# Beverage can stock

Aluminium alloy strip in coils for beverage can bodies (body stock, AlMnMg alloys) and for ends and tabs (end and tab stock, AlMg alloys) – definitions: additional note 2 to CN chapter 76.

- Metal: Aluminium
- Family: Plate, sheet and strip · Aluminium alloys – https://ai-waw.com/en/products/aluminium#rodzina-flat
- CN: 7606 12 11, 7606 12 19
- PRODCOM: 24.42.24.50
- Data as of: 2026-10-25, version 2.40
- Page: https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock
- JSON: https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock.json

## Producers – key figures

- producing plants (incl. outside the EU): 3 (of which in the EU-27: 3)
- companies: 3
- countries: 3
- Corporate groups (a company without a group counted separately): 3
- non-EU control – plants in the EU-27: 0.0% – Non-EU control – plants in the EU-27: 0 of 3 plants with an established controller (3 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biesheim (Neuf-Brisach) – hot and cold rolling mill: can stock (body, end, tab), automotive sheet, heat exchangers (Biesheim (Neuf-Brisach)) | [Constellium Neuf-Brisach SAS](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/constellium-neuf-brisach.md) | [Constellium SE](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/constellium-se.md) | France | produced | – | [B] Company website – Neuf-Brisach plant (constellium.com): can stock – https://www.constellium.com/locations/neuf-brisach | 2026-10-19 | Constellium SE (France) |
| Grevenbroich plant (Grevenbroich) | [Speira GmbH](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/speira-gmbh.md) | [Speira](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/speira.md) | Germany | produced | – | [B] Company website – beverage can strip (speira.com, Beverage Can: strip finishing in Grevenbroich for lid producers) – https://www.speira.com/markets-products/beverage-can/ | 2026-10-19 | Speira International Holdings B.V. (Netherlands) |
| Oinofyta plant (Oinofyta (Boeotia)) | [Elval](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/elval.md) | [Viohalco](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/viohalco.md) | Greece | produced | 3104 | [B] Company website – rigid packaging (elval.com, strip for can bodies, ends and tabs) – https://www.elval.com/en/markets-packaging-rigid-packaging | 2026-10-19 | Viohalco (Belgium) |

- Producer list – data files: [CSV](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/producers.csv) · [JSON](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/producers.json) · [Metadata](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/producers.metadata.json)

## Key figures of the class, 2025

- **Extra-EU imports, 2025**: 160 thousand t (EUR 532 million)
- **Extra-EU exports, 2025**: 342 thousand t (EUR 1.22 billion)
- **Intra-EU arrivals, 2025**: 715 thousand t (EUR 2.36 billion) – arrivals reported by EU countries; intra-EU dispatches: 805 thousand t
- **EU-27 production (PRODCOM), 2025**: 6.94 million t (EUR 20.6 billion) – value rounded by Eurostat (R); PRODCOM code shared by 9 classes – production of the whole group
- **Plants and countries**: 3 plants (countries: 3) – producing plants according to primary documents (a lower bound)
- **Rank among aluminium classes, 2025**: #2 of 26 (by extra-EU export mass) – imports: #7 of 26; exports: #2 of 26; production (PRODCOM code group): #1 of 9; code shared by 9 classes

In 2025 EU-27 imports from outside the EU amounted to 160 thousand t (EUR 532 million) and exports to 342 thousand t (EUR 1.22 billion); the mass balance was +183 thousand t (export surplus). Intra-EU arrivals (reported by EU countries) – 715 thousand t. Main non-EU suppliers: China (40.6%), Japan (21.6%) and South Korea (19.7%). Main non-EU customers: United Kingdom (68.0%), Serbia (10.9%) and Switzerland (8.9%). Comparable series from 2019 (CN code change). EU-27 sold production according to PRODCOM (codes 24.42.24.30, 24.42.24.50, 24.42.25.00, shared with classes: “Aluminium sheet and strip (under 6 mm)”, “Aluminium plate (6 mm and over)”, “Painted and coated aluminium sheet and strip”, “Aluminium circles and non-rectangular sheet”, “Aluminium composite panels (ACP)”, “Rolled aluminium foil”, “Further worked aluminium foil”, “Backed aluminium foil”) was 6.94 million t in 2025 (EUR 20.6 billion). EU-27 apparent consumption within the scope of the group PRODCOM codes (sold production + non-EU imports − non-EU exports; excluding production for own use): 6.98 million t.

