# Aluminium wire rod

Non-alloy aluminium wire with a maximum cross-sectional dimension over 7 mm – mostly electrical-grade wire rod (e.g. EN AW-1350) from continuous casting and rolling, the feed of wire drawing and conductor making. Copper counterpart: copper wire rod – competing use: feed for drawing wire for electrical conductors and cables.

- Metal: Aluminium
- Family: Wire rod and wire (Wire rod) · Unalloyed aluminium – https://ai-waw.com/en/products/aluminium#rodzina-wire
- CN: 7605 11 00
- PRODCOM: 24.42.23.30
- Data as of: 2026-10-25, version 2.40
- Page: https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod
- JSON: https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod.json

## Producers – key figures

- producing plants (incl. outside the EU): 3 (of which in the EU-27: 2)
- 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 2 plants with an established controller (2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRIMET France Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne) | [TRIMET France](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/trimet-france.md) | [TRIMET Aluminium SE](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/trimet-aluminium-se.md) | France | produced | – | [B] Paper by the managing director of TRIMET France “10 Years of TRIMET France: A Success Story”, ICSOBA 2024 – casthouse in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne: three electrical wire rod lines, 1 – https://icsoba.org/assets/files/publications/2024/Papers/KN02%20-%2010%20Years%20of%20TRIMET%20France%20-%20A%20Success%20Story.pdf | 2026-10-19 | TRIMET Aluminium SE (Germany) |
| Hydro Karmøy (Karmøy) | [Hydro](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/hydro.md) | [Norsk Hydro ASA](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/norsk-hydro-asa.md) | Norway | produced | – | [B] Company website – Karmøy Primary Production plant page (hydro.com): foundry producing wire rod for high-voltage cables – https://www.hydro.com/en/global/about-hydro/hydro-worldwide/europe/norway/karmoy/karmoy-primary-production/ | 2026-10-19 | Norsk Hydro ASA (Norway) |
| Skawina – melting and continuous casting with rolling of aluminium wire rod, wire drawing plant, cable stranding plant, extrusion (Skawina) | [NPA Skawina sp. z o.o.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/npa-skawina-sp-z-o-o.md) | [Boryszew](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/boryszew.md) | Poland | produced | 1xxx | [B] Company brochure – Boryszew S.A. NPA Skawina Branch (wire rod, wires, conductors), 2 – https://www.pige.com.pl/uploads/Pliki/do_pobrania/Boryszew%20NPA%20Skawina%20folder%20A3%20do%20A4%20jasny.pdf | 2026-10-19 | Grupa Boryszew (Poland) |

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

## Key figures of the class, 2025

- **Extra-EU imports, 2025**: 328 thousand t (EUR 931 million)
- **Extra-EU exports, 2025**: 17.1 thousand t (EUR 55.7 million)
- **Intra-EU arrivals, 2025**: 275 thousand t (EUR 848 million) – arrivals reported by EU countries; intra-EU dispatches: 245 thousand t
- **EU-27 production (PRODCOM), 2025**: 60.0 thousand t (EUR 280 million) – value rounded by Eurostat (R); PRODCOM code shared by 2 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**: #18 of 26 (by extra-EU export mass) – imports: #3 of 26; exports: #18 of 26; production (PRODCOM code group): #8 of 9; code shared by 2 classes

In 2025 EU-27 imports from outside the EU amounted to 328 thousand t (EUR 931 million) and exports to 17.1 thousand t (EUR 55.7 million); the mass balance was −311 thousand t (import surplus). Intra-EU arrivals (reported by EU countries) – 275 thousand t. Main non-EU suppliers: Iceland (23.3%), Norway (16.7%) and Mozambique (13.8%). Main non-EU customers: Bosnia and Herzegovina (34.2%), Serbia (21.3%) and Switzerland (16.3%). Between 2015 and 2025 import mass changed by +30.8% and export mass by −35.9%. EU-27 sold production according to PRODCOM (code 24.42.23.30, shared with classes: “Aluminium wire (up to 7 mm)”) was 60.0 thousand t in 2025 (EUR 280 million). EU-27 apparent consumption within the scope of the PRODCOM code (sold production + non-EU imports − non-EU exports; excluding production for own use): 374 thousand t.

