Market reference
Aluminium supply by market
Each page covers what actually differs from one market to the next: which standard the drawing cites, where the container discharges, what documentation is expected, and the four mistakes that cost the most time.
This page describes standards, ports and documentation practice. It is not a claim of shipment history or of volume to this market — our published figures are only the ones we can evidence. Where a claim cannot be evidenced, we do not make it — including here.
Index
Six markets
Australia
Standards, ports and documentation for aluminium shipped to Australia: AS/NZS grades, main container ports, ISPM 15 timber rules and trade remedy checks.
United States
ASTM standards, main ports, ISPM 15 timber rules and trade remedy checks for aluminium imported into the United States. What to confirm before pricing.
Germany
EN standards, ports, REACH and documentation expectations for aluminium imported into Germany. What European buyers check before they accept a shipment.
United Kingdom
UK standards and marking, ports and documentation for aluminium imported into the UK. What to confirm when a drawing cites BS EN or a UK marking requirement.
Japan
JIS standards, ports and documentation expectations for aluminium imported into Japan. Why surface condition and packing are examined more closely here.
United Arab Emirates
Jebel Ali, documentation and coating specification for aluminium into the UAE. Fire performance for composite panel and high-temperature service.
Why we stop short of numbers
Trade measures change faster than a website does
Tariffs, anti-dumping duties and product marking requirements have been revised repeatedly across most of these markets. A rate published on a supplier\'s website is a rate quoted from memory, and acting on it is how a landed cost turns out to be wrong.
So we do not publish them. What we do instead is confirm the current position for the specific product and origin at quotation, and say in writing what we based it on so you can check it against your own broker.
The same logic applies to shipment history. Country counts and tonnage figures are easy to write and hard to evidence, and a buyer who checks one and finds it empty stops believing the rest of the page.