Imports of aluminium and aluminium products in January-March 2025 increased by 18.5% to $116.75 million, of which $42.16 million in March.
Exports during this period increased by 35.5% to $31.7 million ($11.74 million in March). For 2024, imports totalled $446m (+21.7%) and exports $124.4m (+27.4%).
Aluminium is widely used as a structural material. The main advantages of aluminium are its lightness, pliability for stamping, corrosion resistance, high thermal conductivity, and the non-poisonous nature of its compounds. In particular, these properties have made aluminium extremely popular in the manufacture of kitchen utensils, aluminium foil in the food industry and for packaging. The first three properties have made aluminium a major raw material in the aviation and aerospace industry (recently it has been displaced by composite materials, primarily carbon fibre). After construction and the production of packaging – aluminium cans and foil – the energy industry is the largest metal-consuming industry.