Ayon sa istatistika mula sa US Geological Survey (USGS), sa unang kalahati ng taong ito, imported ng US 3.21 million tons of aluminum products, kung saan 126,000 tons were from Russia, including metals, alloys, crude metals, plates, and bars, accounting para sa 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.