Trade flows

Aluminum imports

Name: Aluminum imports — U.S. manufacturing data
Creator: MFG Calcs
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

As of Apr 2026, aluminum imports stands at $16.07B (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.

Latest reading: $16.07B for Apr 2026.
Prior period: $3.14B (Mar 2026), a rise of 12933507769.00.
Compared with a year earlier, aluminum imports is up 640.8%.
Across the archived window the high was $16.07B in Apr 2026 and the low was $1.84B in Jul 2025.
The series has moved up for 2 consecutive periods.
13 observations have been archived so far, and this page deepens automatically each time Census International Trade publishes a new figure.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.