 0 25877 7309 177836 70977 200823 18858 0 716100 775761 24322 0 182097 132831 19106 47207 112551 581077 291303 117931 0 53184 186467 220183 337949 13187 18879 11327 3545952 0 3395973 7174 4446 0 286163 37304 98739 4121320 4068 12990 0 15423 15118 0 79558 0 7851 0 58025 6660 76568 21009 47163 38711 27108 37681 129582 307443 11830
0 2498511 2996 35427 5425 1702 1036800 0 58 0 331025 0 25265676 4916 0 1149008 272730 35512 0 37890 72 16914 124584 96894 11520 0 13050 1899043 14508 0 94238 134304 5523 6123 119861 1052002 267360 280800 0 38520 8344 766258 188253 2322 5520 1994 4468023 0 583549 33 624 0 197580 81300 16655 7947302 2880 6180 0 6228 1266 0 35552 0 1391 0 19271 1756 233280 15035 122320 10450 4773 14124 61553 424062 282
49952518
45854237
54076351
50081152
World Total
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-16.91% -25.88% -29.08% -5.11% -15.63% 27.51% 123.48% 53.62% 86.04% 142.54% -83.51% -82.12% 428.45% 500.00% 165.65%
-31.64%
-8.84% -35.40%
0.61% 62.73%
27.87% 33.18% -42.09% -58.03% 61.25% 134.68% 68.96% 68.05% 265.14%18337.50% 43.01% 1310.98% -73.88% -99.18% 28.31% 293.92% 151.02% 73.70% -18.63%
-51.39%
-7.32% 7.24%
69.43% -32.01%
302.65% 176.12% -24.93% -2.44% 6.68% -36.51% -83.37% -66.42% -56.97% -3.85% 184.05% 2608.74% -86.57% -98.91% 161.81% 222.02% 19.20% 142.51% -9.35% -7.38%
-72.12% 8.51%
20.70% 133.81% 680.92% 214296.9% 361.83% 282.69% -56.99%
-70.68%
-49.06% -22.64%
-39.14% -33.16%
3.89% -43.94%
-6.81% -91.63%
-85.79%
-90.21%
103.17% 145.29% -66.70%
-36.40%
-72.51%
-78.52%
-12.27% -61.23% 314.58% 1143.27% -23.50% 11.65% 39.34% 113.55% -52.17% -28.27% 136.47% 2822.70% -7.63%
-8.44%
Country
9603290000 Shaving Brushes, Hairbrushes, Etc For Person (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Argentina 15649 Australia 204623 Belgium 359394 Belize 7435 Bermuda 0 Bolivia 4334 Brazil 132497 Canada 9010918 Cayman Islands 5192 Chile 33804 China 88820 Colombia 120270 Costa Rica 106228 Cyprus 13554 Czech Republic 126444 Denmark 12125 Dominican Rep. 126543 Ecuador 20583 El Salvador 87391 Estonia 4956 Finland 0 France 145070 Germany 597257 Guatemala 49596 Honduras 12034 Hong Kong 20229 India 8698 Iraq 5257 Ireland 14010 Israel 10788 Italy 108058 Japan 222678 Jordan 2506 Korea, South 25616 Kuwait 73592 Lithuania 23292 Luxembourg 0 Malaysia 73803 Mexico 2040951 Mongolia 16274 Netherlands 139886 New Zealand 0 Nicaragua 3481 Norway 11097 Pakistan 4752 Panama 41571 Paraguay 15924 Peru 92774 Philippines 4019 Poland 46704 Qatar 0 Romania 35528 Saudi Arabia 16954 Serbia 0 Singapore 132740 Sint Maarten 8818 Slovenia 4998 South Africa 69921 Spain 4830 St Kitts/Nevis 2768 St Lucia 0 Sweden 16125 Switzerland 57753 Taiwan 100283 Thailand 48636 Trinidad/Tobago 4030 Turks&Caicos 3084 UAE 61751 United Kingdom 1098356 Uruguay 27231 Venezuela 82871
6320 66885 303216 261 0 2016 231899 8571864 1383 7769 18497 66812 31572 2618 15102 1582 91193 9701 57841 24 0 185193 260118 8700 2724 2985 3060 2376 5092 2671 25456 106467 1080 1826 5282 665 0 11221 2500705 2641 44854 0 565 1672 300 16473 4136 47650 112 15746 0 6723 2752 0 10889 2004 1944 24158 345 554 0 1030 7820 13569 17028 322 573 10410 360846 6576 15388
14517 261057 218270 0 2641 0 60315 9376156 0 175727 70993 153263 65894 0 31055 9385 43962 86957 109271 0 7890 180780 950954 30625 8145 12283 4356 0 17925 48905 33420 192187 0 284755 121312 12123 13578 89601 2410973 0 474397 6221 37434 18483 0 3189 15847 58833 12188 20955 11047 31223 210071 6822 48585 0 0 62608 16197 0 3148 9885 29394 250485 51801 11737 0 552316 1043674 0 232769