## What you should know about this data

- The class covers CN code 7605 11 00 (CN 2026); PRODCOM code 24.42.23.30 also covers classes: “Aluminium wire (up to 7 mm)” – production refers to the whole group.
- Class codes unchanged in 2005–2025 (Eurostat CN8 predecessor–successor table) – comparable series.
- PRODCOM (sold production, 24.42.23.30): EU-27 quantity in 2015 is a Eurostat estimate (E); EU-27 quantity in 2021–2025 rounded by Eurostat (R; value ± rounding base, in 2025 ± 20.0 thousand t); 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 10 countries (AT, BE, CZ, DE, GR, IT, NL, PL, PT, SE) – 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) |
|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2005 | 250,058 | 35,131 | 417,099,673 | 62,152,979 | 138,084 | 163,921 | 1,668 | 1,769 |
| 2006 | 235,637 | 31,838 | 533,732,181 | 75,621,732 | 162,758 | 203,162 | 2,265 | 2,375 |
| 2007 | 268,880 | 27,156 | 611,542,344 | 64,313,586 | 167,864 | 211,446 | 2,274 | 2,368 |
| 2008 | 277,994 | 24,008 | 579,473,391 | 54,332,876 | 147,201 | 195,167 | 2,084 | 2,263 |
| 2009 | 225,705 | 33,709 | 320,545,626 | 51,191,474 | 147,819 | 147,095 | 1,420 | 1,519 |
| 2010 | 274,327 | 36,920 | 484,495,010 | 71,061,735 | 187,555 | 171,245 | 1,766 | 1,925 |
| 2011 | 303,134 | 33,793 | 611,994,055 | 71,011,748 | 194,626 | 165,406 | 2,019 | 2,101 |
| 2012 | 278,381 | 52,807 | 520,126,716 | 107,062,536 | 177,795 | 147,429 | 1,868 | 2,027 |
| 2013 | 256,042 | 24,295 | 455,478,193 | 47,240,948 | 181,512 | 154,008 | 1,779 | 1,944 |
| 2014 | 223,059 | 18,799 | 384,281,841 | 37,044,231 | 248,058 | 212,625 | 1,723 | 1,971 |
| 2015 | 250,827 | 26,674 | 490,800,272 | 57,227,836 | 245,257 | 221,675 | 1,957 | 2,145 |
| 2016 | 259,118 | 20,762 | 442,668,402 | 38,819,716 | 233,509 | 179,017 | 1,708 | 1,870 |
| 2017 | 233,956 | 22,766 | 464,922,549 | 47,967,156 | 232,630 | 209,885 | 1,987 | 2,107 |
| 2018 | 245,965 | 20,706 | 508,790,551 | 45,601,878 | 252,342 | 205,919 | 2,069 | 2,202 |
| 2019 | 188,181 | 22,759 | 365,134,311 | 47,102,645 | 231,626 | 218,818 | 1,940 | 2,070 |
| 2020 | 257,133 | 23,829 | 450,146,058 | 44,887,099 | 220,622 | 216,873 | 1,751 | 1,884 |
| 2021 | 255,856 | 22,666 | 595,099,936 | 56,201,808 | 234,632 | 201,955 | 2,326 | 2,480 |
| 2022 | 328,834 | 17,976 | 1,049,290,309 | 62,647,066 | 249,965 | 184,905 | 3,191 | 3,485 |
| 2023 | 311,058 | 22,952 | 843,030,491 | 75,288,580 | 218,966 | 177,853 | 2,710 | 3,280 |
| 2024 | 291,937 | 19,278 | 795,956,010 | 60,996,577 | 254,364 | 224,771 | 2,726 | 3,164 |
| 2025 | 328,039 | 17,098 | 930,590,040 | 55,707,248 | 274,639 | 244,961 | 2,837 | 3,258 |
| 2026 (2026-01/2026-08) | 204,155 | 8,690 | 676,538,553 | 34,248,079 | 172,466 | 178,554 | 3,314 | 3,941 |

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-wire-rod/data/trade.csv) · [JSON](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod/data/trade.json) · [Metadata](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod/data/trade.metadata.json)

## Class balance in the EU-27, 2025

EU-27 balance in 2025: sold production 60.0 thousand t, extra-EU imports 333 thousand t, extra-EU exports 19.6 thousand t, apparent consumption 374 thousand t; intra-EU trade of the class 275 thousand t (loop).

