Aluminium foil, sheet and can stock shipments increase in US and Canada, powder and paste shipments drop

According to an Aluminum Association report, estimated shipments of Aluminum Foil by U.S. and Canadian producers totaled 87.6 million pounds during March 2016, a rise of 1.7 per cent over the March 2015 total of 86.1 million pounds. Compared to the previous month, shipments increased 10.4 per cent over the February 2016 total of 79.3 million pounds. Year to-date shipments through March 2016 totaled 240.6 million pounds, up 3.9 per cent over the 2015 year-to-date total of 231.5 million pounds.

Estimated net shipments of Aluminum Sheet and Plate by U.S. and Canadian producers totaled 735.2 million pounds during March 2016, a rise of 1.8 percent over the March 2015 total of 722.2 million pounds. Compared to the previous month, shipments increased 7.8 percent over the February 2016 total of 682.0 million pounds. Year to-date shipments through March 2016 totaled 2,080.0 million pounds, up 1.3 per cent over the year-to-date 2015 total of 2,052.7 million pounds. Shipments of Can Stock totaled 366.5 million pounds during March 2016, up 1.7 per cent over the March 2015 total of 360.5 million pounds, while shipments of Non-heat Treatable Sheet (excluding Can Stock) were down six-tenths of one percent to 244.6 million pounds and shipments of All Other Sheet and Plate increased 7.4 percent to 124.1 million pounds.

Shipments of can stock by domestic producers totaled 366.5 million pounds during March 2016, a rise of 1.7 percent over the March 2015 total of 360.5 million pounds. Compared to the previous month, shipments increased 8.0 percent over the February 2016 total of 339.3 million pounds. Shipments of Aluminum Powder and Paste to domestic markets by domestic producers, including imports by domestic producers, totaled 7.16 million pounds during March 2016, off 11.8 percent from the March 2015 total of 8.11 million pounds. Compared to the previous month, shipments increased 24.6 percent over the February 2016 total of 5.74 million pounds. Year to-date shipments through March 2016 totaled 18.50 million pounds, down 26.5 percent from the year-to-date 2015 total of 25.16 million pounds. Compared to March 2015, shipments of powder to domestic markets decreased 15.6 percent to 6.05 million pounds, while shipments of paste rose 17.6 percent to 1.10 million pounds.