4042 63668 40419 0 14 0 116798 8676492 0 58675 6996 114343 18968 0 3244 776 38532 35663 92245 0 2436 102062 1413386 10212 2436 2250 1958 0 6983 16120 2762 122743 0 34063 31924 3777 1213 9149 4012854 0 189438 240 10056 1931 0 438 6744 35453 6144 2046 5328 11316 132593 528 5768 0 0 26272 1364 0 418 525 2862 23482 14894 1853 0 57228 380693 0 17308
16067354
13229256
18318584
15982125
World Total
7.80% 56.36% -21.62% 5.05% 64.66% 650.18%
119.68% -3.90%
98.55% -1.21%
-80.76% -86.76% 25.11% 164.39% -21.53% -41.57% 61.21% 66.45% 307.16% 365.54% 29.20% 103.87% 187.85% 136.67% -76.33% -72.80% -20.02% -37.30% -19.75% -37.19% 61.95% 47.75% 64.69% 99.68%
81.45% -81.60% -14.81% 11.82% 32.67% 56.28%
-21.84% -27.08% -77.94% -83.43% 223.33% 821.65% 15.87% -13.26% -91.00% -39.34% 92.13%
-94.64% -83.45% -82.39%
-17.63% -15.35%
22.65% -37.68%
-70.51%
-76.32%
-90.70% -39.96%
-94.38% -13.41%
1203.57% 3660.96% 0.49% -38.67% 57.69% 34.40% -67.02% -98.18% 122.88% 669.60% 13.79% -91.93%
-40.59% -97.92%
173.21%
88.78%
11.68% -70.18%
-8.05% -74.71%
63.13% 96.19% 96.48% 173.24% -59.96% -42.22% -6.11% 14.33% -65.66% -82.62% -88.82% 5.24%
-81.81% -5.21%
-64.40%
-11.09%
-12.29%
-17.22%
9603300000 Artists Brushes, & Similar Brushes For Cosemtics (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Antigua/Barbuda Argentina Australia Austria Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Rep. Ecuador El Salvador Estonia France Germany Guatemala Honduras Hong Kong India Indonesia Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Korea, South Lithuania Malaysia Mexico
2654 10691 4945369 8183 7574 693375 5992 0 858921 0 8875280 135006 1168427 47499 54067 8060 21531 0 265583 19762 42850 5770 262994 7746 4044656 556507 6027 3595 737279 306908 5172 29763 106849 171311 147939 286213 7267 47628 2568830
200 1239 386931 239 2487 119607 1 0 401305 0 2713487 25734 96266 10409 7215 40 39 0 16583 695 11412 3054 10876 928 380722 90964 897 53 49506 24738 557 2883 8445 12293 43141 17066 1900 3721 571592
0 11043 1211593 10442 0 680610 0 3053 1442387 62160 8358016 83609 742473 95993 52045 0 0 2996 136857 0 85405 28691 63413 12300 2481288 564824 27084 10509 123485 171132 11562 3175 18890 124934 68074 321737 0 71107 1622622
0 8940 125925 735 0 137326 0 932 595327 42000 3092646 24900 99333 12461 4316 0 0 648 13334 0 16422 6838 20813 1172 228367 109854 8663 1245 11750 17248 2196 1320 3217 23639 25266 15671 0 5265 248040
-3.19% -86.14% 308.17% 207.27% -21.63% -67.48% 1.88%
-12.90%
-40.45%
-32.59%
6.19% 61.47% 57.37% -50.52% 3.89%
-12.26% 3.35% -3.09% -16.47% 67.17%
94.06%
24.37%
-49.83% -30.51% -79.89% -55.34% 314.73% -47.74% -37.02% -20.82% 63.01% 66.71% -1.47% -17.20% -77.75% -89.65% -65.79% -95.74% 497.06% 321.33% 79.34% 43.43% -55.27% -74.64% 837.42% 118.41% 465.64% 162.51% 37.12% -48.00% 117.32% 70.75% -11.04% 8.90%
Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Qatar Romania Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Trinidad/Tobago Turkey Ukraine UAE United Kingdom Uruguay Vietnam
1082609 21784 7602 0 135047 140017 26321 4883 156752 0 15266 34613 3963 161187 4548 0 30737 150465 23658 96499 54352 1151470 14594 0 2701 3109158 1820588 40085 10172
168049 12153 1080 0 46507 46306 5934 715 34321 0 1070 5729 1368 15375 1440 0 7184 38202 10643 7076 1722 40669 2148 0 1484 260742 312183 6664 824
323569 18707 0 43331 88042 0 49515 0 124297 12595 2738 108550 0 470280 0 2750 0 54043 34179 73373 35384 740167 7825 4536 3016 972669 1865929 6062 11856
