December 28, 2020
On December 23, 2020, the US Department of Commerce published a final rule in the Federal Register adopting AIM – Aluminum Import Monitoring and Analysis. As a result, licenses will be required for imports of certain covered aluminum products starting January 25, 2021, at 12:00 a.m. EST.
A complete list of impacted articles can be found using the below link.
https://www.trade.gov/aluminum-products-hts-codes.
The trade will use the same platform for aluminum licensing as is used for the steel licenses.
More information regarding the licensing process can be found at the AIM website:
www.trade.gov/updates-aluminum-import-licensing.
System demonstrations will also be held in January 2021. Please email aluminum.license@trade.gov indicating which session you would like to attend. The choices are:
Crane Trade Services can assist you with additional information. For assistance please contact CWTSConsulting@craneww.com.
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