The U.S. Commerce Department (Commerce) issued a reminder about the new Aluminum Import Monitoring (AIM) System requirements in CSMS #52046238.  Effective June 29, 2022, when requesting an Aluminum License in the AIM portal, you will be required to enter the “country of largest smelt” and “country of second largest smelt.”  Commerce defines these two data elements “as the country where the largest volume of new aluminum metal is produced from alumina (refined aluminum oxide) by the electrolytic Hall-Héroult process.”  Filers will no longer be able to enter “unknown” for these fields on or after June 29.

Visit the Aluminum Import Monitoring website and the Getting Started with Aim page for more information, including virtual public license application demos.