60482 9093 0 202 7271 0 13325 0 42507 89 29 53136 0 32860 0 500 0 12494 11520 3539 8980 37755 579 263 2756 66600 275748 3390 1911
234.58% 177.85% 16.45% 33.65%
World Total
34772349
6046813
23756922
5550838
46.37%
53.39%
539.62%
-46.84%
-55.47%
26.11%
-19.26%
457.56% 3589.66% -68.11% -89.22% -65.73%
-53.21%
178.42% 205.76% -30.78% -7.61% 31.52% 99.94% 53.61% -80.82% 55.57% 7.72% 86.50% 270.98% -10.44% -46.15% 219.65% 291.50% -2.43% 13.21% 561.25% 96.58% -14.20% -56.88% 8.94%
-33.02% -29.33% 58.31% 130.44%
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US EXPORTS Country
9603402000 Paint Rollers (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD Value QTY Value QTY
Aruba 8094 Australia 11443 Bahamas 43577 Barbados 0 Belgium 3386 Bermuda 14572 Brazil 4092 British VI 11702 Canada 772061 Cayman Islands 38160 Chile 19700 China 7650 Colombia 0 Costa Rica 40417 Curacao 0 Denmark 18560 Dominica 3810 Dominican Rep. 305926 Ecuador 2768 El Salvador 135906 Fiji 9602 France 9647 Germany 65878 Greece 0 Grenada 3618 Guyana 3326 Honduras 5031 Hong Kong 10000 Hungary 3398 India 263255 Ireland 56387 Israel 28156 Italy 2931 Japan 26441 Korea, South 17599 Kuwait 0 Kyrgyzstan 0 Liberia 0 Malaysia 6504 Marshall Islands 40177 Martinique 0 Mexico 1365597 Netherlands 0 New Zealand 90471 Norway 0 Oman 21447 Panama 74068 Poland 52283 Romania 7118 Samoa 14123 Saudi Arabia 13328 Spain 3258 St Lucia 0 St Vin/Grenadines 0 Sweden 3789 Taiwan 14510 Trinidad/Tobago 12395 Turkey 0 Turks&Caicos 0 Ukraine 0 UAE 10458 United Kingdom 539892 Venezuela 28726
3700 130 20487 0 52 2210 10 6277 332244 8327 8241 100 0 26472 0 4800 2808 6904 1587 9968 4301 737 15685 0 1000 1124 2976 1338 745 52112 9843 2056 40 2729 1107 0 0 0 1180 3717 0 521508 0 20625 0 1011 34670 10596 1164 3490 14976 501 0 0 90 203 4440 0 0 0 1866 345866 1049
10050 3689 12078 14192 4902 14027 3648 11220 856086 14246 0 8575 11284 41131 3147 5374 0 149050 0 102941 0 18136 152105 2735 7340 10643 12215 0 3171 257392 106631 16941 10658 74111 18540 7534 21903 5250 21490 0 5637 1213604 36346 60289 4732 9442 93086 11130 0 0 0 0 5393 6233 0 24860 2806 14965 2824 5091 0 483123 0
5113 696 838 8750 80 3346 1600 6750 428945 3520 0 325 5184 5140 320 288 0 8168 0 10669 0 602 45511 1600 8418 508 3317 0 240 89200 13154 2975 1553 5355 6230 125 8780 1000 4300 0 427 624004 5621 12998 263 166 40458 3780 0 0 0 0 409 472 0 327 442 5204 636 1581 0 176877 0
4245237
1497062
3991996
1556265
World Total
YTD Growth % Value Qty
-19.46% -27.64% 210.19% -81.32% 260.80% 2344.75% -30.93% -35.00% 3.89% -33.95% 12.17% -99.38% 4.30% -7.01% -9.82% -22.54% 167.86% 136.56% -10.79%
-69.23%
-1.74%
415.02%
245.37% 1566.67% 105.25%
-15.48%
32.02%
-6.57%
-46.81% -56.69%
22.43% -65.54%
-50.71% -88.12% -68.75% 121.26% -58.81% -10.28% 7.16% 210.42% 2.28% -41.58% -47.12% -25.17% 66.20% -30.89% -72.50% -97.42% -64.32% -49.04% -5.08% -82.23%
-69.73%
-72.56%
12.52%
-16.43%
50.06%
58.68%
127.14% 509.04% -20.43% -14.31% 369.75% 180.32%
-41.63% -37.92% 341.73% 904.52%
11.75%
95.54%
6.34%
-3.80%
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Country
9603404020 Paint Pads (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD Value QTY Value QTY
YTD Growth % Value Qty
Argentina Aruba Bermuda Costa Rica Czech Republic Denmark El Salvador France Germany Israel Italy Malaysia Mexico New Zealand Singapore Sweden United Kingdom
12550 0 0 3525 4486 19320 0 7509 0 0 7229 14572 13024 6843 2516 3650 27915
1680 0 0 70 267 5600 0 801 0 0 47 133 1080 160 32 22 813