- EU-27 sold production: 60.0 thousand t (value rounded by Eurostat (R))
- Extra-EU imports: 333 thousand t
- Extra-EU exports: 19.6 thousand t
- Apparent consumption: 374 thousand t
- Intra-EU trade (class): 275 thousand t

Production, imports, exports and apparent consumption – within PRODCOM code 24.42.23.30 (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-wire-rod/data/balance.csv) · [JSON](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod/data/balance.json) · [Metadata](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod/data/balance.metadata.json)

## PRODCOM production and apparent consumption

EU-27 sold production according to PRODCOM (codes 24.42.23.30) 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 | 175,677 |  | 425,741,072 | 376,879 |
| 2007 | 117,587 |  | 293,545,928 | 355,854 |
| 2008 | 131,244 |  | 287,569,715 | 383,345 |
| 2009 | 123,654 |  | 214,182,619 | 319,904 |
| 2010 | 119,288 |  | 244,563,844 | 357,877 |
| 2011 | 164,302 |  | 374,476,128 | 433,406 |
| 2012 | 161,656 |  | 317,635,229 | 386,566 |
| 2013 | 167,869 |  | 297,224,792 | 397,870 |
| 2014 | 133,260 |  | 282,503,536 | 334,164 |
| 2015 | 145,154 | E | 337,510,399 | 367,792 |
| 2016 | 126,528 |  | 277,765,373 | 363,623 |
| 2017 | 133,488 |  | 317,634,022 | 343,640 |
| 2018 | 142,283 |  | 345,060,860 | 367,808 |
| 2019 | 124,854 |  | 302,096,878 | 292,576 |
| 2020 | 97,526 |  | 236,699,509 | 331,769 |
| 2021 | 120,000 | R | 210,000,000 | 352,052 |
| 2022 | 60,000 | R | 200,000,000 | 370,535 |
| 2023 | 80,000 | R | 250,000,000 | 368,391 |
| 2024 | 60,000 | R | 210,000,000 | 333,418 |
| 2025 | 60,000 | R | 280,000,000 | 373,580 |

Scope of PRODCOM code 24.42.23.30 (classes: Aluminium wire rod, Aluminium wire (up to 7 mm)). 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-wire-rod/data/production.csv) · [JSON](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod/data/production.json) · [Metadata](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod/data/production.metadata.json)

## EU-27 countries, 2025

Mass balance of EU-27 countries in 2025: largest export surplus – Romania (+34.8 thousand t), largest import surplus – Netherlands (−77.4 thousand t). Confidential exports (no figure): Lithuania, Luxembourg.

| Country | Imports (t) | Exports (t) | Balance (t) | Share of EU-27 imports (%) | Share of EU-27 exports (%) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Romania (RO) | 14,282 | 49,055 | 34,773 | 2.4 | 18.7 |
| France (FR) | 21,445 | 44,598 | 23,153 | 3.6 | 17.0 |
| Belgium (BE) | 4,610 | 15,604 | 10,994 | 0.8 | 6.0 |
| Slovenia (SI) | 6,010 | 6,307 | 297 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
| Ireland (IE) | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Cyprus (CY) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Malta (MT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Latvia (LV) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Slovakia (SK) | 5,819 | 2 | -5,816 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Portugal (PT) | 6,052 | 89 | -5,963 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Bulgaria (BG) | 8,758 | 224 | -8,535 | 1.5 | 0.1 |
| Denmark (DK) | 9,263 | 335 | -8,928 | 1.5 | 0.1 |
| Hungary (HU) | 22,776 | 11,604 | -11,172 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| Croatia (HR) | 11,424 | 93 | -11,331 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| Estonia (EE) | 11,554 | 99 | -11,455 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| Poland (PL) | 39,842 | 28,102 | -11,740 | 6.6 | 10.7 |
| Austria (AT) | 12,767 | 96 | -12,670 | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| Greece (GR) | 15,933 | 290 | -15,644 | 2.6 | 0.1 |
| Finland (FI) | 18,442 | 166 | -18,277 | 3.1 | 0.1 |
| Spain (ES) | 39,332 | 17,160 | -22,172 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| Czechia (CZ) | 33,572 | 674 | -32,898 | 5.6 | 0.3 |
| Sweden (SE) | 35,847 | 1,763 | -34,084 | 6.0 | 0.7 |
| Germany (DE) | 56,095 | 10,726 | -45,369 | 9.3 | 4.1 |
| Italy (IT) | 107,176 | 30,809 | -76,367 | 17.8 | 11.8 |
| Netherlands (NL) | 121,673 | 44,254 | -77,419 | 20.2 | 16.9 |
| Lithuania (LT) | 3 | – | – | 0.0 | – |
| Luxembourg (LU) | 0 | – | – | 0.0 | – |

