# Aluminium cans and containers

Derived from strip: aluminium beverage and food cans, bottles, drums and similar containers up to 300 l (excluding tubes, aerosol containers and foil containers).

- Metal: Aluminium
- Family: Derived products (Containers and packaging) · Unalloyed aluminium and alloys · derived product – https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/products/aluminium#rodzina-derived
- Derived product: Derived product (structures, cans and containers, stranded wire, fasteners) – not a semi-finished product; outside the aluminium semis total.
- CN: 7612 90 80
- PRODCOM: 25.92.12.40
- Data as of: 2026-10-20, version 2.31
- Page: https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/products/al-can
- JSON: https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/products/al-can.json

## Key figures

- producing plants (incl. outside the EU): 33 (of which in the EU-27: 25)
- companies: 9
- countries: 15
- Corporate groups (a company without a group counted separately): 6
- non-EU control – plants in the EU-27: 66.7% – Non-EU control – plants in the EU-27: 2 of 3 plants with an established controller (25 of 33 producing plants are in the EU-27; plants outside the EU are out of scope of the indicator; ownership control logic and area).
- documented capacity (lower bound): No document states a capacity for this class – no sum is computed.

Figures cover entries “produced”; planned and ended – separately. Figures are a lower bound: a plant without a document naming the class is not entered.

