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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Ahead of a key bilateral meeting between the U.S. and Japan, Japanese foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi said trade talks will bring peace mind for the automakers and farmers. Motegi is likely to meet U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer ahead of a summit between President Donald Trump and...
According to the Reuters report, a global aluminium producer has offered Japanese buyers a premium of $110 per tonne for primary metal shipments during October-December quarter. This premium is higher by 2 per cent than that in the current quarter. The news came after five sources directly involved...
On Friday, Trump announced his plans to increase tariffs on US$550 billion of imported Chinese goods over the next two months in retaliation for China’s announcement that it would impose $75 billion in tariffs on U.S. imported products beginning October 1. According to Trump’s proposal, the U.S....
President Donald Trump last Friday announced 30% tariffs will be levied on US$250 billion of Chinese imports from October 1, up from the current 25 per cent. New tariffs set for Sept. 1 would increase to 15 per cent from current 10 per cent. The announcement came after Beijing had declared that it...
A top American Senator Lindsay Graham claimed on Sunday, ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting with PM Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G-7 Summit in France that India is “the worst” in terms of high tariffs on American products. He proposed that either the U.S. should increase...
China announced that it will impose an extra 5% tariff on imports of copper scrap and aluminium scrap from the United States from Dec. 15, 2019. This was confirmed by a list of retaliatory tariffs published by the Ministry of Finance on Friday, August 23. Beijing had already levied a 25% tariff on...
The US dollar dipped broadly on Friday after President Donald Trump ordered US companies to start looking for an alternative to China after Beijing imposed more tariffs on American goods. China announced retaliatory tariffs against about US$75 billion worth of US goods, putting as much as an extra...
JW Aluminum, which started an ambitious $300 million expansion at the metal maker’s Goose Creek plant with the implementation of anti-dumping duties on Chinese-made aluminium, says that its expansion is well on track and is likely to be over by three years. The expansion will double the capacity at...
After Liu Zhongtian, the largest shareholder of China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd had been accused of ditching the U.S. about US$1.8 billion in tariffs through a scheme, the company said on Sunday it was seeking legal advice on the matter. China Zhongwang said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock...
China’s new-vehicle market has continued falling for 12 consecutive months on slower economy. Automakers and suppliers are likely to see a longer period of downturn as the government is planning to discontinue a key stimulus plan designed to boost the economy. The Chinese Communist Party has...
Liu Zhongtian, chairman and president of China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd was accused of ditching US$1.8 billion in tariffs through a scheme under which, he had disguised “huge amounts” of aluminium as pallets and smuggled the material into the United States, federal prosecutors declared in Los Angeles...
The dynamics of the aluminium scrap market are in a state of transition due to the stricter scrap import policies by China, which used to be one of top markets for aluminium scraps. The trade war initiated by Trump’s 10% tariff on all imported aluminium imposed in March 2018 led many countries to...
The federal government in Canada has spent close to $200 million to subsidize steel and aluminium companies under a fund scheme designed to spur cutting-edge innovation. Ottawa has invested US$194.9 million into a number of steel and aluminium producers and manufacturers through the Strategic...
Vietnam’s aluminium profile manufacturers from the north have formed an association and it made it first public appearance in Hanoi on July 23. It was during a workshop on the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) held in Hanoi that the announcement was made regarding the Association. The...
Analysts review that Canada’s exemption from U.S. tariffs on imports of aluminium has boosted earnings for companies such as Rio Tinto and Alcoa at the expense of U.S. consumers. Despite the lifting of tariffs on Canada in May, U.S. consumers are paying the physical market premium of around US$400...
According to Mr Pete Coors, vice chairman of the Molson Coors Brewing Co., despite the claim that aluminium buyers in the U.S. can avoid tariff cost by buying from US producers and importing from non-tariffed countries, aluminium continues to remain expensive with or without tariffs. Until May,...
Following the recommendation from commerce ministry’s investigation arm Director General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), the Government of India may reportedly apply a provisional anti-dumping duty between US$ 28.67 per tonne and US$ 199.53 per tonne on imports of aluminium and zinc coated flat products...
According to a recent report, the United States on Thursday, July 4, lodged a complaint to the World Trade Organisation against India’s move to impose customs duties on 28 American goods, alleging the decision violates international trade norms. Last month, the Indian government had announced an...
