At the US-Canada border, aluminium is constantly on the move, but the direction of trade is far from balanced. In the first six months of 2026, the US imported 907,581.44 tonnes of primary aluminium from Canada, while exporting only 78,886.12 tonnes of semi-fabricated aluminium products such as...
Thailand has opened a new anti-dumping exporter review covering Chinese aluminium extrusions, with a provisional 21.94 per cent cash deposit rate set for the applicant. Thailand's Department of Foreign Trade has initiated a new exporter review covering aluminium extrusions from China, adding...
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In the recent aluminium tariff “trade war” between the US and Canada, the common beer became a sign of the entire fiasco. It commenced on 6 th August when the US announced a 10% tariff on aluminium from Canada. However, this was the second time in three years that such a tariff had been imposed by...
At Shanghai Metals Market’s 2020 Nonferrous Metals Industry Chain Annual Conference in Suzhou, Leo Yi, senior analyst at SMM, explained the challenges that new solid waste law posed to China’s aluminium scrap supply and operations at secondary aluminium producers. Yi said the new solid waste law...
On Monday, November 9, the European Union announced that it would go ahead with its $4 billion tariff plans on the United States goods and services as part of the long-running illegal aid for plane maker Boeing. This decision is the latest twist in the 16-year trade battle over aircraft subsidies...
Settling the much-awaited India-America trade deal is likely to be one of New Delhi’s top priorities as soon as Joe Biden’s administration in Washington DC takes over as the New President of the United States. According to the report, New Delhi is all set to speed up its negotiation with Biden...
On 27 th October’20, The President of United States, Donald Trump issued a decree towards formally removing the tariffs on raw aluminium imports from Canada, but with a threat to re-impose them, if a surge in imports crosses the northern US border. "I have determined that imports of aluminium from...
The US Department of Commerce recently declared that punitive tariffs will be imposed on producers of rolled aluminium from 18 countries. The tariffs mainly go from a few percent to up to 50%. However, for Hydro Aluminum Rolled Products GmbH, a wholly-owned German subsidiary of Norsk Hydro, the...
According to a Reuters report, the European Union on Tuesday said it will impose tariffs on Chinese aluminium extrusion midway through an investigation into whether manufacturers from China are selling at unfairly low prices. The duties will range from 30.4 to 48.0% and will apply from Wednesday....
Jindal Aluminium official has pointed out that China’s aluminium flat rolled products exports to India, resulting in reducing prices, is taking a severe toll on domestic downstream MSME producers. Hence, the company has urged the government to remove import duty on primary aluminium to encourage...
According to a recent survey, India is expected to be not significantly affected by the anti-dumping duties imposed by the United States on common alloy aluminium sheets, as the former supplies small amount of the product to the latter. Late last week, the United States Department of Commerce...
On 9 th October’20, the US Department of Commerce announced that it would impose preliminary anti-dumping duties "immediately" on imports of aluminium alloy sheets from 18 countries, which includes Germany, Bahrain, Brazil, Spain, India and Italy. Wilbur Ross, US Secretary of Commerce, said: “In...
Canada’s aluminium crude metal and alloys exports to the United States extended decline by 8.04 per cent for the second month in a row to stand at 206,000 tonnes in July 2020, found the US Geological Survey data. Canada’s aluminium alloy exports to the US started decreasing from June after several...
Aluminium prices for US consumers, especially from the transport, construction, and packaging industries, are decreasing as the market is anticipating tariff exemptions for producers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. This follows agreements by the two Arab states to establish ties between...
The Aluminum Association’s Foil Trade Enforcement Working Group has filed petitions for antidumping and countervailing duty on Armenia, Brazil, Oman, Russia, and Turkey on Wednesday, September 30, alleging aluminium foils imports from these countries into the US are causing material injury to the...
The European Commission is likely to impose provisional antidumping duties of up to 48% on aluminium extrusions from China. The Commission opened an investigation in February 2020. The European Commission now found that extrusions have been sold in the European Union “at prices so low that they can...
The United States decision to withdraw the 10% tariff on Canadian aluminium import has been commended by many industry groups and associations, but the confusion which remains on is the import volume benchmark by the United States Trade Representative’s office in place of the tariff. On 18 th...
Most trade associations that represent the US and Canadian aluminium industries cheered the US surprise announcement of removing tariffs on the Canadian aluminium. Some also took issue with the quota system that has taken place. “Canada’s aluminium industry is glad to regain its continued...
The Aluminium Association of Canada has applauded the United States decision to remove recently reimplemented Section 232 tariffs on imports of unwrought, or P1020, aluminium from Canada. “Canada’s aluminium industry is glad to regain its continued tariff free entry into the U.S. market, as it...
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce welcomed the US decision of withdrawal the 10% tariff recently imposed on the imports of aluminium from Canada. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Senior Director of International Trade, Mark Agnew, said, “Tariffs were the wrong instrument when they were first...
