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A new rule from Europe threatens to cut off imported aluminium and steel scrap, and it will change the rates you pay and charge.
The immediate risk of a 15% EU export duty on aluminium scrap is gone, dropped to protect a wider trade deal with India. But for Indian buyers and sellers, the relief is temporary. The EU is now shifting its focus to a powerful new weapon: the Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR), which could block scrap flows to India from May 2027.
China’s factory activity just dropped to 49.2, signaling a contraction. For Indian aluminium sellers, this number changes everything.