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US' aluminum imports slide in Jan 2020 y-o-y

15 Apr 2020 15:49 reported by Liv Wang

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According to statistics from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the US imported roughly 390,000 tons of aluminum (including crude steel, alloy, semi-finished products and scrap) in January, dropping by 20.9% from the same period a year ago. The imports also decreased by 15.35% from 460,000 tons in a month ago and 12% from 440,000 tons in November.

Among them, the US imported around 28,000 tons of semi-finished aluminum products, falling by 70.35% month on month and 79.12% year on year.

Besides, the US imported about 5.7 million tons of aluminum in 2019.