0 2554 3341 0 0 0 5510 0 4650 20000 0 0 35131 4156 6786 0 2502
0 250 924 0 0 0 867 0 3000 5666 0 0 7757 130 1428 0 300
1015.71% 171.00%
World Total
123139
10705
84630
20322
45.50%
-62.93% 64.65% -62.92%
-86.08% 23.08% -97.76% -47.32%
9603404050 Paint,distempr,varnish Or Similr Brushes,ex 960330 (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Antigua/Barbuda Argentina Aruba Australia Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Brazil British VI Bulgaria Canada Cayman Islands Chad Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Rep. El Salvador Ethiopia Finland France Germany Grenada Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Korea, South Kyrgyzstan Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Marshall Islands Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Panama Peru Philippines Poland Romania Samoa Saudi Arabia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia
2787 12585 0 65681 106723 2827 2553 2605 101388 0 3000 4305887 2971 0 19664 1440618 10694 6767 142866 0 6621 73325 4528 43540 217750 90166 6598 0 4049 0 0 34540 4399 16832 66098 390413 12775 89220 33065 0 55973 18511 20249 7119 46017 285573 23625 28881 4344 0 31799 4372 2933 420037 72338 38292 0 42180 0 48857
780 822 0 6070 24694 185 3 954 19930 0 253 1127916 41 0 1906 116395 812 1017 36246 0 1176 1555 200 3393 30902 12287 1142 0 387 0 0 11225 8 2495 1922 68170 3368 8948 2847 0 5246 1550 1531 1764 5838 48430 3882 7680 50 0 3360 5 504 39810 20900 10287 0 3791 0 4942
0 29543 5890 0 55038 0 467806 13758 94896 4523 6479 3754781 20106 4558 24939 1113377 7515 0 91678 2623 23154 3515 0 11840 275137 140668 20609 9934 0 7974 3634 8399 0 48082 47656 339928 17539 75618 42138 12190 3096 77861 10111 0 35553 280866 100231 39083 9860 10671 43301 4334 5736 465419 7696 0 2191664 12403 3663 62461
0 1279 2057 0 10305 0 92743 2113 11864 2734 138 935900 2516 200 2056 51991 1207 0 10957 9 488 150 0 2000 54841 26922 8525 1036 0 836 1400 363 0 3719 682 48110 6605 3487 1715 2795 300 3372 1011 0 2043 26747 10355 10102 215 462 8563 25 354 25604 925 0 40851 1387 16 2705
-57.40%
-35.73%
93.91%
139.63%
-99.45% -100.00% -81.07% -54.85% 6.84% 67.99% -53.70% 14.68% -85.22%
83.33% 20.52% -98.37%
-21.15% -7.30% 29.39% 123.88% 42.30% -32.73% 55.83%
230.80%
-71.40% 140.98% 1986.06% 936.67% 267.74% -20.86% -35.90% -67.98%
69.65% -43.65% -54.36% -86.60%
311.24% 2992.29% -64.99% -32.91% 38.70% 181.82% 14.85% 41.70% -27.16% -49.01% 17.99% 156.61% -21.53% 66.01% 1707.91% 1648.67% -76.23% -54.03% 100.27% 51.43% 29.43% 185.76% 1.68% 81.07% -76.43% -62.51% -26.10% -23.98% -55.94% -76.74% -26.56% -60.76% 0.88% -80.00% -48.87% 42.37% -9.75% 55.48% 839.94% 2159.46% 240.08% 173.32% -21.78%
82.70%
Slovenia 39281 Spain 102192 St Kitts/Nevis 0 St Vin/Grenadines 15533 Sweden 11050 Switzerland 2650 Taiwan 0 Thailand 28184 Trinidad/Tobago 36014 Turkey 7720 Turkmenistan 23014 UAE 13653 United Kingdom 1327148 Venezuela 0
6890 22393 0 3680 5000 625 0 3585 4017 2000 254 959 207648 0
33254 38154 3032 3757 12930 3071 4155 34960 49477 3100 0 17478 1697917 74028
5405 8393 154 163 6000 408 1500 5357 5379 134 0 2244 356239 12097
18.12% 27.47% 167.84% 166.81%
-21.88% -21.84%
-57.26% -41.71%
10081074
1904670
12124847
1830253
-16.86%
4.07%
World Total
313.44% 2157.67% -14.54% -16.67% -13.71% 53.19% -19.38% -33.08% -27.21% -25.32% 149.03% 1392.54%
