Aluminium makers fret as scrap imports close in on domestic sales

Between April and December of this fiscal, scrap imports touched 1,001 tonnes, steadily narrowing the gap with sales of 1,191 tonnes by domestic manufacturers

Battered by the spate of cheaper aluminium imports into the country, the domestic producers are piqued at the narrowing differential between scrap imports and their domestic sales.

Between April and December of this fiscal, scrap imports touched 1,001 tonnes in volumes, steadily closing in on the gap with sales of 1,191 tonnes by domestic manufacturers. Year-on-year, scrap imports rose 19 per cent. Imports other than scrap spiked 24 per cent in the period under review, pushing up overall aluminium imports by 21 per cent  by volumes. At the end of December 2018, share of imports to the country's total aluminium