## What you should know about this data

- The class covers CN codes 7606 12 11, 7606 12 19 (CN 2026); PRODCOM codes 24.42.24.30, 24.42.24.50, 24.42.25.00 also cover classes: “Aluminium sheet and strip (under 6 mm)”, “Aluminium plate (6 mm and over)”, “Painted and coated aluminium sheet and strip”, “Aluminium circles and non-rectangular sheet”, “Aluminium composite panels (ACP)”, “Rolled aluminium foil”, “Further worked aluminium foil”, “Backed aluminium foil” – production refers to the whole group.
- Years 2005–2018 without trade figures (null, a gap – not zero): predecessor codes 7606 12 10, 7606 12 20, 7606 12 50, 7606 12 91, 7606 12 92 also covered classes “Aluminium composite panels (ACP)”, “Painted and coated aluminium sheet and strip”, “Aluminium sheet and strip (under 6 mm)”; a comparable series – for the class group “Aluminium sheet and strip (under 6 mm)”, “Aluminium plate (6 mm and over)”, “Painted and coated aluminium sheet and strip”, “Beverage can stock”, “Aluminium composite panels (ACP)”, “Backed aluminium foil” (comparable_group field).
- PRODCOM (sold production, 24.42.24.30, 24.42.24.50, 24.42.25.00): EU-27 quantity in 2011, 2023 is a Eurostat estimate (E); EU-27 quantity in 2011–2019, 2021–2025 rounded by Eurostat (R; value ± rounding base, in 2025 ± 570 thousand t); EU-27 quantity recalculated – the Eurostat aggregate less declarations with an unreliable unit value (X; a lower bound): 2017 (HR – 266 EUR/t); 2020 (NL – 676 EUR/t); country data with a quantity in tonnes labelled KG (K; identified by unit value, taken as tonnes): FI 2024 – the EU-27 aggregate for those years may understate it (cannot be resolved from public data); country data with an unreliable unit value (X; quantity or value without a figure): LT 2006–2007, 2022–2024, HR 2017, DK 2018–2020, NL 2020; years without EU-27 quantity: 2005 (confidentiality, no code or an unreliable value – a gap, not zero; the series does not link PRODCOM list changes before 2024 – years before the code was introduced have no figure); quantity confidential (C) in 2025 in 13 countries (AT, BE, BG, CZ, FR, GR, LV, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI) – confidential values are not filled in; apparent consumption is based on sold production – excluding output used within the producing plant (e.g. wire rod drawn into wire), which understates the result for semi-finished products.
- Unit value (EUR/t) is the ratio of trade value to mass – it depends on the product mix, metal content and partner structure; it is not a market price.
- Year 2026 – monthly data: extra-EU January–August, intra-EU January–July (incomplete, provisional year).

## EU-27 trade, 2005–2025

EU-27 imports and exports – with non-EU countries or within the EU (arrivals reported by EU countries and their dispatches to other EU countries) – in tonnes, euro or as unit value; the current year – monthly data (incomplete year).

