According to statistics from US Geological Survey (USGS), in the first half of this year, the US imported 3.21 million tons of hliníkových výrobků, z toho 126,000 tons were from Russia, including metals, slitiny, crude metals, desky, 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.