9603500000 Othr Brushes,as Parts Of Machines,appliance,vehicl (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Algeria 0 Angola 3779 Argentina 22543 Aruba 0 Australia 592171 Austria 46162 Azerbaijan 13711 Bahamas 0 Bahrain 10163 Bangladesh 0 Barbados 10441 Belgium 521859 Belize 38075 Bermuda 4305 Bolivia 3679 Brazil 233760 Brunei 0 Canada 20460075 Cayman Islands 20608 Chile 436755 China 1344831 Colombia 490815 Costa Rica 20105 Czech Republic 24671 Denmark 31682 Dominican Rep. 126663 Ecuador 90459 Egypt 4663 El Salvador 33320 Finland 34550 France 292839 Germany 5660038 Ghana 8370 Greece 0 Grenada 0 Guatemala 23306 Guyana 28822 Honduras 17047 Hong Kong 243755 Hungary 8696 Iceland 14920 India 192931 Indonesia 142374 Iraq 0 Ireland 357770 Israel 2240024 Italy 221259 Jamaica 49050 Japan 2097519 Jordan 7758 Kazakhstan 9443 Korea, South 4401983 Kuwait 16563 Latvia 31068 Lebanon 0 Libya 0 Lithuania 0 Luxembourg 21378 Malaysia 450491 Maldives 0 Mexico 7914453 Morocco 0 Netherlands 164086 New Caledonia 6719 New Zealand 101933 Nicaragua 19913 Norway 40972
0 18 485 0 21694 10349 161 0 3 0 386 8124 126 6 329 17012 0 1058656 54 77167 102602 203917 390 271 15007 16374 5703 270 1422 751 26193 1686962 221 0 0 792 888 1093 93079 800 669 31556 16550 0 19241 88735 19934 1230 267155 220 122 257578 1100 2442 0 0 0 488 58704 0 1395355 0 11387 35 1165 1131 761
5492 62123 88556 2518 674545 35930 0 111375 72000 13287 22997 309567 0 0 14476 363664 55730 19725532 0 78551 1880418 653414 264667 39276 40714 66435 42897 0 40766 13206 301037 5340218 12366 28176 4924 59022 21536 16015 110497 9694 0 338005 88895 6300 214517 489752 326353 52452 2867307 0 0 3851039 22555 12204 3505 26236 18701 3662 363774 2786 8070217 3444 230521 0 103146 31980 30722
60 3271 4008 4944 25169 830 0 5768 3729 7546 194 8052 0 0 1958 23426 2886 1021516 0 30936 109882 280039 17066 3552 25330 7251 454 0 2210 298 33614 1497519 640 2240 54 2324 2704 967 62702 201 0 48127 11871 5000 10074 2659 13671 2198 276327 0 0 203363 797 2520 16 140 126 2 26452 80 1718502 8 34820 0 8383 2465 412
-93.92% -74.54%
-99.45% -87.90%
-12.21% -13.81% 28.48% 1146.87% -85.88%
-99.92%
-54.60% 68.58%
98.97% 0.89%
-74.59% -35.72%
-83.20% -27.38%
3.72%
3.64%
456.01% 149.44% -28.48% -6.63% -24.88% -27.18% -92.40% -97.71% -37.19% -92.37% -22.18% -40.75% 90.66% 125.82% 110.87% 1156.17% -18.27% -35.66% 161.62% 152.01% -2.72% -22.08% 5.99% 12.65% -32.31% -65.47% -60.51% -65.92% 33.83% -67.16% 6.44% 13.03% 120.60% 48.45% -10.30% 298.01% -42.92% 60.16%
-34.43% 39.42%
66.78% 91.00% 357.38% 3237.16% -32.20% 45.81% -6.49% -44.04% -26.85% -3.32% 14.31% -26.57% 154.57%
26.66% 38.02% -3.10%
483.78% 24300.0% 23.84% 121.93% -1.93%
-18.80%
-28.82%
-67.30%
-1.18% -37.73% 33.36%
-86.10% -54.12% 84.71%
Oman 11763 Pakistan 17186 Panama 15574 Paraguay 0 Peru 100646 Philippines 23006 Poland 102341 Portugal 102256 Qatar 219439 Romania 2842 Saudi Arabia 116426 Singapore 3314846 Slovakia 0 Slovenia 27892 South Africa 397026 Spain 500239 Sri Lanka 0 St Vin/Grenadines 3071 Sweden 397355 Switzerland 2524 Taiwan 5135865 Thailand 276255 Trinidad/Tobago 63617 Turkey 177433 Ukraine 51559 UAE 317610 United Kingdom 422547 Uruguay 117522 Venezuela 0 Vietnam 351224
30 122 791 0 1962 1791 42064 1010 3486 1 4788 86475 0 1671 308363 300117 0 6 2389 3 76050 99047 938 185942 1240 18266 25271 2700 0 166891
0 33680 11459 5985 68087 46586 249317 13629 35719 9977 185048 2266404 10825 366081 19128 241522 6966 6440 336605 7848 4888750 298200 36996 143349 21876 444455 584150 79793 40080 98534
0 208 115 190 2068 8261 110755 668 1161 3 16542 98955 25 62901 116 235324 200 48 10891 840 78066 134768 1749 157565 684 33566 96406 722 361 12369
