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US’ aluminum imports drop in Jan-Feb y-o-y

30 Apr 2020 14:25 reported by Joy Liu

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According to statistics, the US’ imports of aluminum products and aluminum scrap totaled around 238,000 tons in February, plummeting by 47% compared to the same month a year ago.

In the first two months of this year, the US totally imported around 560,000 tons of aluminum, dropping by 39.8% compared to the same period a year earlier.

Among them, the imports from Canada were around 150,000 tons, mainly crude metals, alloys and aluminum scrap; those from China had a year-on-year decrease of 75.5% to approximately 5,100 tons.