Aluminum Imports Climb to $2.8 billion

Aluminum Imports climb 2.4% in August 2026 to $2.8 billion and up 51.3% from a year earlier. Import customs value combines transaction values, quantity, and product and origin mix, so this swing cannot be labeled demand, restocking, or tariff pull-forward without separate evidence.

• August 2026: $2.8 billion
• on the month: +2.4%
• on the year: +51.3%

The print sits 75% of the way up the archived range of $1.8 billion (July 2025) to $3.1 billion (March 2026), with the standing trend falling.

The year-over-year comparison is against August 2025, which printed $1.9 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.