61673389
6858277
58297183
6626880
World Total
-48.97% -41.35% 35.91% 587.83% 47.82% -5.13% -50.62% -78.32% -58.95% -62.02% 650.28% 51.20% 514.35% 200.26% -71.51% -66.67% -37.08% -71.06% 46.26% -12.61% -92.38% -97.34% 1975.6% 265730.1% 107.12% 27.53% -52.31% -87.50% 18.05% -78.06% -67.84% -99.64% 5.05% -2.58% -7.36% -26.51% 71.96% -46.37% 23.78% 18.01% 135.69% 81.29% -28.54% -45.58% -27.66% -73.79% 47.28% 273.96% 256.45% 1249.27% 5.79%
3.49%
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US EXPORTS 9603900000 Hand-operated Mechanical Floor Sweeper Etc, Nesoi (no) June 2026 YTD June 2025 YTD YTD Growth % Country Value QTY Value QTY Value Qty
Algeria 0 Angola 2504 Antigua/Barbuda 13962 Argentina 135805 Aruba 40580 Australia 1821674 Austria 75084 Bahamas 168490 Bahrain 2895 Bangladesh 3198 Barbados 49793 Belgium 643536 Belize 93602 Bermuda 28624 Bolivia 42010 Brazil 419562 British VI 6073 Brunei 0 Bulgaria 4446 Cameroon 482630 Canada 40669887 Cayman Islands 62940 Chile 67649 China 865205 Colombia 116239 Costa Rica 643134 Curacao 13091 Cyprus 0 Czech Republic 45066 Denmark 383179 Dominican Rep. 88239 Ecuador 47827 Egypt 29461 El Salvador 128073 Equatorial Guinea 0 Estonia 32364 Ethiopia 18450 Finland 59916 France 391537 French Polynesia 0 Georgia 14439
0 156 142 3686 1954 772580 9025 18240 344 800 6304 26542 15825 741 111 36993 227 0 110 41151 6869636 5441 5747 90342 12431 51042 1160 0 8651 35745 8037 12714 487 8915 0 5323 2 9256 52550 0 4
2658 3369 0 75038 47844 1934728 53621 136166 194462 3195 35454 617315 32889 32957 12157 433785 3714 2556 7434 0 42564242 63155 104622 1068948 190135 457228 21796 5272 58692 335731 250560 161472 2738 110960 7388 37035 16650 67764 446133 4248 6967
27 150 0 30210 1413 567801 5540 12099 8684 40 2198 59108 2990 2079 30 71349 297 24 951 0 7784356 4012 12762 127956 71852 55328 2301 516 7877 35871 331704 36235 180 14971 705 7346 1 9160 55194 800 930
-25.68%
4.00%
80.98% -87.80% -15.18% 38.29% -5.84% 36.07% 40.03% 62.91% 23.74% 50.76% -98.51% -96.04% 0.09% 1900.00% 40.44% 186.81% 4.25% -55.10% 184.60% 429.26% -13.15% -64.36% 245.56% 270.00% -3.28% -48.15% 63.52% -23.57% -40.19%
-88.43%
-4.45% -0.34% -35.34% -19.06% -38.87% 40.66% -39.94%
-11.75% 35.62% -54.97% -29.40% -82.70% -7.75% -49.59%
-23.22% 9.83% 14.13% -0.35% -64.78% -97.58% -70.38% -64.91% 976.00% 170.56% 15.42% -40.45% -12.61% -27.54% 10.81% 100.00% -11.58% 1.05% -12.24% -4.79% 107.25%
-99.57%
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Economic Dashboard
US Manufacturing Growth Accelerates to Four-Year High Manufacturing momentum broadened in July as the U.S., Europe and much of Asia remained in expansion, though pricing pressures and supply chain risks continued to challenge producers. U.S. manufacturing expanded for the seventh consecutive month in July, according to the latest ISM® Manufacturing PMI® Report. Factory activity accelerated to its strongest pace in more than four years as production, hiring and export demand all strengthened, though manufacturers continued to wrestle with pricing volatility, longer lead times and geopolitical uncertainty. The Manufacturing PMI climbed to 55.6 percent in July, up 2.3 percentage points from June and reaching its highest level since May 2022. The broader U.S. economy also remained on solid footing, extending its expansion streak to 21 consecutive months.
percent of survey respondents reported hiring during the month, while the remaining 40 percent continued to focus on managing workforce levels.
