Według statystyk US Geological Survey (USGS), w pierwszej połowie tego roku, importowane z USA 3.21 million tons of aluminum products, z którego 126,000 tons were from Russia, including metals, stopy, crude metals, talerze, and bars, rozliczanie 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.