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Commodityaluminum
Critical · 3 lists

Aluminum · Al

base_metal · primary

DOE_2023
USGS_2022
USGS_2025

Trade · cross-border

Trade & import dependency

60% net import reliance

US import dependency

2021–2024 · USGS MCS

56% of US imports from Canada · All

  1. 1🇨🇦CanadaAll
    56%
  2. 2 Other
    29%
  3. 3 Other countriesAll

Provenance

Where this data comes from

  • BGS World Mineral Statistics
  • USGS DS-140 (constant 1998 USD)
  • USGS DS-140 (nominal)
  • USGS MCS (Price, ingot, average U.S. mar)
  • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
  • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries World Data (legacy wide format, 2023-2025 vintages)
  • USGS Mineral Industry Surveys
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29%
  • 4🇦🇪United Arab EmiratesAll
    8%
  • 5🇧🇭BahrainAll
    4%
  • 6🇨🇳ChinaAll
    3%
  • Net import reliance · 2025

    60% net import reliant

    Import vs export balance · 2021–2025

    USGS MCS

    Latest 2025: net importer

    ◀ exportsthousand metric tonsimports ▶
    2021
    +2.8M t
    2022
    +3.7M t
    2023
    +2.6M t
    2024
    +2.1M t
    2025
    +2.2M t
    YearImportsExportsNet
    20215.6M t2.8M t+2.8M t
    20226.4M t2.8M t+3.7M t
    20235.6M t3.0M t+2.6M t
    20245.5M t3.5M t+2.1M t
    20255.3M t3.1M t+2.2M t

    Top global exporters · 2024

    CEPII BACI · export value
    🇨🇳China
    $41.8B
    🇩🇪Germany
    $18.7B
    🇺🇸USA
    $14.6B
    🇨🇦Canada
    $12.8B
    🇦🇺Australia
    $12.7B
    🇮🇹Italy
    $8.7B
    🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
    $8.6B
    🇬🇳Guinea
    $8.3B
    🇮🇳India
    $8.2B
    🇷🇺Russian Federation
    $7.9B

    Export restrictions

    10 measures · OECD
    ReporterMeasureCount
    🇬🇳GuineaExport tax262
    🇰🇿KazakhstanExport tax253
    🇨🇳ChinaExport tax71
    🇮🇩IndonesiaLicensing requirement36
    JamaicaLicensing requirement36
    🇪🇬EgyptExport tax35
    🇮🇩IndonesiaExport prohibition28
    🇻🇳VietnamExport tax27
    🇹🇯TajikistanExport tax25
    BurundiFiscal tax on exports24
    USGS Minerals Yearbook OFR 2025-1047
  • USGS Minerals Yearbook Vol III, reference year 2019
  • usgs myb1 aluminum 2021
  • World Bank Pink Sheet
  • 11 sources · click to verify

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    Ir100%Canada · top shareRh100%Canada · top shareRu100%Canada · top shareGa98%China · top shareGe94%China · top shareNb92%Brazil · top shareSi82%China · top shareW79%China · top shareCo77%Congo, Democratic Republic · top share75%China · top shareTe75%China · top share75%China · top shareIn74%China · top sharePt73%South Africa · top shareCu70%China · top share66%China · top shareV64%China · top shareLi64%Australia · top shareAl66%China · top shareNi65%Indonesia · top sharePb62%China · top shareAs50%Peru · top shareMg58%China · top shareBe55%USA · top shareCr55%South Africa · top shareBi54%China · top sharePd44%Russia · top shareTa46%Congo (Kinshasa) · top share49%China · top shareSb43%China · top shareRe44%Chile · top shareB44%Turkey · top shareU38%Kazakhstan · top shareZr36%Australia · top shareMn39%South Africa · top shareZn39%China · top shareTi28%Mozambique · top shareAg34%Mexico · top share29%Canada · top share26%China · top shareSn26%China · top share🇨🇱 CLCutax2024🇨🇩 CDCusurtax2022🇨🇱 CLListrategic resource2023🇨🇳 CNLiexport license2024🇿🇼 ZWLiraw ore ban2022🇮🇩 IDNiraw ore ban2020🇵🇭 PHNiroyalty2024🇷🇺 RUNiimport ban2024🇨🇳 CN→🇻🇳 VNREE+4700%re export surge🇮🇩 IDNi-97%export ban effectLi+38%concentration shift🇨🇳 CNREE-25%concentration shift

    Concentration

    HHI

    0.45

    Concentrated

    Top-1
    66%
    Top-3
    79%
    Top-5
    88%
    NIR
    60%

    Active alerts · 1

    • 66%

      China · top share

    Critical lists · 3

    • DOE_2023
    • USGS_2022
    • USGS_2025

    Sources · 11

    • BGS World Mineral Statistics
    • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries World Data (legacy wide format, 2023-2025 vintages)
    • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
    • USGS Mineral Industry Surveys
    • usgs myb1 aluminum 2021
    • + 6 more in the Provenance section

    Concentration

    HHI

    0.45

    Concentrated

    Top-1
    66%
    Top-3
    79%
    Top-5
    88%
    NIR
    60%

    Active alerts · 1

    • 66%

      China · top share

    Critical lists · 3

    • DOE_2023
    • USGS_2022
    • USGS_2025

    Sources · 11

    • BGS World Mineral Statistics
    • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries World Data (legacy wide format, 2023-2025 vintages)
    • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
    • USGS Mineral Industry Surveys
    • usgs myb1 aluminum 2021
    • + 6 more in the Provenance section