86 FR 27513
Previously notifed in N2USA5 and N3USA18
The Aluminum Import Monitoring and Analysis (AIM) system requires importers, customs brokers or their agents to apply for and obtain an import license for each entry of certain aluminum products into the United States through the AIM system website. To obtain a license, applicants are required to identify, among other information, the country or countries where the largest and the second largest volume of primary aluminum used in the manufacture of the imported aluminum product was smelted (subject to certain exceptions) and the country where the aluminum product was most recently cast. In addition, applicants must report their license numbers on their entry summary documentation, or electronic equivalent, to CBP. AIM will also release to the public certain import license data on an aggregate basis, as appropriate, on the public AIM monitor. The goal of the AIM system is to allow for the effective and timely monitoring of import surges of specific aluminum products. Modelled after the similar Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) system, the AIM system is established pursuant to the Secretary's authority under the Census Act, as amended (13 U.S.C. 301(a) and 302).