Demand remained healthy across the manufacturing sector. The New Orders Index increased to 56.7 percent, marking a seventh straight month of expansion, while the New Export Orders Index returned to growth at 53.0 percent. Backlogs also strengthened, with the Backlog of Orders Index climbing 4.5 percentage points to 55.0 percent, reflecting continued pressure on manufacturing capacity. Customers' Inventories remained in "too low" territory at 40.7 percent, a condition that typically supports future production activity.Production continued to lead overall growth. The Production Index surged to 58.5 percent, its highest reading since November 2021 and the ninth consecutive month in expansion. Employment also returned to growth for the first time in 33 months, with the Employment Index rising 3.1 percentage points to 52.8 percent. Sixty
Supply chains remained under pressure despite continued expansion. The Supplier Deliveries Index increased to 58.9 percent, marking an eighth straight month of slower deliveries as manufacturers continued to contend with extended lead times. Inventories remained in expansion at 51.2 percent, while Imports accelerated to 55.7 percent as companies continued building supply to support production. Input costs remained elevated but continued to moderate. The Prices Index declined for the third consecutive month to 71.1 percent, although manufacturers continued to cite pricing volatility as a major concern. More than half of survey respondents referenced unstable pricing, while geopolitical tensions and the renewed Iran conflict continued to disrupt energy markets and global shipping routes. Manufacturing growth broadened in July. Fifteen industries reported expansion while only Chemical Products contracted. Four of the six largest manufacturing industries — Transportation Equipment, Machinery, Computer & Electronic Products and Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products — expanded during the month. Although 20 percent of manufacturing GDP remained in contraction, no portion of the sector registered severe contraction, underscoring the continued strength of the broader manufacturing recovery.
ISM® MANUFACTURING AT A GLANCE (US) JULY 2026
Index Manufacturing PMI® New Orders Production Employment Supplier Deliveries Inventories Customers’ Inventories Prices Backlog of Orders New Export Orders Imports
Series Index JUL
Series Index JUN
55.6 56.7 58.5 52.8 58.9 51.2 40.7 71.1 55.0 53.0 55.7
53.3 56.0 52.2 49.7 57.4 51.4 42.3 73.0 50.5 48.5 52.9
PCT PT Change Direction +2.3 +0.7 +6.3 +3.1 +1.5 -0.2 -1.6 -1.9 +4.5 +4.5 +2.8
OVERALL ECONOMY Manufacturing Sector
Rate of Change
Trend* (Months)
Growing Growing Growing Growing Slowing Growing Too Low Increasing Growing Growing Growing
Faster Faster Faster From Contracting Faster Slower Faster Slower Faster From Contracting Faster
7 7 9 1 8 2 22 22 7 1 6
Growing Growing
Faster Faster
21 7
*Number of months moving in current direction. Source: Institute for Supply Management®, ISM®, PMI®, Report On Business®.
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U.S. SECTOR REPORT ISM GROWTH SECTORS (15): Printing & Related Support Activities; Apparel, Leather & Allied Products; Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components; Primary Metals; Nonmetallic Mineral Products; Transportation Equipment; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Textile Mills; Machinery; Computer & Electronic Products; Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products; Paper Products; Plastics & Rubber Products; Furniture & Related Products; and Fabricated Metal Products. ISM CONTRACTION SECTORS (1): Chemical Products.
GLOBAL PMI NOTES
EUROZONE: The Eurozone manufacturing PMI climbed to 51.9 percent in July, marking the strongest factory conditions since April as production posted its fastest growth in more than four years. Demand remained uneven, however, with only modest gains in new orders and continued export weakness, while easing cost pressures and improving confidence were offset by ongoing job cuts and shrinking backlogs. CANADA: Canada’s manufacturing PMI rose to 53.5 percent in July, its strongest reading in more than four years, driven by higher output and improving domestic demand. Rising costs, supply shortages and geopolitical uncertainty continued to weigh on confidence, even as companies expanded hiring and increased production. CHINA: China’s manufacturing expansion moderated in July, with the PMI easing to 50.9 percent as output and new orders grew at a slower pace. Employment strengthened, and export demand improved, while easing input cost inflation and stable selling prices supported a more optimistic outlook. FRANCE: France’s manufacturing sector slipped back into contraction in July with a reading of 49.8 percent, with weaker demand driving declines in production, new orders and exports. Supply chain disruptions persisted, but moderating cost pressures and improved business confidence suggested manufacturers remain cautiously optimistic about the year ahead. GERMANY: Germany’s manufacturing PMI advanced to 52.2 percent in July, reaching a four-month high as stronger exports fueled the fastest production growth in nearly four-and-a-half years. Easing cost inflation provided additional support, although supply chain bottlenecks and subdued business confidence remained ongoing concerns. INDIA: India’s manufacturing PMI eased to 53.5 percent in July, marking the slowest pace of expansion since 2021 as domestic demand softened. Export orders remained strong, supply chains improved significantly and manufacturers regained confidence on expectations of stronger infrastructure spending and future demand.