## EU-27 countries, 2015

Mass balance of EU-27 countries in 2015: largest export surplus – Romania (+55.0 thousand t), largest import surplus – Netherlands (−93.8 thousand t). Confidential exports (no figure): Bulgaria, Luxembourg.

| Country | Imports (t) | Exports (t) | Balance (t) | Share of EU-27 imports (%) | Share of EU-27 exports (%) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Romania (RO) | 5,888 | 60,883 | 54,995 | 1.2 | 24.5 |
| France (FR) | 19,807 | 44,171 | 24,365 | 4.0 | 17.8 |
| Belgium (BE) | 3,853 | 10,933 | 7,081 | 0.8 | 4.4 |
| Portugal (PT) | 4,475 | 10,253 | 5,778 | 0.9 | 4.1 |
| Cyprus (CY) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Malta (MT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lithuania (LT) | 28 | 20 | -8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ireland (IE) | 11 | 0 | -11 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Latvia (LV) | 71 | 0 | -71 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Slovenia (SI) | 3,251 | 3,096 | -155 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| Hungary (HU) | 13,331 | 12,381 | -951 | 2.7 | 5.0 |
| Poland (PL) | 38,409 | 36,670 | -1,739 | 7.7 | 14.8 |
| Slovakia (SK) | 4,062 | 988 | -3,074 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Denmark (DK) | 5,463 | 356 | -5,107 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| Croatia (HR) | 5,885 | 102 | -5,783 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| Greece (GR) | 8,816 | 171 | -8,645 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
| Estonia (EE) | 9,835 | 34 | -9,801 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Finland (FI) | 12,426 | 57 | -12,370 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| Austria (AT) | 13,517 | 142 | -13,375 | 2.7 | 0.1 |
| Sweden (SE) | 23,554 | 238 | -23,316 | 4.8 | 0.1 |
| Italy (IT) | 32,643 | 2,449 | -30,194 | 6.6 | 1.0 |
| Czechia (CZ) | 53,238 | 22,179 | -31,059 | 10.7 | 8.9 |
| Spain (ES) | 47,803 | 5,852 | -41,951 | 9.6 | 2.4 |
| Germany (DE) | 77,831 | 22,591 | -55,240 | 15.7 | 9.1 |
| Netherlands (NL) | 108,631 | 14,783 | -93,848 | 21.9 | 6.0 |
| Bulgaria (BG) | 3,258 | – | – | 0.7 | – |
| Luxembourg (LU) | 0 | – | – | 0.0 | – |
- Data files: [CSV](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod/data/countries.csv) · [JSON](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod/data/countries.json) · [Metadata](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod/data/countries.metadata.json)