## Producers

| Plant | Company | Group | Country | Status | Alloys | Source | Verified | Controller |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enzesfeld – puszki (Enzesfeld) | [Ardagh Metal Packaging](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ardagh-metal-packaging.md) | [Ardagh Group S.A.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ardagh-group-s-a.md) | Austria | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ardagh Metal Packaging, certificate 230 (beverage can bodies, Enzesfeld) – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ardagh-Metal-Packaging | 2026-10-19 | Ardagh Group S.A. (–) |
| Ludesch – puszki napojowe (Ludesch) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-corporation.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | Austria | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ball Corporation, certificate 52 (beverage can bodies, Ludesch) – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ball-Corporation | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |
| Ejpovice – puszki napojowe (Ejpovice) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-corporation.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | Czechia | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – raport z audytu, certyfikat 52 (Ball Beverage Packaging EMEA), zakres: korpusy puszek napojowych w Ejpovicach, 1 – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ASI-Audit-Report-Ball-Beverage-Packaging-EMEA-Certificate-52-PS-Rev-2.pdf | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |
| Plzeň – puszki napojowe (Plzeň) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-corporation.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | Czechia | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – audit report, certificate 52 (Ball Beverage Packaging EMEA), scope: beverage can bodies in Plzeň, 1 – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ASI-Audit-Report-Ball-Beverage-Packaging-EMEA-Certificate-52-PS-Rev-2.pdf | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |
| Bojkovice – puszki (Bojkovice) | [MORAVIA CANS a.s.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/moravia-cans-a-s.md) | – | Czechia | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of MORAVIA CANS (Bojkovice plant; aluminium bottles) – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/MORAVIA-CANS-a-s- | 2026-10-19 | – |
| Fredericia – puszki napojowe (Fredericia) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-corporation.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | Denmark | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ball Corporation, EMEA certification scope (beverage can bodies: Fredericia) – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ball-Corporation | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |
| Mäntsälä – puszki napojowe (Mäntsälä) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-corporation.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | Finland | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ball Corporation, EMEA certification scope (beverage can bodies: Mäntsälä) – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ball-Corporation | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |
| La Ciotat – puszki (La Ciotat) | [Ardagh Metal Packaging](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ardagh-metal-packaging.md) | [Ardagh Group S.A.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ardagh-group-s-a.md) | France | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ardagh Metal Packaging, certificate 230 rev. 4: beverage can bodies, La Ciotat – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ardagh-Metal-Packaging | 2026-10-19 | Ardagh Group S.A. (–) |
| Bierne – puszki napojowe (Bierne) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-corporation.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | France | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ball Corporation, certification scope: beverage can bodies, Bierne – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ball-Corporation | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |
| Hermsdorf – puszki (Hermsdorf) | [Ardagh Metal Packaging](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ardagh-metal-packaging.md) | [Ardagh Group S.A.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ardagh-group-s-a.md) | Germany | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – raport z audytu Ardagh Metal Beverage Packaging Europe GmbH, certyfikat 230, zakres certyfikacji (Hermsdorf – korpusy puszek napojowych), 1 – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ASI-Audit-Report-Ardagh-Metal-Packaging-Certificate-230-PS-MS-Rev-4.pdf | 2026-10-19 | Ardagh Group S.A. (–) |
| Haßloch – korpusy puszek napojowych (Haßloch) | [Ardagh Metal Packaging Germany](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ardagh-metal-packaging-germany.md) | [Ardagh Group S.A.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ardagh-group-s-a.md) | Germany | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – raport z audytu Ardagh Metal Beverage Packaging Europe GmbH, certyfikat 230, zakres certyfikacji (Hassloch – korpusy puszek napojowych), 1 – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ASI-Audit-Report-Ardagh-Metal-Packaging-Certificate-230-PS-MS-Rev-4.pdf | 2026-10-19 | Ardagh Group S.A. (–) |
| Weißenthurm (Weißenthurm) | [Ardagh Metal Packaging Germany](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ardagh-metal-packaging-germany.md) | [Ardagh Group S.A.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ardagh-group-s-a.md) | Germany | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – raport z audytu Ardagh Metal Beverage Packaging Europe GmbH, certyfikat 230, zakres certyfikacji (Weissenthurm – korpusy puszek napojowych), 1 – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ASI-Audit-Report-Ardagh-Metal-Packaging-Certificate-230-PS-MS-Rev-4.pdf | 2026-10-19 | Ardagh Group S.A. (–) |
| Gelsenkirchen – puszki napojowe (Gelsenkirchen) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-corporation.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | Germany | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ball Corporation, scope of certificates 52 and 73 (Gelsenkirchen – production of beverage can bodies) – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ball-Corporation | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |
| Nogara – puszki napojowe (Nogara) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-corporation.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | Italy | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ball Corporation, certificate 52 (beverage can bodies, Nogara) – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ball-Corporation | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |
| Parma – puszek napojowych (Parma) | [Crown Packaging Manufacturing Italy S.r.l.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/crown-packaging-manufacturing-italy-s-r-l.md) | [Crown Holdings, Inc.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/crown-holdings-inc.md) | Italy | produced | – | [A] Arpae Parma – update of the integrated permit (AIA) for the Crown Packaging Manufacturing Italy plant, Ugozzolo (2025), p. 3, 3 – https://apps.arpae.it/documento/DAMB20253990 | 2026-10-19 | Crown Holdings, Inc. (United States) |
| Oss – puszki (Oss) | [Ardagh Metal Packaging](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ardagh-metal-packaging.md) | [Ardagh Group S.A.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ardagh-group-s-a.md) | Netherlands | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ardagh Metal Packaging, certificate 230 rev. 4 (beverage can bodies: Oss) – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ardagh-Metal-Packaging | 2026-10-19 | Ardagh Group S.A. (–) |
| Radomsko – korpusy puszek napojowych (Radomsko) | [Ardagh Metal Packaging](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ardagh-metal-packaging.md) | [Ardagh Group S.A.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ardagh-group-s-a.md) | Poland | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – raport z audytu, certyfikat 230 (Ardagh Metal Beverage Packaging Europe), zakres: korpusy puszek napojowych w Radomsku, 1 – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ASI-Audit-Report-Ardagh-Metal-Packaging-Certificate-230-PS-MS-Rev-4.pdf | 2026-10-19 | Ardagh Group S.A. (–) |
| Stalowa Wola – steel and aluminium cans (Stalowa Wola) | [BAGPAK Polska sp. z o.o.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/bagpak-polska-sp-z-o-o.md) | – | Poland | produced | – | [B] Company website – about us (bagpak.pl: Stalowa Wola plant, two-piece aluminium can line since 2017) – http://bagpak.pl/pl/o-nas.html | 2026-10-19 | BAGPAK Polska sp. z o.o. (Poland) |
| Brzesko – beverage cans (since 1994) and food and industrial packaging (Brzesko) | [CANPACK S.A.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/canpack-s-a.md) | – | Poland | produced | – | [B] Company website – aluminium beverage cans, locations (canpack.com: Brzesko) – https://www.canpack.com/beverage-cans/ | 2026-10-19 | – |
| Bydgoszcz – puszki napojowe (Bydgoszcz) | [CANPACK S.A.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/canpack-s-a.md) | – | Poland | produced | – | [B] Company website – aluminium beverage cans, locations (canpack.com: Bydgoszcz) – https://www.canpack.com/beverage-cans/ | 2026-10-19 | – |
| Beograd – puszki napojowe (Beograd) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-corporation.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | Serbia | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ball Corporation, certificate 52 (beverage can bodies, Belgrade) – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ball-Corporation | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |
| Valdemorillo – puszki (Valdemorillo) | [Ardagh Metal Packaging](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ardagh-metal-packaging.md) | [Ardagh Group S.A.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ardagh-group-s-a.md) | Spain | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ardagh Metal Packaging, certificate 230 rev. 4: beverage can bodies, Valdemorillo – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ardagh-Metal-Packaging | 2026-10-19 | Ardagh Group S.A. (–) |
| Cabanillas del Campo – puszki napojowe (Cabanillas del Campo) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-corporation.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | Spain | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ball Corporation, certification scope: beverage can bodies, Cabanillas del Campo – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ball-Corporation | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |
| La Selva – puszki napojowe (La Selva) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-corporation.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | Spain | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ball Corporation, certification scope: beverage can bodies, La Selva – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ball-Corporation | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |
| Agoncillo (Agoncillo) | [Crown Bevcan España](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/crown-bevcan-espana.md) | [Crown Holdings, Inc.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/crown-holdings-inc.md) | Spain | produced | – | [B] Crown Holdings press release of 25.04.2022 – new aluminium can line at the Agoncillo plant (crowncork.com) – https://www.crowncork.com/news/crown-holdings-inc-add-high-speed-aluminum-can-line-agoncillo-spain-plant | 2026-10-19 | Crown Holdings, Inc. (United States) |
| Fosie – puszki napojowe (Fosie) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-corporation.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | Sweden | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ball Corporation, EMEA certification scope (beverage can bodies: Fosie) – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ball-Corporation | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |
| Widnau – puszki napojowe (Widnau) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-corporation.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | Switzerland | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ball Corporation, certificate 52 (beverage can bodies, Widnau) – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ball-Corporation | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |
| Manisa – puszki napojowe (Manisa) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-corporation.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | Türkiye | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – raport z audytu, certyfikat 52 (Ball Beverage Packaging EMEA), zakres: korpusy puszek napojowych w Manisie, 1 – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ASI-Audit-Report-Ball-Beverage-Packaging-EMEA-Certificate-52-PS-Rev-2.pdf | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |
| Rugby – puszki (Rugby) | [Ardagh Metal Packaging](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ardagh-metal-packaging.md) | [Ardagh Group S.A.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ardagh-group-s-a.md) | United Kingdom | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ardagh Metal Packaging, certificate 230 rev. 4 (beverage can bodies: Rugby) – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ardagh-Metal-Packaging | 2026-10-19 | Ardagh Group S.A. (–) |
| Wrexham – puszki (Wrexham) | [Ardagh Metal Packaging](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ardagh-metal-packaging.md) | [Ardagh Group S.A.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ardagh-group-s-a.md) | United Kingdom | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ardagh Metal Packaging, certificate 230 rev. 4 (beverage can bodies: Wrexham) – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ardagh-Metal-Packaging | 2026-10-19 | Ardagh Group S.A. (–) |
| Ball Beverage Packaging Wakefield (Wakefield) | [Ball Beverage Packaging](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-beverage-packaging.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | United Kingdom | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ball Corporation, EMEA certification scope (beverage can bodies: Wakefield) – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ball-Corporation | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |
| Kettering – puszki napojowe (Kettering) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-corporation.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | United Kingdom | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ball Corporation, EMEA certification scope (beverage can bodies: Kettering) – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ball-Corporation | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |
| Milton Keynes – puszki napojowe (Milton Keynes) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ball-corporation.md) | [Ball Corporation](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/ball-corporation.md) | United Kingdom | produced | – | [B] Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – member profile of Ball Corporation, EMEA certification scope (beverage can bodies: Milton Keynes) – https://aluminium-stewardship.org/about-asi/members/Ball-Corporation | 2026-10-19 | Ball Corporation (–) |

