Vyplýva to zo štatistík americkej geologickej služby USGS (USGS), v prvej polovici tohto roka, dovážané USA 3.21 million tons of hliníkových výrobkov, Z ktorých 126,000 tons were from Russia, including metals, zliatiny, crude metals, dosky, and bars, účtovanie 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.