According to documents posted to its website, Alcoa said no
U.S. aluminum producer can meet its specification needs and
quality requirements for rolling slabs used at its Warrick,
Indiana plant to produce aluminum for can manufacturers.
Alcoa`s applications for tariff waivers on 40,000 metric
tons of rolling slab is the start of an effort to roll back
tariffs on Canadian aluminum imports with more applications for
exemptions from the No. 1 U.S. aluminum producer planned, a
company official said.
In one of its opening shots in what is becoming a global
trade war, the United States set a 25 percent tariff on steel
imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports from Canada,
Mexico and the European Union in June. Alcoa said in July it will incur as much as $14 million a
month in extra expenses, mainly from tariffs levied on aluminum
imported from Canada, its biggest supplier.
"Even if all the curtailed smelting capacity in the states
was back online and producing metal, the United States would
still need to import the majority of its aluminum, and most of
it from Canada. We believe that the Section 232 tariffs should
be removed from Canada and other fair-trading partners," said
Tim Reyes, president of Alcoa Aluminum, one of the company`s
three business units.
Alcoa Chief Executive Roy Harvey told investors on in July
that the aluminum producer was in "active discussions" with the
Trump administration, the Commerce Department and members of
Congress about the elimination of tariffs or getting an
exception for Canadian aluminum. Alcoa on Monday filed five applications for one-year
exclusions from Section 232 tariffs on imports of "primary
aluminum alloyed slab" that it says is not available from any
other U.S. manufacturer.
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