Raws li kev txheeb cais los ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas Geological Survey, Teb Chaws Asmeskas tau xa tawm ib ncig ntawm 480,000 tons ntawm alumina nyob rau hauv lub quarter thib ob ntawm lub xyoo no, hiking los ntawm 8.8% piv rau lub hli dhau los thiab tseem nce 26.4% ntawm tib lub sijhawm xyoo dhau los.

Ntawm lawv, Brazil yog qhov tseem ceeb ntshuam, muab 367,000 tons ntawm alumina rau Tebchaws Meskas thaum lub sijhawm.

Nyob rau hauv thawj ib nrab ntawm lub xyoo no, US 'alumina imports muaj ze li ntawm 930,000 tons, ib xyoos ib zaug nce ntawm 16.3%. Kev xa tawm los ntawm Brazil suav nrog qhov loj tshaj plaws, tag nrho 686,000 tons, nce 45.3% xyoo rau xyoo.