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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As the year 2018 wrapped up and 2019 has started, AlCircle is coming up with a comprehensive Aluminium Industry Recap 2018 . The recap will give you an opportunity to look back at the significant developments that shaped or disturbed the industry value chain. This edition of Aluminium Industry...
Aluminium recyclers in the U.S. have experienced a business boom on account of the trade war between China and the U.S. According to Harbor Aluminum Intelligence, recycled aluminium accounted for the largest share of the aluminium consumed in the U.S. in 2018. “There’s a huge win for domestic...
Aluminium Foil is the 286th most traded product and the 348th most complex product according to the Product Complexity Index (PCI). Revenue wise, the top exporters of Aluminium Foil are China ($2.97B), Germany ($1.46B), Italy ($611M), Japan ($587M) and the United States ($554M). China’s...
2018 marks an eventful year for the global secondary aluminium industry with a series of new investments, expansions, awareness activities, and also a bit of intermediate twist and turns in the market. China’s retaliatory tariffs on the US scrap exports, Aluminium Association of India’s proposal to...
(Continued from Part I ) Growing demand for automotive sector has moved the market and boosted investments and expansions in 2018. Trump’s aluminium tariffs also encouraged opening of a number of small and medium size aluminium plants in the U.S. and expansion of many plants, as tariffs boosted...
Downstream sector of aluminium has seen an event full 2018, again marked by continuous expansions around the world. Demand remained strong in North America, Japan and Europe. China had a lacklustre year as for downstream growth is concerned. Restrictive trade policies by the U.S. president Trump...
According to China Customs data released on Monday, January 14, China’s aluminium exports in 2018 increased by 20.9 per cent from a year earlier to a record high. United States sanctions on Russian producer Rusal drove the demand for Chinese metal which as a result, spurred the aluminium exports by...
Aluminium is a key part of our daily lives: from cars and planes to cell phones, buildings and food packaging. Aluminium cans are becoming increasingly popular as the pack of choice for soft drink beverages such as tea and juice, which were not traditionally sold in a can. 2018 saw some...
US President Donald Trump imposed higher tariffs on European aluminium in June 2018, 10% to be precise. Six months on, a German aluminium producer is saying "Thanks Mr. Trump" as the company feels despite the aluminium tariffs, they have managed to earn higher revenue and do profitable business....
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) recently issued its final decision in the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into the imported common alloy aluminium sheet from China. The common alloy aluminium sheet will be subjected to Trump administration’s 96.3 per cent to 176.2...
Donald Trump’s new tariffs of 25% on steel imports and 10% on aluminium imports affected the manufacturing industries across the nation. The construction industry is not an exception either. Aluminium tariff imposed by the United States government has already led to increases in the cost of...
Despite the damage on business, President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs did not have a widespread negative impact on the business in Northeast Ohio The manufacturing sector feared there would be immediate fallout of the tariffs in Northeast Ohio. They also were concerned about the...
According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), in October 2018, China's export of aluminium alloy auto wheels grew 16.9 per cent from a year ago to 96,000 tonnes. On month on month comparison, the volume increased 7.5 per cent from the September volume of 89,300 tonnes. In...
Aluminium Secondary Manufacturers Association (ASMA) had a meeting today, on 28 December, with Suresh Prabhu, the Minister of Commerce and Industry in wake of his media statement that the ministry is in favour of hiking import duty on aluminium. The association has submitted a petition making a...
Turkish authorities are expecting an abolition of additional tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, imposed by the U.S. in August 2018, Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said this in a statement. Ankara, the capital of Turkey hopes for release from US sanctions against Iran for the import of...
Sanjay Mehta, President of Material Recycling. Association of India (MRAI) has opposed the proposed increase in import duty on primary aluminium and aluminium scrap from 7.5 per cent and 2.5 per cent to 10 per cent. In a letter addressed to the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu,...
Novelis says it has seen limited impact from the import tariffs on aluminium imported from other countries. Novelis, the world’s largest aluminium recycler and rolling product manufacturer, imports about one-third of its aluminium from Canada and it recovers the other two-thirds of aluminium from...
Indian aluminium producers applaud the fact that the Indian commerce ministry is in favour of raising the import duty on aluminium to support domestic manufacturers. This could come as big support for domestic manufacturers of aluminium products as the aluminium demand India is currently very...