| Year | Imports (t) – extra-EU | Exports (t) – extra-EU | Imports (EUR) | Exports (EUR) | Imports (t) – intra-EU | Exports (t) – intra-EU | Import unit value (EUR/t) | Export unit value (EUR/t) |
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| 2005 | gap | gap | gap | gap | gap | gap | gap | gap |
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| 2018 | gap | gap | gap | gap | gap | gap | gap | gap |
| 2019 | 84,022 | 331,533 | 210,691,276 | 804,038,267 | 218,650 | 471,878 | 2,508 | 2,425 |
| 2020 | 122,016 | 296,865 | 287,238,916 | 708,430,008 | 326,333 | 506,321 | 2,354 | 2,386 |
| 2021 | 110,802 | 307,257 | 337,100,784 | 915,538,969 | 455,310 | 691,426 | 3,042 | 2,980 |
| 2022 | 172,468 | 270,721 | 726,757,025 | 1,056,408,094 | 554,385 | 770,784 | 4,214 | 3,902 |
| 2023 | 89,886 | 276,201 | 313,466,150 | 887,353,381 | 549,764 | 678,261 | 3,487 | 3,213 |
| 2024 | 104,282 | 301,600 | 336,673,275 | 1,017,658,534 | 594,409 | 745,146 | 3,228 | 3,374 |
| 2025 | 159,604 | 342,451 | 531,933,824 | 1,217,850,722 | 714,888 | 805,054 | 3,333 | 3,556 |
| 2026 (2026-01/2026-08) | 81,670 | 242,890 | 300,815,004 | 1,029,211,260 | 448,226 | 478,819 | 3,683 | 4,237 |

Empty places in the series are gaps (no figure – e.g. a CN code shared with other classes or confidential data), not zeros; figures break the line there.
- Data files: [CSV](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/trade.csv) · [JSON](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/trade.json) · [Metadata](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/trade.metadata.json)

## Class balance in the EU-27, 2025

EU-27 balance in 2025: sold production 6.94 million t, extra-EU imports 1.37 million t, extra-EU exports 1.32 million t, apparent consumption 6.98 million t; intra-EU trade of the class 715 thousand t (loop).

- EU-27 sold production: 6.94 million t (value rounded by Eurostat (R))
- Extra-EU imports: 1.37 million t
- Extra-EU exports: 1.32 million t
- Apparent consumption: 6.98 million t
- Intra-EU trade (class): 715 thousand t

Production, imports, exports and apparent consumption – within PRODCOM code 24.42.24.30, 24.42.24.50, 24.42.25.00 (all classes of the code and the CN codes of its scope); intra-EU trade – the class CN codes.
- Data files: [CSV](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/balance.csv) · [JSON](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/balance.json) · [Metadata](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/balance.metadata.json)

## PRODCOM production and apparent consumption

EU-27 sold production according to PRODCOM (codes 24.42.24.30, 24.42.24.50, 24.42.25.00) and apparent consumption = production + extra-EU imports − extra-EU exports. Eurostat flags above the bars: E – estimate, R – rounded value; C – confidential value (no bar, not filled in).

| Year | Sold production (t) | Quantity flag | Value (EUR) | Apparent consumption (t) |
|---:|---:|---|---:|---:|
| 2005 | gap |  | – | – |
| 2006 | 5,892,363 |  | 13,918,966,328 | 5,404,481 |
| 2007 | 6,155,014 |  | 15,084,853,690 | 5,807,040 |
| 2008 | 5,711,297 |  | 13,642,169,111 | 5,294,200 |
| 2009 | 4,832,804 |  | 9,822,417,955 | 4,368,049 |
| 2010 | 5,834,815 |  | 12,745,299,044 | 5,387,907 |
| 2011 | 5,972,022 | ER | 14,355,334,186 | 5,659,867 |
| 2012 | 5,840,822 | R | 13,641,618,577 | 5,407,206 |
| 2013 | 5,874,272 | R | 13,393,875,149 | 5,471,187 |
| 2014 | 6,063,507 | R | 13,872,896,179 | 5,719,056 |
| 2015 | 6,165,295 | R | 15,029,359,867 | 5,917,308 |
| 2016 | 6,517,648 | R | 14,706,758,233 | 6,188,136 |
| 2017 | 6,525,441 | RX | 15,915,920,855 | 6,138,571 |
| 2018 | 6,785,064 | R | 16,810,589,592 | 6,548,956 |
| 2019 | 6,627,439 | R | 15,793,386,342 | 6,436,769 |
| 2020 | 6,079,970 | X | 13,923,766,915 | 6,003,468 |
| 2021 | 6,960,000 | R | 17,800,000,000 | 6,932,519 |
| 2022 | 6,680,000 | R | 25,000,000,000 | 7,024,457 |
| 2023 | 5,366,218 | ER | 17,981,246,549 | 5,411,119 |
| 2024 | 6,490,000 | R | 21,120,000,000 | 6,471,130 |
| 2025 | 6,940,000 | R | 20,580,000,000 | 6,983,631 |

