The US will put a 25% levy on aluminum cans for beer packaging on Friday

The US government will impose on Friday a 25% tariff on aluminum cans used to package beer, according to the Department of Commerce on Wednesday.

At 12.01 a.m. on Friday (04.01 GMT) this new tariff will come into force, which will affect both beer cans entering the US and empty aluminum cans imported to be filled within the country, according to a Commerce Department notice published in the Federal Register, the official journal of the US Government.

This measure updates the 25% tariffs that the US already imposed on March 12 on steel and aluminum imports.

At the time, the restrictions mostly affected Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, and Vietnam in the steel sector, and the United Arab Emirates, Russia, and China in the aluminum sector.

The worst-affected country was Canada, which is one of the United States’ primary exporters of both metals.

According to data from the Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC), an online platform for the visualization and dissemination of international trade data, the countries most affected by aluminum cans will be Mexico, Canada, Germany, China, and France.

This act updates the 25% tariffs imposed by the US on steel and aluminum imports on March 12.

Specifically, in 2023, the United States imported aluminum cans worth 411 million dollars, making it the world’s fifth largest importer of this product.

Its main suppliers were Mexico ($169 million), Canada ($55 million), Germany ($28.3 million), China ($24.2 million) and France ($19.3 million).

Since his return to the White House on January 20, US President Donald Trump has approved several rounds of tariffs with the idea of ending his country’s trade deficits and putting “America first”.

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