Rectangular non-alloy and alloy aluminium sheet and strip over 0.2 mm up to 6 mm thick, uncoated – coils and sheets (automotive, building, heat exchangers, packaging, lithography). Excluding can stock and composite panels (separate classes). Copper counterpart: copper strip in coils – competing use: strip for heat exchangers.
Intra-EU arrivals, 20251.73 million tEUR 5.39 billionarrivals reported by EU countries; intra-EU dispatches: 1.41 million t
EU-27 production (PRODCOM), 20256.94 million tREUR 20.6 billionvalue rounded by Eurostat (R); PRODCOM code shared by 9 classes – production of the whole group
Plants and countries37 plantscountries: 19producing plants according to primary documents (a lower bound)
Rank among aluminium classes, 2025#1 of 26by extra-EU export massimports: #1 of 26; exports: #1 of 26; production (PRODCOM code group): #1 of 9; code shared by 9 classes
from the data In 2025 EU-27 imports from outside the EU amounted to 558 thousand t (EUR 1.96 billion) and exports to 388 thousand t (EUR 1.70 billion); the mass balance was −170 thousand t (import surplus). Intra-EU arrivals (reported by EU countries) – 1.73 million t. Main non-EU suppliers: Türkiye (27.7%), Switzerland (24.0%) and Norway (14.7%). Main non-EU customers: United Kingdom (28.2%), United States (22.5%) and Switzerland (14.5%). Comparable series from 2022 (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 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”) 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.
Products dataset: 2.1 (26 October 2026), class revision 2 · How to cite
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).
EU-27 trade – Aluminium sheet and strip (under 6 mm) – extra-EU, tonnes of product mass
Year
extra-EU imports
extra-EU exports
Balance
2005
gap – no figure, not zero
2006
gap – no figure, not zero
2007
gap – no figure, not zero
2008
gap – no figure, not zero
2009
gap – no figure, not zero
2010
gap – no figure, not zero
2011
gap – no figure, not zero
2012
gap – no figure, not zero
2013
gap – no figure, not zero
2014
gap – no figure, not zero
2015
gap – no figure, not zero
2016
gap – no figure, not zero
2017
gap – no figure, not zero
2018
gap – no figure, not zero
2019
gap – no figure, not zero
2020
gap – no figure, not zero
2021
gap – no figure, not zero
2022
719,616
422,640
−296,976
2023
542,519
394,471
−148,048
2024
523,325
393,987
−129,338
2025
558,076
387,674
−170,402
2026 2026-01/2026-08
359,465
318,865
−40,600
tonnes of product mass. Balance = exports − imports.
PRODCOM code group balance in the EU-27, 2025
EU-27 sold production (PRODCOM) and extra-EU imports make up supply; supply is apparent consumption plus extra-EU exports. Band widths are proportional to tonnes (one scale); intra-EU trade is a loop – it moves products between EU countries and does not change the EU-27 balance.
Figure 2.EU-27 balance – PRODCOM group 24.42.24.30, 24.42.24.50, 24.42.25.00 (9 classes, including Aluminium sheet and strip (under 6 mm)), 2025scope of PRODCOM code 24.42.24.30, 24.42.24.50, 24.42.25.00; tonnes
Source: Eurostat, PRODCOM DS-059358 and DS-059367, Comext DS-045409; compiled by ai-waw.com – products dataset 2.1. 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. Production flag R – value rounded by Eurostat (R). Eurostat, Comext DS-045409 (annual data) – latest data: 2025; retrieved: 2026-10-26; next update: 2027-02 (period 2026) Eurostat, PRODCOM DS-059358, DS-059367 – latest data: 2025; retrieved: 2026-10-26; next update: 2027-07 (period 2026)
Figure 3.EU-27 sold production and apparent consumption – PRODCOM group 24.42.24.30, 24.42.24.50, 24.42.25.00 (9 classes, including Aluminium sheet and strip (under 6 mm)), 2005–2025tonnes of product mass
EU-27 sold production (t)Eurostat estimate (E)apparent consumption (t)E – Eurostat estimate, R – rounded, C – confidential (no bar), “–” – gap ; X – reliability check: EU-27 total recalculated without countries with an unreliable value (no bar – no figure)
Source: Eurostat, PRODCOM DS-059358 and DS-059367 (sold production), Comext DS-045409 (trade for apparent consumption); compiled by ai-waw.com – products dataset 2.1. 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. Eurostat, PRODCOM DS-059358, DS-059367 – latest data: 2025; retrieved: 2026-10-26; next update: 2027-07 (period 2026)
EU-27 sold production and apparent consumption – PRODCOM group 24.42.24.30, 24.42.24.50, 24.42.25.00 (9 classes, including Aluminium sheet and strip (under 6 mm)), 2005–2025
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
EU-27 countries, 2025
Mass balance of a country (exports − imports, all partners, including other EU countries) or the country share of exports or imports of the 27 EU countries. Plants of the class on a map – figure 8.
