South Korea's imports of aluminium scrap from the US declines by 15% in January-June 2021

South Korea's imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 15,900 tonnes in June 2021, from 21,600 tonnes in June 2020, marking a decrease of 26.39% year-on-year. On a monthly basis, imports declined by 14.52% from 18,600 tonnes in May 2021, as updated by the US Census Bureau.

For the first six months of 2021, South Korea imported 121,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap, from 142,000 tonnes imported for the first six months of 2020. That indicated a decline of 14.79% year-on-year.

South Korea's imports of total aluminium (semi-finished products, crude metals and alloy and scrap) from the US were 16,500 tonnes in June 2021, down by 30% from 23,500 tonnes in June 2020. Imports stood 18.32% lower from May 2021’s imports of 20,200 tonnes.

Total aluminium imports came in at 129,000 tonnes in January-June 2021, a decrease of 16.23% year-on-year. South Korea imported 154,000 tonnes of aluminium in January-June 2020.

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