Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$9.7 billion$9.7B
vs 2010
1.5× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
50%
Busiest portTop port
Port Huron, MI

Most imported aluminum comes from Canada: 62% of $9.7 billion.

United Arab Emirates is second at 15%. Primary aluminum.

Where US aluminum comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $9.7B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Canada$5.98B61.6%
  2. 02United Arab Emirates$1.49B15.4%
  3. 03South Africa$0.46B4.8%
  4. 04Bahrain$0.43B4.5%
  5. 05Argentina$0.41B4.3%
  6. 06India$0.37B3.9%
  7. 07Australia$0.18B1.9%
  8. 08Qatar$0.10B1.1%
  9. 09France$64.9M0.7%
  10. 10Brazil$58.8M0.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.13B1.3%

Total US aluminum imports by year · $6.4B in 2010 to $9.7B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US aluminum imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US aluminum imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

United Arab Emirates9.2% → 15%
South Africa0% → 4.8%
India1.1% → 3.9%
Bahrain2.3% → 4.5%
Argentina2.6% → 4.3%
Australia0.6% → 1.9%
Brazil<0.1% → 0.6%
France1.2% → 0.7%
Qatar3.1% → 1.1%
Canada64% → 62%
Russia8.9% → <0.1%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's produced

Bigger circle = more value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

Canada alone sends 62%, and the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Bahrain and Argentina add another 29%. The Middle East is the next-largest source region at 21%.

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  1. 01Canada
  2. 02United Arab Emirates
  3. 03South Africa
  4. 04Bahrain
  5. 05Argentina
  6. 06India
  7. 07Australia
  8. 08Qatar

Where it lands

US port where it entered, 2025. Letters match the list.

50% arrives by ship, mostly through Gulf and East Coast ports. Port Huron alone takes 24%. Baltimore and Brownsville follow at 11% and 9%.

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  1. APort Huron, MI $2.32B
  2. BBaltimore, MD $1.08B
  3. CBrownsville, TX $0.90B
  4. DChamplain-Rouses Point, NY $0.55B
  5. EOgdensburg, NY $0.50B
  6. FHouston, TX $0.49B
More detail: states listed on entry paperworkMore detail: states on paperwork

This is the destination written on customs forms, often a warehouse or distributor near the port. It is not where the aluminum is used.

Three states are listed for over $1B each.

  1. 01Texas$1.46B
  2. 02New York$1.12B
  3. 03Maryland$1.07B
  4. 04Kentucky$0.66B
  5. 05Louisiana$0.47B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 7601. How we count.