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-045409 (class CN8 codes, EU-27); compiled by ai-waw.com – products dataset 2.1. Trade of EU-27 countries with all partners (WORLD); share – of the 27-country total. Balance thresholds – 10% and 40% of the largest absolute balance. The country map uses the declarations of the country itself (its exports and imports), the flow map – import declarations of the partners (country of consignment); differences are asymmetries of intra-EU trade statistics (transit, triangular trade, confidentiality). Base map: Natural Earth (public domain), Lambert conformal conic projection. Eurostat, Comext DS-045409 (annual data) – latest data: 2025; retrieved: 2026-10-26; next update: 2027-02 (period 2026)
EU-27 countries in the trade of the class – Aluminium sheet and strip (under 6 mm), 2025
Country
Imports (t)
Exports (t)
Balance (t)
Share of EU-27 imports (%)
Share of EU-27 exports (%)
Intra-EU dispatches according to partner declarations (t)
Greece
5,256
75,870
+70.6 thousand t
0.2
4.2
21,228
Italy
160,905
229,888
+69.0 thousand t
7.0
12.8
195,634
Croatia
7,318
54,328
+47.0 thousand t
0.3
3.0
40,480
Belgium
82,179
124,633
+42.5 thousand t
3.6
6.9
155,650
Sweden
37,887
72,056
+34.2 thousand t
1.7
4.0
48,860
Spain
132,666
144,530
+11.9 thousand t
5.8
8.1
103,312
Luxembourg
1,427
6,756
+5,329 t
0.1
0.4
139
Bulgaria
15,230
16,621
+1,391 t
0.7
0.9
16,441
Romania
26,670
27,079
+409 t
1.2
1.5
23,865
Cyprus
188
0
−188 t
0.0
0.0
0
Latvia
2,192
31
−2,161 t
0.1
0.0
189
Estonia
3,749
192
−3,558 t
0.2
0.0
96
Lithuania
5,830
1,247
−4,583 t
0.3
0.1
1,279
Hungary
86,540
74,759
−11.8 thousand t
3.8
4.2
51,251
Finland
14,198
510
−13.7 thousand t
0.6
0.0
339
Portugal
23,466
3,594
−19.9 thousand t
1.0
0.2
4,880
Austria
155,277
131,242
−24.0 thousand t
6.8
7.3
94,884
Slovenia
58,757
33,304
−25.5 thousand t
2.6
1.9
48,819
Denmark
53,194
19,756
−33.4 thousand t
2.3
1.1
10,282
Slovakia
46,548
5,178
−41.4 thousand t
2.0
0.3
7,849
Poland
113,717
70,552
−43.2 thousand t
5.0
3.9
68,392
France
172,648
128,417
−44.2 thousand t
7.6
7.2
125,364
Germany
558,520
504,368
−54.2 thousand t
24.4
28.1
648,728
Netherlands
126,668
48,062
−78.6 thousand t
5.5
2.7
44,478
Czechia
101,911
22,380
−79.5 thousand t
4.5
1.3
12,915
Ireland
292,229
497
−292 thousand t
12.8
0.0
99
Malta
46
confidential (C)
–
0.0
–
887
Intra-EU flows, 2025
Arcs run from the country of consignment to the country of destination (arrivals reported by an EU country by country of consignment); width proportional to the square root of mass.
