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Who buys the United States’ unwrought aluminum? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $1.5 billion of unwrought aluminum (868 thousand tonnes), 2% of the world total. Its main destinations were Mexico (39%), Malaysia (37%) and Canada (16%). The United States was the world’s 14th-largest exporter of unwrought aluminum.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
868thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2%
World rank
14th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Mexico591Tonnes: 203,947USD per tonne: $2,89839.1%Land
Malaysia554Tonnes: 535,511USD per tonne: $1,03436.6%Sea
Canada241Tonnes: 84,880USD per tonne: $2,84516%Land
France33.1Tonnes: 6,016USD per tonne: $5,5092.2%Sea
Austria23.6Tonnes: 8,672USD per tonne: $2,7271.6%Sea
Singapore re-exports11.5Tonnes: 4,372USD per tonne: $2,6400.76%Sea
Japan9.2Tonnes: 2,759USD per tonne: $3,3230.61%Sea
Germany8.8Tonnes: 4,463USD per tonne: $1,9810.58%Sea
Netherlands re-exports7.2Tonnes: 2,702USD per tonne: $2,6780.48%Sea
China6.3Tonnes: 1,917USD per tonne: $3,3080.42%Sea
Hungary5.4Tonnes: 1,686USD per tonne: $3,2130.36%Sea
South Korea3.5Tonnes: 1,599USD per tonne: $2,1580.23%Sea
Thailand2.7Tonnes: 1,474USD per tonne: $1,8120.18%Sea
Australia1.7Tonnes: 514USD per tonne: $3,3900.12%Sea
Indonesia1.4Tonnes: 738USD per tonne: $1,9600.1%Sea
India1.4Tonnes: 506USD per tonne: $2,7720.09%Sea
Pakistan1.2Tonnes: 1,625USD per tonne: $7510.08%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.95Tonnes: 628USD per tonne: $1,5090.06%Sea
Switzerland0.89Tonnes: 151USD per tonne: $5,8980.06%Sea
Italy0.77Tonnes: 173USD per tonne: $4,4420.05%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Mexico has been its main destination since 2004

Value in USD millions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Mexico 591
  • Malaysia 554
  • Canada 241
  • France 33.1
  • Austria 23.6

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Mexico89.8591
Malaysia8.3554
Canada208241
France0.4133.1
Austria1.823.6

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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