Aluminum Extrusions
The Dodge Construction Network reports that total construction starts pushed 16% higher in October, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.01 trillion. Nonresidential building starts gained 29% and nonbuilding moved 52% higher in October, while residential starts lost 8%.
Date: February 17, 2021 The Dodge Momentum Index increased 3.1% in January to 139.4 (the year 2000 = 100) from the revised December reading of 135.2. The commercial component of the Momentum Index moved 9.9% higher, offsetting an 11.7% decrease in the institutional component. January’s increase marked the highest level in the Momentum Index since …
Date: January 27, 2021 The Dodge Momentum Index jumped 9.2% in December to 134.6 (the year 2000 = 100) from the revised November reading of 123.3. The commercial component of the Momentum Index rose 14%, while the institutional component rose by 0.3%. The gain in the commercial component of the Momentum Index was heartening even …
Date: October 08, 2020 The Dodge Momentum Index rose 3.7% in September to 130.8 (the year 2000 = 100) from the revised August reading of 126.2. Both components of the Momentum Index rose during the month. The commercial component rose 3.9% while the institutional component moved 3.2% higher. The Momentum Index has made steady, albeit …
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Date: September 15, 2020 The United States has lifted its 10 per cent tariff on Canadian aluminum, retroactive to September 1, 2020. This major move was announced by the Office of the United States Trade Representative just hours before Canada was set to unveil its retaliatory measures. In a statement, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer …
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Date: September 9, 2020 The Dodge Momentum Index increased 1.8% in August to 126.5 (the year 2000 = 100) from the revised July reading of 124.2. In August, the commercial component rose 3.3%, while the institutional component moved 1.2% lower. The August increase in the overall Momentum Index is the second consecutive rise and a …
Date: August 13, 2020 The U.S. has reimposed a 10% tariff on non-alloyed unwrought aluminum imported from Canada, citing a substantial increase in imports over the period from June 2019 through May 2020. The tariff will take effect August 16, 2020. The U.S. originally imposed a 10% tariff on Canadian aluminum in March 2018 as …
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Date: June 9, 2020 The Dodge Momentum Index moved a slightly 0.1% lower in May to 129.2 from the revised April reading of 129.4. The commercial component of the Momentum Index rose 1% during the month, while the institutional component dropped 1.9%. The resilience of the Momentum Index over the last two months has been …
Date: May 19, 2020 President Trump announced Monday morning that tariffs would immediately be restored on steel and aluminum from Brazil and Argentina in response to the countries devaluing their currencies. Both Brazil and Argentina were exempt from the original Section 232 tariffs imposed in March 2018, which placed a 25% tariff on steel and …
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Date: November 5, 2019 Since 2011 the U.S. aluminum extrusion industry has benefited from some of the most effective trade orders ever issued by the U.S. government. During that time, Chinese imports as a percentage of market share has dropped from 25% to less than 1%. Source: AEC