Figure 5.Intra-EU flows – Aluminium sheet and strip (under 6 mm), 2025133 of 468 flows shown (95.0% of mass)
Arc: consignment → destination200 thousand t50.0 thousand t10.0 thousand t
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-045409 (class CN8 codes, EU-27); compiled by ai-waw.com – products dataset 2.1. Arrivals of EU countries by country of consignment (EU-27 partners); pairs sorted by mass, descending. Arrivals without a stated country of consignment (confidential): 802 t – not on the map. Arc width – proportional to the square root of mass (reference widths in the legend). The country map uses the declarations of the country itself (its exports and imports), the flow map – import declarations of the partners (country of consignment); differences are asymmetries of intra-EU trade statistics (transit, triangular trade, confidentiality). Base map: Natural Earth (public domain), Lambert conformal conic projection. Eurostat, Comext DS-045409 (annual data) – latest data: 2025; retrieved: 2026-10-26; next update: 2027-02 (period 2026)
The ten largest non-EU suppliers and customers; arrows from the partner to the EU (imports) or from the EU to the partner (exports), width proportional to the square root of mass.
Figure 6.EU-27 imports by country of origin – Aluminium sheet and strip (under 6 mm), 2025top 10 partners, tonnes
Türkiye · 155 thousand t
Switzerland · 134 thousand t
Norway · 82.2 thousand t
United Kingdom · 75.8 thousand t
Serbia · 26.3 thousand t
Bahrain* · 18.8 thousand t
South Korea* · 17.2 thousand t
China* · 15.0 thousand t
Saudi Arabia* · 9,366 t
Oman* · 8,949 t
Arrow from/to the EU-27 point (notional centre of the EU area); number – rank and mass100 thousand t20.0 thousand t5,000 t* country outside the frame – notional point on the map edge in the direction from the EU; arrow direction notional
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-045409 (class CN8 codes, EU-27); compiled by ai-waw.com – products dataset 2.1. Shares and concentration – of extra-EU trade mass (including unspecified partners). Base map: Natural Earth (public domain), Lambert conformal conic projection. Eurostat, Comext DS-045409 (annual data) – latest data: 2025; retrieved: 2026-10-26; next update: 2027-02 (period 2026)
EU-27 imports by country of origin – Aluminium sheet and strip (under 6 mm), 2025
#
Country
Mass (t)
Value (EUR)
Share (%)
1
Türkiye
154,576
500,928,839
27.7
2
Switzerland
134,015
470,882,451
24.0
3
Norway
82,197
305,759,114
14.7
4
United Kingdom
75,785
282,027,933
13.6
5
Serbia
26,286
85,541,915
4.7
6
Bahrain
18,809
59,383,939
3.4
7
South Korea
17,247
66,811,741
3.1
8
China
14,994
57,377,780
2.7
9
Saudi Arabia
9,366
29,737,331
1.7
10
Oman
8,949
22,947,347
1.6
Non-EU suppliers, 2025
HHI (mass with an identified country) 1,804 · top three 66.4% · partners: 50 · mass with an identified country 100.0%
Non-EU suppliers
Country
Mass (t)
Share (%)
Türkiye
154,576
27.7
Switzerland
134,015
24.0
Norway
82,197
14.7
United Kingdom
75,785
13.6
Serbia
26,286
4.7
Bahrain
18,809
3.4
South Korea
17,247
3.1
China
14,994
2.7
Saudi Arabia
9,366
1.7
Oman
8,949
1.6
Change for partners with at least – t in 2020 (threshold: the larger of 100 t and 1% of extra-EU mass); HHI – sum of squared shares (0–10,000).
