Az US Geological Survey statisztikái szerint (USGS), az idei év első felében, az USA importálta 3.21 million tons of aluminum products, amelyből 126,000 tons were from Russia, including metals, ötvözetek, crude metals, tányérok, and bars, elszámolása 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.