Trade flows
Aluminum Imports
As of Jun 2026, aluminum imports stands at $3.00B (Census International Trade), rising over the recent window.
What this measures and why it matters
- Aluminum Imports tracks the monthly dollar value crossing the U.S. border in this commodity group. Import volume is the pressure gauge behind tariff, reshoring, and sourcing decisions: when it climbs, domestic suppliers face more foreign competition, and when it falls, it often signals reshoring or softening demand.
- The figure comes from Census International Trade and is reported in USD/month. MFG Calcs archives every published value, so the chart and table below show the full recorded history rather than a single snapshot, and they extend automatically as new data lands.
Current reading and trend
- Latest reading: $3.00B for Jun 2026.
- Prior period: $2.80B (May 2026), a rise of 200616060.00.
- Compared with a year earlier, aluminum imports is up 48.9%.
- Across the archived window the high was $3.14B in Mar 2026 and the low was $1.84B in Jul 2025.
- The series has moved up for 2 consecutive periods.
- 15 observations have been archived so far, and this page deepens automatically each time Census International Trade publishes a new figure.
Recent observations
- Jun 2026: $3.00B
- May 2026: $2.80B
- Apr 2026: $2.64B
- Mar 2026: $3.14B
- Feb 2026: $2.31B
- Jan 2026: $2.37B
- Dec 2025: $2.19B
- Nov 2025: $1.90B
- Oct 2025: $2.05B
- Sep 2025: $1.95B
- Aug 2025: $1.86B
- Jul 2025: $1.84B
- Jun 2025: $2.02B
- May 2025: $2.03B
- Apr 2025: $2.17B
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.