## EU-27 trade with non-EU countries

Imports into the EU-27 from non-EU countries and exports from the EU-27 to them (without trade between EU countries), tonnes and euro, 2015–2025.

| Year | Imports (t) | Exports (t) | Balance (t) | Imports (EUR m) | Exports (EUR m) |
|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2015 | 47,730 | 59,919 | 12,188 | 233.2 | 416.7 |
| 2016 | 56,928 | 47,409 | -9,519 | 275.6 | 310.3 |
| 2017 | 48,874 | 48,047 | -827 | 292.5 | 295.5 |
| 2018 | 53,876 | 43,650 | -10,226 | 295.5 | 296.8 |
| 2019 | 76,628 | 47,619 | -29,009 | 354.4 | 318.3 |
| 2020 | 55,783 | 55,695 | -87.6 | 323.1 | 364.9 |
| 2021 | 66,489 | 61,105 | -5,384 | 445.1 | 407.6 |
| 2022 | 66,020 | 62,085 | -3,935 | 548.7 | 489.5 |
| 2023 | 49,154 | 62,331 | 13,177 | 429.2 | 562.7 |
| 2024 | 49,757 | 65,617 | 15,860 | 439.7 | 588.7 |
| 2025 | 50,899 | 67,350 | 16,451 | 444.3 | 622.6 |
| 2026 (2026-01/2026-08) | 33,975 | 48,782 | 14,807 | 304.1 | 468.9 |