Non-EU customers, 2025
HHI (mass with an identified country) 1,648 · top three 65.2% · partners: 119 · mass with an identified country 100.0%
Non-EU customers
Country
Mass (t)
Share (%)
United Kingdom
109,415
28.2
United States
87,168
22.5
Switzerland
56,368
14.5
Türkiye
34,490
8.9
Mexico
19,359
5.0
Canada
13,688
3.5
China
7,174
1.9
Brazil
6,956
1.8
Hong Kong
5,075
1.3
South Africa
5,022
1.3
Change for partners with at least – t in 2020 (threshold: the larger of 100 t and 1% of extra-EU mass); HHI – sum of squared shares (0–10,000).
Product chain
Place of the class in the processing chain: unwrought metal, preceding classes, the class, following classes and scrap. Nodes are classes of the dictionary (links); the current class – in the accent colour.
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.
Each entry from a primary document (class A/B/C and document page), with the verification date and the entity controlling the plant (GLEIF Level 2 or company documents).
37
producing plants (incl. outside the EU) of which in the EU-27: 29
34
companies
19
countries
23.8%
non-EU control – plants in the EU-27
≥ 220kt
documented capacity (lower bound)
Corporate groups (a company without a group counted separately): 25
Non-EU control – plants in the EU-27: 5 of 21 plants with an established controller (29 of 37 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: 220 kt at 2 of 37 plants (5.4%) – a lower bound: the other plants do not state a capacity for this class.
produced
100 kt capacity of rolled products at the plant (approx. 100 kt, increase to 140 kt planned for 2025) per the company website; the only product from the dictionary at the plant
Figures of both classes come from the same sources (entries from documents, Comext); aluminium and copper figures are never added up, and a pair does not mean interchangeability in every application.
Alloys and standards
Materials, product standards and synonyms of this class from the alloy and standard glossary.
Materials
Aluminium sheet and strip (under 6 mm) – Materials
EN 485-1
Aluminium and aluminium alloys - Sheet, strip and plate - Part 1: Technical conditions for inspection and delivery
EN 485-2
Aluminium and aluminium alloys - Sheet, strip and plate - Part 2: Mechanical properties
ASTM B209
Standard Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Sheet and Plate
Synonyms
EN
sheet, strip and plate · aluminum-alloy sheet and plate
DE
Bleche und Bänder, aus nichtlegiertem Aluminium, mit einer Dicke von > 0,2 mm, jedoch < 3 mm, quadratisch oder rechteckig (ausg. mit Farbe versehen, lackiert oder mit Kunststoff beschichtet sowie Streckbleche und -bänder) (CN label (DE)) · Bleche und Bänder, aus nichtlegiertem Aluminium, mit einer Dicke von >= 3 mm, jedoch < 6 mm, quadratisch oder rechteckig (ausg. mit Farbe versehen, lackiert oder mit Kunststoff beschichtet) (CN label (DE)) · Bleche und Bänder, aus Aluminiumlegierungen, mit einer Dicke von > 0,2 mm, jedoch < 3 mm, quadratisch oder rechteckig (ausg. mit Farbe versehen, lackiert oder mit Kunststoff beschichtet, Streckbleche und -bänder, Bänder für Getränkedosenkörper, Getränkedosendeckel und Getränkedosenlaschen) (CN label (DE)) · Bleche und Bänder, aus Aluminiumlegierungen, mit einer Dicke von >= 3 mm, jedoch < 6 mm, quadratisch oder rechteckig (ausg. mit Farbe versehen, lackiert oder mit Kunststoff beschichtet) (CN label (DE)) · Bänder, Bleche und Platten
latest data: 2025 · retrieved: 2026-10-26 · next update: 2027-02 (period 2026) full year 2026 – after the December data release (February 2027); annual data may be revised in later releases
latest data: 2025 · retrieved: 2026-10-26 · next update: 2027-07 (period 2026) first release of annual data in mid-July of the following year; revisions – mid-month (ESMS metadata prom_esms, item 8.1)
How to cite
ai-waw.com (2026). Aluminium sheet and strip (under 6 mm) – product profile: EU-27 trade, PRODCOM production and producers. Products dataset 2.1 (2026-10-26), class revision 2, SHA-256 f9d848393508…; https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-sheet-strip
2 (26 October 2026) 172aa6585399b0259f10ed680945a58b33f91954b8669ef4367a3101920ea28b
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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).