Prema statistici američkog Geološkog zavoda (USGS), u prvoj polovini ove godine, uvezene SAD 3.21 million tons of aluminum products, od kojeg 126,000 tons were from Russia, including metals, legura, crude metals, ploče, and bars, accounting for 3.93% of the total imports.

The US is mulling whether to impose a complete ban on aluminum imports from Russia as a response to recent Russia’s escalated attack in Ukraine. Affected by this news, the London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminum prices once surged by 7% to US$2,400/ton on Wednesday.