Scope of PRODCOM codes 24.42.24.30, 24.42.24.50, 24.42.25.00 (classes: Aluminium sheet and strip (under 6 mm), Aluminium plate (6 mm and over), Painted and coated aluminium sheet and strip, Beverage can stock, Aluminium circles and non-rectangular sheet, Aluminium composite panels (ACP), Rolled aluminium foil, Further worked aluminium foil, Backed aluminium foil). Sold production (excluding production for own use). Years without figures – no EU-27 production (confidentiality, no code, unreliable value – X) or an ambiguous CN code.
- Data files: [CSV](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/production.csv) · [JSON](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/production.json) · [Metadata](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/production.metadata.json)

## EU-27 countries, 2025

Mass balance of EU-27 countries in 2025: largest export surplus – Germany (+604 thousand t), largest import surplus – Poland (−196 thousand t).

| Country | Imports (t) | Exports (t) | Balance (t) | Share of EU-27 imports (%) | Share of EU-27 exports (%) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Germany (DE) | 94,523 | 698,972 | 604,449 | 10.8 | 60.9 |
| France (FR) | 45,269 | 231,650 | 186,382 | 5.2 | 20.2 |
| Greece (GR) | 249 | 155,233 | 154,984 | 0.0 | 13.5 |
| Latvia (LV) | 10 | 1,956 | 1,947 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Bulgaria (BG) | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Cyprus (CY) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Estonia (EE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Portugal (PT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Malta (MT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Croatia (HR) | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Luxembourg (LU) | 27 | 4 | -23 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Slovenia (SI) | 1,030 | 0 | -1,030 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Lithuania (LT) | 1,267 | 96 | -1,171 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Ireland (IE) | 2,503 | 0 | -2,503 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Belgium (BE) | 27,884 | 21,237 | -6,647 | 3.2 | 1.9 |
| Hungary (HU) | 9,441 | 30 | -9,411 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| Italy (IT) | 22,232 | 7,398 | -14,834 | 2.5 | 0.6 |
| Slovakia (SK) | 18,114 | 559 | -17,555 | 2.1 | 0.1 |
| Denmark (DK) | 19,753 | 116 | -19,637 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| Romania (RO) | 23,591 | 17 | -23,574 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| Finland (FI) | 23,706 | 65 | -23,642 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| Sweden (SE) | 27,400 | 7 | -27,393 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Czechia (CZ) | 47,457 | 38 | -47,419 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Austria (AT) | 52,384 | 349 | -52,035 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Netherlands (NL) | 86,168 | 10,057 | -76,112 | 9.9 | 0.9 |
| Spain (ES) | 163,248 | 7,919 | -155,330 | 18.7 | 0.7 |
| Poland (PL) | 208,233 | 11,795 | -196,438 | 23.8 | 1.0 |
- Data files: [CSV](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/countries.csv) · [JSON](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/countries.json) · [Metadata](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/countries.metadata.json)

## Intra-EU flows, 2025

27 of 162 flows shown (95.3% of mass)

