METALS DATA - US, Canada ali extrusion shipments up 4.2 pct in April

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Tom Jennemanntom.jennemann@fastmarkets.comSenior North American Correspondent973-204-3383

Winter Park, Florida 25/05/2016 - Shipments of aluminum extruded products (extruded shapes, pipe & tube, and rod & bar) by US and Canadian producers totalled an estimated 454.7 million pounds (206,000 tonnes) during April, a 4.2 percent year-on-year increase, the Aluminum Association reported.

Compared to the previous month, shipments were off 2.6 percent from the March revised total of 466.9 million pounds (211,789 tonnes), the trade group said.

Year-to-date shipments through April 2016 totalled 1,776.6 million pounds (805,000 tonnes), up 3.6 percent over the year-to-date 2015 total, it added.



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