## Intra-EU flows, 2025

63 of 171 flows shown (95.1% of mass)

| From country | To country | Mass (t) | Value (EUR) |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| France | Italy | 21,102 | 64,878,013 |
| Netherlands | Germany | 17,319 | 53,921,883 |
| Poland | Czechia | 15,196 | 47,279,955 |
| Italy | Germany | 12,334 | 38,189,961 |
| Italy | Croatia | 10,881 | 33,203,138 |
| Romania | Hungary | 10,479 | 33,439,111 |
| Romania | Czechia | 9,564 | 29,339,126 |
| Italy | Hungary | 8,926 | 26,318,191 |
| Spain | France | 7,833 | 2,069,639 |
| Romania | Poland | 7,694 | 24,944,398 |
| Netherlands | Italy | 7,693 | 24,226,441 |
| Spain | Italy | 7,653 | 24,346,829 |
| Italy | France | 7,341 | 27,384,117 |
| France | Spain | 7,015 | 22,187,852 |
| Netherlands | Poland | 5,890 | 17,902,216 |
| Netherlands | Sweden | 5,333 | 16,871,289 |
| Netherlands | Spain | 5,258 | 14,656,310 |
| Italy | Sweden | 5,078 | 16,013,611 |
| France | Germany | 4,531 | 14,724,511 |
| Netherlands | Austria | 4,412 | 13,692,522 |
Other flows (43) – in the figure CSV file.

## Intra-EU flows, 2015

51 of 157 flows shown (95.2% of mass)

| From country | To country | Mass (t) | Value (EUR) |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| Netherlands | Germany | 17,139 | 34,867,022 |
| Poland | Czechia | 17,044 | 34,556,645 |
| Romania | Czechia | 14,213 | 29,589,524 |
| Germany | Poland | 12,911 | 28,355,219 |
| Romania | Hungary | 12,565 | 26,545,479 |
| France | Italy | 11,494 | 24,108,257 |
| Spain | Germany | 10,172 | 20,620,769 |
| Portugal | Spain | 9,295 | 22,961,387 |
| Italy | Germany | 9,119 | 19,311,382 |
| Italy | France | 7,876 | 24,455,511 |
| Spain | France | 7,476 | 14,799,930 |
| France | Spain | 7,232 | 17,954,357 |
| Romania | Germany | 6,812 | 14,074,971 |
| Netherlands | Spain | 6,671 | 14,327,070 |
| France | Germany | 6,415 | 13,593,608 |
| Slovakia | Czechia | 6,269 | 14,446,888 |
| Belgium | Germany | 5,248 | 11,612,543 |
| Netherlands | Sweden | 4,814 | 10,085,924 |
| Hungary | Austria | 4,419 | 9,489,505 |
| Italy | Spain | 3,595 | 7,743,716 |
Other flows (31) – in the figure CSV file.
- Data files: [CSV](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod/data/intra-eu-flows.csv) · [JSON](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod/data/intra-eu-flows.json) · [Metadata](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod/data/intra-eu-flows.metadata.json)

## Non-EU partners, 2025

### Non-EU suppliers

HHI (mass with an identified country) 1299 · top three 53.9% · partners: 24 · mass with an identified country 100.0%

| # | Country | Mass (t) | Value (EUR) | Share (%) |
|---:|---|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 | Iceland | 76,579 | 201,785,010 | 23.3 |
| 2 | Norway | 54,904 | 175,803,290 | 16.7 |
| 3 | Mozambique | 45,237 | 129,801,284 | 13.8 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 29,769 | 81,403,435 | 9.1 |
| 5 | India | 22,449 | 58,736,793 | 6.8 |
| 6 | Malaysia | 22,177 | 59,771,356 | 6.8 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 18,635 | 51,941,763 | 5.7 |
| 8 | Türkiye | 18,339 | 56,043,080 | 5.6 |
| 9 | Egypt | 16,508 | 48,009,372 | 5.0 |
| 10 | Oman | 13,903 | 40,347,957 | 4.2 |

- Fastest growing, 2020 → 2025: Türkiye 3,760 → 18,339 t (+387.8%); Mozambique 28,485 → 45,237 t (+58.8%); Iceland 67,797 → 76,579 t (+13.0%); Egypt 16,134 → 16,508 t (+2.3%)
- Fastest declining, 2020 → 2025: Russia 62,812 → 0 t (−100.0%); United Kingdom 16,248 → 13 t (−99.9%); Norway 60,366 → 54,904 t (−9.0%)
- New partners: Bahrain 29,769 t; India 22,449 t; Malaysia 22,177 t; United Arab Emirates 18,635 t; Oman 13,903 t

