The United States Government will impose on Friday A 25 % tariff To the aluminum cans used to pack beer, as reported on Wednesday the Department of Commerce.
At 12.01 on Friday (04.01 GMT) this new tariff will enter into force, which will affect both beer cans that enter the US and empty aluminum cans that are imported to be filled within the country, according to a notice of the Department of Commerce published in the Federal Registry, the Official Gazette of the US Government.
This measure updates the 25 % tariffs that the US already imposed On March 12 on steel and aluminum imports.
At that time, the restrictions especially affected Brazil, Mexico, South Korea and Vietnam in the steel sector, already United Arab Emirates, Russia and China in that of aluminum. Nevertheless, The eldest injured was Canada, One of the main suppliers of both metals for the United States.
In the case of aluminum cans, The most beaten countries will be Mexico, Canada, Germany, China and France, According to data from the Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC), an online visualization and distribution platform on international trade.
