Canada Shifts Aluminum Exports to Europe After U.S. Tariff

Canadian aluminum producers are sending more metal to Europe after the United States imposed a 50 percent tariff on the metal last year. S. imports in the first quarter of 2026, down from 63 percent in the same period of 2025. Duty-paid premiums in Europe reached a record $621 per metric ton earlier this month, up 73 percent since the start of the Iran war. S.

16 per pound, or $2,557 per ton, last week.

America analyst Michael Widmer said Europe and the United States are now competing for limited low-carbon aluminum units. S. 20 per pound for Canadian producers to divert supply back from Europe. S. tariffs make European sales more attractive. Canadian shipments to the European Union rose from near zero in the first quarter of 2025 to between 6 percent and 40 percent of monthly totals through March 2026.

S. 2 million-ton global shortfall. 3 million tons, or 21 percent of its primary and alloyed aluminum, from the Middle East last year. -Israeli strikes on February 28, Canadian exports to Europe jumped 276 percent from 2024 levels to more than 590,000 tons in 2025, while deliveries to the United States fell 25 percent to around two million tons.