The administration of US President Donald Trump is considering introducing a 10% tariffs on aluminum imports from Canada, Bloomberg reported referring to sources.

"If Canada refuses to impose export restrictions on aluminum, the U.S. will announce Friday the re-imposition of 10% tariffs on aluminum from the country and implement the tariffs by July 1, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public," Bloomberg added.

According to the publication, Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is extremely dissatisfied with the decline in demand and aluminum prices.

Washington considers this situation to be a consequence of increasing imports of these products from neighboring states.

“I would say there have been surges on steel and aluminum, substantially from Canada, some from Mexico, and it is something that we’re looking at and talking to both Mexico and Canada about,” he told the panel’s top Republican, Senator Chuck Grassley from Iowa.