WASHINGTON (Scrap Register): The United States imported 775,000 tonnes of crude and dried bauxite during the first quarter of 2020, down by 22.5 per cent from 1 million tonnes of imports in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to the data shown by the US Geological Survey (USGS).

In Q1 2019, the United States had imported 748,000 tonnes of crude and dried bauxite.

The United States alumina imports totalled 357,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2020, down 22.72 per cent from the revised amount of 462,000 tonnes of alumina imports in Q4 2019. Year-on-year, the imports stood down by 42.70 per cent from 623,000 tonnes.