US imports of Unwrought aluminum

US imports under HTS 7601 at a glance

Between March and July 2026, US importers entered $4.27 billion of unwrought aluminum under HTS heading 7601, from 28 of the 55 origin countries covered here and across 13 ten-digit tariff lines — roughly $855 million a month of customs value under a single four-digit heading.

Heading 7601 sits in chapter 76, aluminium and articles of aluminium, so anything classified here shares a duty structure with the rest of that chapter.

Who exports unwrought aluminum to the United States

Canada supplies 65.4% of everything entered under this heading — $2.79 billion over the five months — which makes this a single-source market in practice. United Arab Emirates is a distant second at 12.2%, then Argentina at 6.9%. When one origin carries this much of a heading, a tariff action aimed at that country moves the landed cost of the whole category rather than shifting share between suppliers.

Canada and Mexico sit near the top of the table, and the duty numbers reflect it: Canada entered 0.5% of its value free of duty and Mexico entered 0.6% of its value free of duty. Cargo that qualifies under USMCA and is claimed correctly at entry pays nothing; cargo that does not qualify, or that is never claimed, pays the ordinary rate. The certification is the whole difference.

What importers actually paid in duty

Almost everything under this heading is dutiable: 98.5% of entered value carried duty, and CBP collected $1.96 billion over the five months. The effective rate on dutiable value was 46.6%, which works out to $45.90 of duty per $100 of goods. There is no meaningful duty-free channel here — classification and origin are the only levers.

The spread between origins is real. Among origins with at least 2% of the heading, Mexico paid the most duty relative to value — $49.34 per $100 — while United Arab Emirates paid $39.82. On a $250,000 purchase order that gap is about $24,000 in duty alone, which is worth pricing into a sourcing decision rather than discovering on the entry summary.

The 10-digit lines under heading 7601

13 ten-digit lines carried trade under this heading in the period. The largest, 7601.10.60.90 (other), took 43% of the heading at $1.84 billion. 7601.10.60.45, 7601.20.90.45 and 7601.20.90.80 follow. Rates diverge between those lines, so the classification your broker files is worth checking against the goods rather than carried over from the last entry.

What the duty stack looks like

The rate on an entry is not one number. It is a stack: the general (column 1) rate for the 10-digit line, less any trade-agreement preference the goods qualify for, plus whatever additional duties apply to that product and origin, all applied to the customs value declared. The $45.90 per $100 above is what that stack averaged across every entry in this heading — a benchmark, not a quote.

For the origins carrying the most volume, the per-country breakdowns go a level deeper: United Arab Emirates (7601.10.60), Argentina (7601.10.60) and India (7601.10.60). To price a specific shipment, put your 10-digit code and country of origin into the tariff simulator.

What this means for your next shipment

Classify first, confirm origin second, quote freight third. A heading like 7601 rewards that order, because the duty differences between lines and between origins are usually larger than the freight differences on the same lane. Airlift USA handles the freight and coordinates classification and entry through our licensed broker network.

For the operational side rather than the tariff side, see the Metals & Fabricated Industrial Goods guide for how this cargo moves, the India to USA lane for transit times and ports and the heading index to compare against the rest of chapter 76.