### Non-EU customers

HHI (mass with an identified country) 2005 · top three 71.8% · partners: 31 · mass with an identified country 100.0%

| # | Country | Mass (t) | Value (EUR) | Share (%) |
|---:|---|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5,841 | 18,587,199 | 34.2 |
| 2 | Serbia | 3,650 | 11,081,635 | 21.3 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 2,788 | 9,168,083 | 16.3 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 1,071 | 3,383,418 | 6.3 |
| 5 | Côte d’Ivoire | 1,068 | 3,378,465 | 6.2 |
| 6 | Türkiye | 604 | 2,047,333 | 3.5 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 465 | 1,576,955 | 2.7 |
| 8 | Norway | 444 | 1,887,242 | 2.6 |
| 9 | Tunisia | 434 | 1,446,010 | 2.5 |
| 10 | United States | 295 | 1,671,433 | 1.7 |

- Fastest growing, 2020 → 2025: Norway 340 → 444 t (+30.8%); Switzerland 2,157 → 2,788 t (+29.2%); Ukraine 882 → 1,071 t (+21.4%); Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,401 → 5,841 t (+8.1%)
- Fastest declining, 2020 → 2025: South Africa 591 → 0 t (−100.0%); Canada 1,381 → 2 t (−99.8%); Mexico 582 → 2 t (−99.7%); Türkiye 4,255 → 604 t (−85.8%); Tunisia 805 → 434 t (−46.1%)
- New partners: United States 295 t; El Salvador 177 t

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

## Product chain

Chain of the class “Aluminium wire rod”: preceding classes – –; following classes – Aluminium wire (up to 7 mm).

- **Feedstock**: Unwrought aluminium (feedstock) (CN 7601)
- **Class**: [Aluminium wire rod](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod) (CN 7605 11 00)
- **Following classes**: [Aluminium wire (up to 7 mm)](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire) (CN 7605 19 00)
- **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). Aluminium wire rod – 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-wire-rod

- Dataset edition: 2.1 (2026-10-26)
- Dataset SHA-256: `f9d848393508c9dbe833341fc6b3767c4bfe1b6b47bfc70335adfab2703d4c13`
- Class revision: 1 (2026-10-26), SHA-256 `79d615788e753667839dd24d842e955b6f4c8afb3fc6a74a448be395f602baf3`
- BibTeX: https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod.bib · RIS: https://ai-waw.com/en/products/al-wire-rod.ris

## Counterpart in the other metal

Substitute product in copper: [Copper wire rod](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/cu-wire-rod.md). Common application: feed for drawing wire for electrical conductors and cables.

| | Aluminium wire rod (Al) | Copper wire rod (Cu) |
|---|---:|---:|
| producing plants (incl. outside the EU) | 3 | 16 |
| countries | 3 | 9 |
| Extra-EU imports 2025 (t) | 328,039 | 44,825 |
| Extra-EU exports 2025 (t) | 17,098 | 318,758 |

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: [1350](https://ai-waw.com/en/products/glossary#m-al-1350) (standard, class definition)
- Product standards: EN 1715-1 – Aluminium and aluminium alloys - Drawing stock - Part 1: General requirements and technical conditions for inspection and delivery; ASTM B233 – Standard Specification for Aluminum 1350 Drawing Stock for Electrical Purposes
- Synonyms PL: walcówka aluminiowa
- Synonyms EN: drawing stock; aluminum 1350 drawing stock
- Synonyms DE: Draht aus nichtlegiertem Aluminium, mit einer größten Querschnittsabmessung von > 7 mm (ausg. Litzen, Kabel, Seile und andere Waren der Pos. 7614 sowie isolierte Drähte für die Elektrotechnik); Vordraht
- 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: [charge and melt analysis](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/technology/analiza-wsadu.md); [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); [smelting and refining](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/technology/hutnictwo-rafinacja.md)
- Ownership control of the producers: https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/ownership.md?produkt=al-wire-rod
- Companies list and map filtered to this class: https://ai-waw.com/en/companies?produkt=al-wire-rod

## 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).