Tag: Import

Survey responses show demand at a reduced level, with buying ahead, tightening supply, and limited imports shaping market activity.

Netback calculation is a mechanism to determine the highest revenue return for a product expressed on an FOB smelter basis.

Lead-time expectations remained extended as supply stayed tight, even as import competitiveness decline and logistics costs increased.

Hyundai Translead plans its first US trailer plants as production declines and trade cases on imports and tariffs move forward.

Midwest aluminum premiums are converging with replacement costs as Gulf supply risks lift duty-paid import replacement near $1.05 per pound.

These producers are not rookies. They understand how to manage the long supply chains from the Gulf into the US.

February aluminum imports fell sharply despite strong Midwest premium incentives, leaving US inventories at roughly two weeks of demand and raising the risk of higher physical premiums amid tight supply and geopolitical uncertainty.

A potential Strait of Hormuz disruption threatens Gulf aluminum exports at a time of tight US and European supply conditions.

February survey results show extending lead times, rising undersupply expectations, and firmer perceptions of import competitiveness.

The US International Trade Commission issued an affirmative preliminary determination that imports of van-type trailers and subassemblies from Canada, China and Mexico are materially injuring the domestic industry, advancing the AD/CVD investigations while scope and product disputes continue.