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Aluminum Imports Surge to $3.0 billion

Aluminum Imports surge 7.2% in June 2026 to $3.0 billion and up 48.9% from a year earlier. Import value is a volume-and-price composite, so a swing this size usually means either restocking or a tariff-driven…

Aluminum Imports surge 7.2% in June 2026 to $3.0 billion and up 48.9% from a year earlier. Import value is a volume-and-price composite, so a swing this size usually means either restocking or a tariff-driven pull-forward, not a demand turn.

• June 2026: $3.0 billion
• on the month: +7.2%
• on the year: +48.9%

Import value is a volume-and-price composite, so a swing this size usually means either restocking or a tariff-driven pull-forward, not a demand turn.

The print sits 8% of the way up the archived range of $1.8 billion (July 2025) to $16.1 billion (April 2026), with the standing trend rising.

The year-over-year comparison is against June 2025, which printed $2.0 billion. Source: Census International Trade. The number above is the agency's published value, unrounded; the history and any later revisions stay queryable on the live data page.

Published 2026-08-12.