- Largest non-EU suppliers, 2025: Switzerland 15,449 t; United Kingdom 12,676 t; Serbia 10,378 t; China 2,962 t; Türkiye 1,676 t
- Largest non-EU customers, 2025: Switzerland 14,975 t; Norway 10,054 t; United Kingdom 9,408 t; Algeria 5,815 t; Israel 4,930 t

Source: Eurostat Comext – EU trade by CN8 (DS-045409); data retrieved: 2026-10-19. CN codes of the class as in the header; balance = exports – imports. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/comext/newxtweb/

## Related

- Flow analysis: [EU-27 Aluminium Flows](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-aluminium-flow-analysis.md)
- Country aluminium flow analyses: [Aluminium Flows in Austria](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/aluminium-flows-austria.md); [Aluminium Flows in France](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/aluminium-flows-france.md); [Aluminium Flows in Germany](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/aluminium-flows-germany.md); [Aluminium Flows in Italy](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/aluminium-flows-italy.md); [Aluminium Flows in Poland](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/aluminium-flows-poland.md)
- Production technologies: [slitting and cutting to length](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/technology/ciecie.md); [blanking, stamping and press forming](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/technology/wykrawanie-tloczenie.md)
- Ownership control of the producers: https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ownership.md?produkt=al-can
- Companies list and map filtered to this class: https://ai-waw.com/en/companies?produkt=al-can

## Method note

- **Entry only from a primary document** – A class is assigned to a plant only when a primary document names it – a product data sheet, an annual report, a register or a company page describing the product – with the document page and a reliability class (A, B or C). Press and company directories without a company document are not a basis for an entry.
- **Assignment from a location document** – When a company document describes the product and only a location page points to the plant, the assignment of the product to the plant is an inference – the source then has class C and the entry awaits confirmation by a plant document.
- **“Full range” is not an entry** – A general claim (“full range of copper products”) without the class, dimensions or alloys does not create an entry. A plant without an entry may make the class – the register does not know.
- **Capacity only from a document** – Class capacity (kt) – only when a document states it; no estimates and no split of a whole plant’s capacity into classes. The sum covers only plants with a stated capacity and is a lower bound – always given with the number of plants it covers.
- **Entry status** – Produced, planned production (investment announced in a document), production ended. A closed plant – production ended. Key figures – “produced” only.
- **Ownership control** – The entity controlling the plant and its country – as in Ownership control (GLEIF Level 2, GLEIF exceptions, groups from company documents). The non-EU share is computed only among producers located in the EU-27 with an established controller (as the default area of Ownership control); a plant outside the EU – e.g. in Türkiye, the United Kingdom, Switzerland or Serbia – is out of scope of the indicator, although it counts among plants and countries.
- **Trade** – Eurostat Comext: EU-27 with non-EU countries, CN codes of the class (sum of the codes), tonnes and euro. A CN code may cover products of other classes (e.g. rods and sections in one code) – trade describes CN codes, not the plants of the register.
- **Metals kept apart** – Each class belongs to one metal (aluminium, copper, zinc). Each metal has its own page; the metals share a family layout – five semi-finished product families (wire rod and wire; bars and sections; plate, sheet and strip; foil; tubes), families outside semi-finished products (unwrought alloys – feedstock, powders and dust, chemical compounds, anodes and other articles – currently zinc only) and derived products; split by material within a family. A family without classes of a metal shows “–” with a description in the comparison table. Header figures and trade totals are given separately for each metal – tonnes of different metals are never added up. Derived products (e.g. winding wire, structures, cans, stranded wire, zinc-coated steel, die castings) are marked and are not semi-finished products; tonnes of coated steel are the mass of the product, not of zinc. A class outside the metal trade total (coated steel, zinc oxide, die castings without a CN code) carries a note with the reason.
- **Counterpart in the other metal** – A copper ↔ aluminium substitution pair (e.g. wire, coiled tubes, strip, stranded wire) comes from the dictionary field or from the portal map of pairs. The comparison shows the figures of both classes side by side, without a total, and the application sentence has no figures; a pair does not mean interchangeability in every application.
- **Links by metal** – Copper classes have a form in the R02 forecast and the EU copper flow analysis; aluminium classes – the EU aluminium flow analysis and the country analyses; zinc classes – the EU zinc flow analysis and the country analysis for Poland (the R01 and R02 forecasts cover copper only). An analysis link given with the class takes precedence.
- **Pilot coverage** – The pilot covers copper and aluminium semi-finished products and their alloys, and zinc products (titanium-zinc sheet, unwrought alloys, powders and dust, anodes, derived products) at plants of the Companies register. Counts of plants, countries and groups and the capacity sum are a lower bound of the market – they grow with further documents.

Pages and Markdown are open to text and data mining with attribution; JSON data – like the other JSON data of the register – are reserved as a database compilation. Trade data: Eurostat (reuse with attribution).