US aluminium semis imports from Germany stood 38% higher than from Saudi Arabia in August 2019

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) found the US imports of aluminium plates, sheets and bars from Germany in August 2019 rose by 16 per cent month-on-month to come in at 11,700 tonnes. In July, the US imports of aluminium semis from Germany were at 10,100 tonnes, after declining by 13 per cent from 11,600 tonnes in June. This brought Germany’s three months' exports of aluminium plates, sheets and bars to the US to 33,400 tonnes in total.

The United States aluminium semis imports from Saudi Arabia in August were also found higher by 43 per cent from July to 8,450 tonnes; whereas in July, the imports were down month-on-month by 2.32 per cent from 6,030 tonnes in June to 5,890 tonnes, according to the USGS.

The above data indicates that Germany’s exports of aluminium semis to the US have been higher than the exports by Saudi Arabia in all three months. In June, the former exported around 48 per cent higher amount of aluminium plates, sheets and bars to the US than the latter, while in July and August by 71 per cent and 38 per cent, respectively.

The USGS data even revealed that the United States aluminium semis imports from Germany in the first 8 months of 2019 totalled at 74,700 tonnes and that from Saudi Arabia at 37,100 tonnes, meaning the imports from the former country were up by 101 per cent than from the latter.