US aluminium market shifts: Malaysia's imports surge to commanding 41% of exports by Sept 2023

Malaysia’s aluminium crude metals and alloys imports

Rightly so, Malaysia’s crude metals and alloys imports from the US in September 2023 recorded a skyrocketing high on an annual basis by over 200 per cent from 6,180 tonnes to 18,800 tonnes. On a month-on-month calculation, Malaysia’s imports in September stood 800 tonnes higher than 18,000 tonnes.

 From January to September, Malaysia imported 133,000 tonnes of aluminium crude metals and alloys, up by 323.57 per cent from 31,400 tonnes during the corresponding period of the previous year.