Taiwan’s import of aluminium scrap from the US drops 51% in Q1 2020

Taiwan’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 2,950 tonnes in March, with a month-on-month decline of 15% from 3,480 tonnes in February 2020. On a yearly basis, imports decreased by 51% from 5,990 tonnes in March 2019, as updated by the US Census Bureau.

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In the first quarter of 2020, Taiwan imported 9.980 tonnes of aluminium scrap from the US, from 20,500 tonnes imported in the first quarter of 2019. This marked a decrease of 51% year-on-year.

Taiwan’s imports of total aluminium (semi-finished products, crude metals and alloy and scrap) from the US stood at 3,750 tonnes in March 2020, a drop of 46% from 6,920 tonnes in March 2019. Imports reduced by 9% from February’s imports of 4,100 tonnes.

In Q1 2020, total imports came in at 12,000 tonnes, a decrease of 46.43% from 22,400 tonnes imported in Q1 2019.



source https://www.alcircle.com/news/taiwans-import-of-aluminium-scrap-from-the-us-drops-51-in-q1-2020-57265

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