| From country | To country | Mass (t) | Value (EUR) |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| Germany | Poland | 78,948 | 278,836,653 |
| Germany | Spain | 68,439 | 166,722,288 |
| France | Spain | 58,031 | 189,889,370 |
| Germany | Netherlands | 57,199 | 195,161,200 |
| France | Poland | 50,450 | 181,477,807 |
| Germany | Austria | 47,867 | 93,272,375 |
| France | Germany | 35,625 | 110,008,388 |
| Germany | Czechia | 32,002 | 109,267,102 |
| Germany | France | 30,094 | 108,321,050 |
| Germany | Sweden | 26,789 | 88,363,279 |
| France | Netherlands | 21,509 | 75,256,435 |
| Belgium | Germany | 21,337 | 81,366,855 |
| Greece | Poland | 20,126 | 96,626,135 |
| Poland | Romania | 19,785 | 68,859,635 |
| Germany | Slovakia | 17,348 | 58,762,723 |
| Belgium | Poland | 14,922 | 42,497,046 |
| Spain | France | 11,614 | 54,171,106 |
| Poland | Finland | 10,673 | 39,390,209 |
| Germany | Italy | 8,933 | 29,542,633 |
| Greece | Spain | 8,177 | 39,064,263 |
Other flows (7) – in the figure CSV file.
- Data files: [CSV](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/intra-eu-flows.csv) · [JSON](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/intra-eu-flows.json) · [Metadata](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/intra-eu-flows.metadata.json)

## Non-EU partners, 2025

### Non-EU suppliers

HHI (mass with an identified country) 2609 · top three 81.9% · partners: 26 · mass with an identified country 100.0%

| # | Country | Mass (t) | Value (EUR) | Share (%) |
|---:|---|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 | China | 64,782 | 211,117,200 | 40.6 |
| 2 | Japan | 34,452 | 111,873,889 | 21.6 |
| 3 | South Korea | 31,450 | 99,692,159 | 19.7 |
| 4 | South Africa | 11,380 | 49,668,052 | 7.1 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 11,039 | 33,576,425 | 6.9 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 4,601 | 18,742,099 | 2.9 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 737 | 2,490,890 | 0.5 |
| 8 | Norway | 463 | 2,058,602 | 0.3 |
| 9 | Jordan | 392 | 1,542,002 | 0.2 |
| 10 | Serbia | 110 | 368,601 | 0.1 |

- Fastest growing, 2020 → 2025: China 22,960 → 64,782 t (+182.2%); South Korea 27,680 → 31,450 t (+13.6%)
- Fastest declining, 2020 → 2025: Russia 49,587 → 0 t (−100.0%); South Africa 20,004 → 11,380 t (−43.1%)
- New partners: Japan 34,452 t; Saudi Arabia 11,039 t; Switzerland 4,601 t

### Non-EU customers

HHI (mass with an identified country) 4863 · top three 87.9% · partners: 30 · mass with an identified country 100.0%

| # | Country | Mass (t) | Value (EUR) | Share (%) |
|---:|---|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 233,008 | 837,054,208 | 68.0 |
| 2 | Serbia | 37,304 | 124,310,662 | 10.9 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 30,578 | 111,268,481 | 8.9 |
| 4 | Morocco | 13,122 | 45,568,472 | 3.8 |
| 5 | Türkiye | 12,084 | 38,904,897 | 3.5 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 8,741 | 30,166,699 | 2.6 |
| 7 | United States | 3,837 | 13,892,227 | 1.1 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 2,271 | 10,775,616 | 0.7 |
| 9 | Tunisia | 557 | 2,016,067 | 0.2 |
| 10 | Mexico | 337 | 1,209,344 | 0.1 |

- Fastest growing, 2020 → 2025: Switzerland 3,201 → 30,578 t (+855.2%); Ukraine 3,117 → 8,741 t (+180.4%); Morocco 9,301 → 13,122 t (+41.1%); Serbia 26,520 → 37,304 t (+40.7%); United Kingdom 186,870 → 233,008 t (+24.7%)
- Fastest declining, 2020 → 2025: Saudi Arabia 8,976 → 0 t (−100.0%); Mexico 22,546 → 337 t (−98.5%); United States 9,852 → 3,837 t (−61.0%); Türkiye 19,877 → 12,084 t (−39.2%)
- New partners: –

- Data files: [CSV](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/partners.csv) · [JSON](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/partners.json) · [Metadata](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock/data/partners.metadata.json)

## Product chain

Chain of the class “Beverage can stock”: preceding classes – –; following classes – Aluminium composite panels (ACP), Backed aluminium foil, Aluminium cans and containers.

