Laut Statistiken des US Geological Survey (USGS), im ersten Halbjahr dieses Jahres, die USA importierten 3.21 million tons of Aluminiumprodukte, von welchem 126,000 tons were from Russia, including metals, Legierungen, crude metals, Platten, and bars, Buchhaltung 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.