As imports surge, aluminium companies look to widen export volumes

Amid rising threat of imports, the domestic producers have demanded the complete exclusion of aluminium from the purview of negotiations of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnerships

The country's aluminium makers are looking to ramp up their volumes of exports shipments amid unabated imports of scrap and some finished downstream products. 

As of now, imports' share has grown to 60 per cent of the country's aluminium consumption, unnerving the domestic producers. With a trade war simmering between the US and China, Indian aluminium makers expect imports to swell further. 

“Both US and China are protecting their economies by hiking custom duties. Due to the trade war, there has been a huge spike  in imports of aluminium, especially scrap, into the country. Scrap from US are finding their way into