- **Feedstock**: Unwrought aluminium (feedstock) (CN 7601)
- **Class**: [Beverage can stock](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock) (CN 7606 12 11)
- **Following classes**: [Aluminium composite panels (ACP)](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-composite-panel) (CN 7606 11 30); [Backed aluminium foil](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-foil-backed) (CN 7607 20 10); [Aluminium cans and containers](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can) (CN 7612 90 80)
- **Scrap**: aluminium scrap (CN 7602)

The scheme orders the classes of the dictionary by processing stage (family rules in the portal code: same material, a derived product after the non-derived one; links named explicitly – e.g. cans from can stock, die castings from casting alloys, coated steel from galvanizing alloys); an arrow does not mean deliveries between specific plants. Feed and scrap – CN headings of the metal, not dictionary classes.

## Data freshness

- Eurostat, Comext DS-045409 (annual data) – latest data: 2025; retrieved: 2026-10-26; next update: 2027-02 (period 2026)
- Eurostat, Comext DS-045409 (monthly data) – latest data: 2026-08 (intra-EU: 2026-07); retrieved: 2026-10-26; next update: 2026-11-13 (period 2026-09)
- Eurostat, PRODCOM DS-059358, DS-059367 – latest data: 2025; retrieved: 2026-10-26; next update: 2027-07 (period 2026)

## How to cite

> ai-waw.com (2026). Beverage can stock – product profile: EU-27 trade, PRODCOM production and producers. Products dataset 2.1 (2026-10-26), class revision 1, SHA-256 f9d848393508…; https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock

- Dataset edition: 2.1 (2026-10-26)
- Dataset SHA-256: `f9d848393508c9dbe833341fc6b3767c4bfe1b6b47bfc70335adfab2703d4c13`
- Class revision: 1 (2026-10-26), SHA-256 `c60935accc0ab59abc59214b742773e5fe89c6b13b4d9dd2018ab7d64a0472da`
- BibTeX: https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock.bib · RIS: https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-can-stock.ris

## Alloys and standards

- Materials: [3104](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/glossary#m-al-3104) (register)
- Product standards: EN 541 – Aluminium and aluminium alloys - Rolled products for cans, closures and lids - Specifications
- Synonyms EN: body stock; rolled products for cans, closures and lids
- Synonyms DE: Bänder für Getränkedosenkörper, aus Aluminiumlegierungen, mit einer Dicke von > 0,2 mm; Bänder für Getränkedosendeckel und Getränkedosenlaschen, aus Aluminiumlegierungen, mit einer Dicke von > 0,2 mm; Walzerzeugnisse für Dosen, Verschlüsse und Deckel
- Full alloy and standard glossary: https://ai-waw.com/en/products/glossary.md

## 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: [melting and casting](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/technology/topienie-odlewanie.md); [hot rolling](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/technology/walcowanie-goraco.md); [cold rolling](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/technology/walcowanie-zimno.md); [wire, bar and tube drawing](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/technology/ciagnienie.md); [extrusion](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/technology/wyciskanie.md); [heat treatment (annealing, solution treatment, ageing, brazing)](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/technology/obrobka-cieplna.md); [slitting and cutting to length](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/technology/ciecie.md); [surface treatment and cleaning](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/technology/obrobka-powierzchni.md); [quality control and materials testing](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/technology/kontrola-jakosci.md); [protective atmospheres, gases and utilities](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/technology/atmosfery-media.md)
- Ownership control of the producers: https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ownership.md?produkt=al-can-stock
- Companies list and map filtered to this class: https://ai-waw.com/en/companies?produkt=al-can-stock

## 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 and production** – Eurostat Comext: EU-27 extra-EU and intra-EU trade (arrivals reported by EU countries), CN codes of the class (sum of the codes), tonnes and euro, 2005–2025 plus the current incomplete year (hollow marker, no line); sold production – PRODCOM (a code may cover several classes); apparent consumption = production + extra-EU imports − extra-EU exports within the PRODCOM code scope. 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.
- **Dataset scope** – The dataset 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).