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Where does the United States get its unwrought aluminum? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $11.3 billion of unwrought aluminum (4 million tonnes), 14.6% of the world total. Canada sold 69% of the total, followed by the United Arab Emirates (11%) and Argentina (4%). The United States was the world’s largest importer of unwrought aluminum.

Summary

Value
$11.3billion
Tonnes
4million tonnes
Share of world total
14.6%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Canada7.7Tonnes: 2,744,771USD per tonne: $2,82368.7%Land
United Arab Emirates1.2Tonnes: 435,185USD per tonne: $2,79410.8%Sea
Argentina0.48Tonnes: 174,800USD per tonne: $2,7364.2%Sea
Bahrain0.43Tonnes: 155,645USD per tonne: $2,7643.8%Sea
South Africa0.36Tonnes: 155,227USD per tonne: $2,2903.2%Sea
Australia0.23Tonnes: 81,614USD per tonne: $2,7772%Sea
Qatar0.18Tonnes: 62,578USD per tonne: $2,8901.6%Sea
India0.18Tonnes: 64,285USD per tonne: $2,7541.6%Sea
Malaysia0.15Tonnes: 57,642USD per tonne: $2,5581.3%Sea
France0.09Tonnes: 7,748USD per tonne: $11,8490.81%Sea
Mexico0.06Tonnes: 26,847USD per tonne: $2,4050.57%Land
Indonesia0.04Tonnes: 16,302USD per tonne: $2,6970.39%Sea
South Korea0.03Tonnes: 10,359USD per tonne: $2,4480.22%Sea
Brazil0.02Tonnes: 7,023USD per tonne: $2,4960.16%Sea
New Zealand0.01Tonnes: 5,009USD per tonne: $2,9810.13%Sea
Spain0.01Tonnes: 2,878USD per tonne: $3,3720.09%Sea
Italy0.01Tonnes: 2,649USD per tonne: $2,6210.06%Sea
Thailand0.01Tonnes: 2,078USD per tonne: $3,0580.06%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.01Tonnes: 1,360USD per tonne: $4,5800.06%Sea
Norway< 0.01Tonnes: 1,554USD per tonne: $3,1030.04%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Canada was its main source throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Canada 7.7
  • United Arab Emirates 1.2
  • Argentina 0.48
  • Bahrain 0.43
  • South Africa 0.36

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Canada2.57.7
United Arab Emirates< 0.011.2
Argentina< 0.010.48
Bahrain00.43
South Africa< 0.010.36

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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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