Aluminium extrusion and rolled product shipments in North America up YoY in July

<p>According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, aluminium product shipments in USA and Canada were up in July YoY.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/extrusion1.png" alt="News" width="373" height="261" /></p> <p>Shipments of Aluminum Extruded Products including extruded shapes, pipe &amp; tube, and rod &amp; bar by U.S. and Canadian producers stood at an estimated 432.5 million pounds during July 2017, up 5.4% YoY. On a month on month comparison, shipments decreased 7% from the June 2017 revised total of 465.3 million pounds. YTD shipments through July 2017 stood at 3,128.7 million pounds, up 1.6% over the 2016 YTD total of 3,079.4 million pounds.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/sheetnplate.png" alt="News" width="374" height="263" /></p> <p>Estimated net shipments of Aluminium Sheet and Plate by U.S. and Canadian producers stood at 688.4 million pounds during July 2017, up 1% YoY. On a month on month comparison, shipments decreased 8.1% from the June 2017 revised total of 749.4 million pounds. YTD shipments through July 2017 totalled 2.2 million tonnes, up 2.4% over the YTD total of 2016.</p> <p>{googleAdsense}</p> <p>Shipments of Can Stock stood at 348.6 million pounds during July 2017, slightly down YoY, while shipments of Non-heat Treatable Sheet (excluding Can Stock) were down 2.1% to 225.1 million pounds and shipments of all other Sheet and Plate increased 13.3% to 114.7 million pounds.</p>