Further Strengthening Actions Taken To Adjust Imports of Aluminum Into the United States

Proclamation 11045 of July 20, 2026 Further Strengthening Actions Taken To Adjust Imports of Aluminum Into the United States A Proclamation 1. In Proclamation 9704 of March 8, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States), as amended, I found, under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1862 (section 232), that aluminum is being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security of the United States. To address the national security threat found in Proclamation 9704, I established a tariff regime, which included imposing ad valorem duties on certain imports of aluminum articles and its derivative articles. In subsequent proclamations, including Proclamation 11021 of April 2, 2026 (Strengthening Actions Taken To Adjust Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper Into the United States), and Proclamation 11032 of June 1, 2026 (Further Adjusting the Tariff Regimes for Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper Into the United States), I modified the tariff regime for aluminum to more effectively address the national security threat found in Proclamation 9704. 2. In those proclamations, I directed the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to monitor the effects of imports of aluminum with respect to the national security, to update me on the status of that threat to the national security, and to provide me with recommendations if circumstances indicated the need for further Presidential action under section 232. 3. Based on the Secretary's monitoring, I have received information, opinions, and recommendations from the Secretary regarding the tariff regime imposed in Proclamation 9704, as amended, and the national security threat found in Proclamation 9704. 4. Among other things, the Secretary has informed me that the additional ad valorem duties on imports of aluminum are strengthening the American aluminum industries and addressing the national security threat fo…