On February 10, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Order – "Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States". A fact sheet is available HERE . With the Executive Order (EO), President Trump announced the elimination of all country exemptions, tariff-rate quotas, and absolute quotas for aluminum imports. Effective March 12, 2025, all imports of aluminum articles and derivative aluminum articles will now be subject to a 25% ad valorem tariff. This increase from the previous 10% tariff applies to imports from all countries except Russia, which continues to face a 200% tariff. Furthermore, new derivative aluminum articles will be subject to a 25% tariff, thereby increasing import restrictions. Currently, the summary of new derivative aluminum products is not available. Once the list is published, we will distribute it to members. However, the EO explicitly stated that the entirety of HTS Chapter 76 would be ...
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) has led the U.S. aluminum extrusion industry in achieving level competition by winning tariff protection that offsets unfair trade practices of extruders/importers of aluminum profiles produced in China. Our efforts have been of enormous value to domestic extruders and suppliers. Conservatively, an estimated 800 million pounds per year of extrusions are being produced in the U. S. that would have otherwise been lost to China.