وفقًا لإحصاءات هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأمريكية (USGS), في النصف الأول من هذا العام, استوردت الولايات المتحدة 3.21 million tons of aluminum products, منها 126,000 tons were from Russia, including metals, سبائك, crude metals, لوحات, and bars, حساب ل 3.93% of the total imports.

The US is mulling whether to impose a complete ban on aluminum imports from Russia as a response to recent Russia’s escalated attack in Ukraine. Affected by this news, the London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminum prices once surged by 7% to US$2,400/ton on Wednesday.