Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey suggested using more PET plastic bottles if needed to offset President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariffs of U.S. aluminum imports.

Coca-Cola considers more plastic bottles amid Trump's aluminum tariffs, as CEO Quincey weighs cost strategies.

Coca-Cola’s exposure to aluminum and steel is a little more than a quarter of the company’s packaging mix, as of 2023 . Meanwhile, if Coca-Cola moved more product into plastic, it would expand a substrate that already accounted for nearly half of its packaging.

Coca-Cola can also find domestic aluminum sources and increase the price for customers, CEO James Quincey said.

The drinks company imports aluminum for its cans from Canada, which is likely to be hardest hit by a 25% tariff on aluminum.

The beverage giant is ready to manage, mitigate and adjust to the “dynamic macro environment,” including potential tariffs imposed on steel and aluminum imports into the US and regulatory changes to food ingredients,

Coca-Cola may use more plastic bottles in the future over cans in the wake of President Donald Trump’s announced 25% tariff on aluminum imports.