Russia and the US aluminium exports fall during January-April 2017

<p>Two of the world's biggest primary aluminium producing countries Russia and the US registered declines in their aluminium offshore sales during January-April 2017. Russia reported a drop in the export volume while the US registered a decline in both import and export for the period under review.</p> <p>A comparative trade data shows the following aluminium export trends for both countries during January-April 2017 vis-&agrave;-vis January-April 2016.&nbsp;Please note, the figures given below are estimates; the actual figures represent a drop which can be attributed to multiple macroeconomic factors.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/russia.png" alt="news" width="448" height="300" /></p> <p>According to Russia Customs data, the country exported 1,085,800 tonnes (1.08 million tonnes) of aluminium during the initial four months of this year, down from 1,116,000 (1.11 million tonnes) tonnes a year ago.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/USA.png" alt="news" width="400" height="300" /></p> <p>The US reported a decline in both aluminium exports and imports in April in comparison to March, showed data released by the US Department of Commerce.</p> <p>{googleAdsense}</p> <p>The US exported 6,340,647 kilogram (6.3 million tonnes) in April, and a total of 29,368,416 kg (29.3 million tonnes) during the first four months of this year.</p> <p>Aluminium imports by the US totalled 273,425,560 kg (273 million tonnes) in April and 1,063,133,543 kg (1.06 million tonnes) during January-April 2017.</p>