امریکی جیولوجیکل سروے کے اعدادوشمار کے مطابق (usgs), اس سال کے پہلے نصف میں, امریکہ نے درآمد کیا 3.21 million tons of aluminum products, جس میں سے 126,000 tons were from Russia, including metals, مرکب دھاتیں, crude metals, پلیٹیں, and bars, اکاؤنٹنگ کے لئے 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.