The U.S. Commerce Department has postponed an initial decision in its “self initiated” investigation of Chinese aluminum sheet exports, stating it is “extraordinarily complicated”. That likely results from it being one of the products also covered by the recently concluded section 232 review of the industry more broadly. U.S. imports of common aluminum sheet surged 61% higher in January vs. the prior three months. The main driver was a 2.8x rise in shipments from China as producers sought to beat the implementation of tariffs. While imports from Chinese suppliers including Shandong Nansh...