JULY ISM REPORT COMMENTS (U.S. Manufacturers) Chemical Products: “We are seeing a very opportunistic and reactive marketplace. If shortage items become available, we opportunistically buy. Some customers are reducing inventory; others are pulling forward demand. As many customers that are slowing down, an equal number are growing. It looks like a lot of shuffling and shifting market share.” Machinery: “Now that it seems the buildout of AI infrastructure globally is nearing real activation, products going into data centers are at full procurement and manufacturing ramp-up. Thus, demand for our semiconductor end products and connectivity (power, networking and photonics) is booming. Similarly, defense is at an all-time high, with most of our product orders going to these two industries. Order volumes for medical, industrial and consumer products are markedly lower.” Transportation Equipment: “Aerospace and defense demand continues to be strong and growing, based on business backlogs. Competing for scarce supply — electronics, certain critical minerals and other categories — is challenging on-time fulfillment for our supply chains. This is expected to get worse with co-dependent sectors also remaining strong and restocking challenges for automotive electronics.” Primary Metals: “No normalcy in sight in the world of metals. It makes me yearn for the coronavirus pandemic chaos, which was more manageable than whatever this is that we are in. At least business is better; however, the components of good business are not. Sharp pricing downturns in aluminum will make things more interesting, as supply levels will prevent those decreases from taking hold across the board. Getting customers to understand that is not always easy.”
ITALY: Italy’s manufacturing PMI moderated to 51.3 percent in July as demand softened and export orders declined for the first time in five months. Production continued to expand, but easing cost pressures were accompanied by weakening employment, purchasing activity and business confidence.
Transportation Equipment: “Continued tariffs on products utilized in our product lines are being monitored by the business, which is working to mitigate or limit tariff risk. Geopolitical risk, especially in the Middle East, pertaining to commodity and energy markets remains a concern. There has been some increased cost and transit time for rerouted shipments due to conflicts in the Red Sea, Strait of Hormuz and Suez Canal.”
MEXICO: Mexico’s manufacturing PMI held steady at 51.3 percent in July, marking a second consecutive month of expansion as domestic demand strengthened. Export orders and factory output remained weak, however, while elevated costs, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical uncertainty continued to temper business confidence.
Fabricated Metal Products: “Business is still solid; we will increase revenue by 3 percent to 5 percent. We are considering foreign steel purchases for early next year because domestic steel mills are getting greedy.”
UNITED KINGDOM: The UK manufacturing PMI eased to 51.9 percent in July but remained in expansion territory for a ninth consecutive month. Output and new orders continued to grow, while moderating inflation and improving supply chains were offset by softer business confidence and cautious hiring.
Chemical Products: “Definitely a downturn within several of our business units, mainly the consumer products division. High freight costs, both for truck and ocean, and longer lead times are concerning. Pricing was moving downward until the Iran war started again.”
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Economic Dashboard ISM US MANUFACTURING PMI 36 MONTHS | MOVING AVERAGE: SIX MONTHS
EURO AREA MANUFACTURING PMI 36 MONTHS | MOVING AVERAGE: SIX MONTHS
Source data: Institute for Supply Management®, ISM®, PMI®, Report On Business®.
CHINA MANUFACTURING PMI 36 MONTHS | MOVING AVERAGE: SIX MONTHS
CANADA MANUFACTURING PMI 36 MONTHS | MOVING AVERAGE: SIX MONTHS
Source data: S&P Global
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Source data: S&P Global
Source data: Caixin Manufacturing PMI
FRANCE MANUFACTURING PMI 36 MONTHS | MOVING AVERAGE: SIX MONTHS
GERMANY MANUFACTURING PMI 36 MONTHS | MOVING AVERAGE: SIX MONTHS
Source data: S&P Global
Source data: S&P Global
ITALY MANUFACTURING PMI 36 MONTHS | MOVING AVERAGE: SIX MONTHS
INDIA MANUFACTURING PMI 36 MONTHS | MOVING AVERAGE: SIX MONTHS
Source data: S&P Global
Source data: S&P Global
MEXICO MANUFACTURING PMI 36 MONTHS | MOVING AVERAGE: SIX MONTHS
UK MANUFACTURING PMI 36 MONTHS | MOVING AVERAGE: SIX MONTHS
Source data: S&P Global
Source data: S&P Global
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