Zinc bars, rods and profiles

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).

extra-EU imports extra-EU exports 2026* – data for 2026-01/2026-08 (incomplete year, hollow marker, no line)

Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-045409 (class CN8 codes, EU-27); compiled by ai-waw.com – products dataset 2.1.
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)

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Figure data (table)

EU-27 trade – Zinc bars, rods and profiles – extra-EU, tonnes of product mass

Year	extra-EU imports	extra-EU exports	Balance
2005	1,912	2,168	256
2006	2,124	2,841	717
2007	2,236	2,030	−207
2008	1,564	1,849	285
2009	1,701	2,197	496
2010	1,406	1,622	216
2011	1,960	1,678	−282
2012	8,781	2,082	−6,699
2013	11,300	3,468	−7,833
2014	5,162	6,719	1,558
2015	1,214	5,229	4,015
2016	2,123	4,253	2,130
2017	1,873	2,188	315
2018	1,687	2,627	939
2019	1,416	2,339	923
2020	1,551	2,171	619
2021	1,081	2,335	1,254
2022	1,213	1,226	13
2023	2,201	1,020	−1,181
2024	2,306	1,269	−1,037
2025	2,233	1,006	−1,228
2026 2026-01/2026-08	1,411	514	−897

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.

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 24.43.23.00 (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)

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Figure data (table)

EU-27 balance – PRODCOM group 24.43.23.00 (3 classes, including Zinc bars, rods and profiles), 2025

Balance item	Mass (t)
EU-27 sold production (code group)	180,000 (R)
Extra-EU imports (code group)	9,992
EU-27 supply (code group)	189,992
Extra-EU exports (code group)	11,158
Apparent consumption (code group)	178,834
Intra-EU trade (class)	25,966

PRODCOM production and apparent consumption

EU-27 sold production according to PRODCOM (codes 24.43.23.00) 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). The PRODCOM code also covers classes: Zinc and zinc alloy wire, Zinc sheet, strip and foil (incl. titanium-zinc) .

EU-27 sold production (t) Eurostat estimate (E) apparent consumption (t) E – Eurostat estimate, R – rounded, C – confidential (no bar), “–” – gap

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 code 24.43.23.00 (classes: Zinc and zinc alloy wire, Zinc bars, rods and profiles, Zinc sheet, strip and foil (incl. titanium-zinc)). 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)

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Figure data (table)

EU-27 sold production and apparent consumption – PRODCOM group 24.43.23.00 (3 classes, including Zinc bars, rods and profiles), 2005–2025

Year	Sold production (t)	Quantity flag	Value (EUR)	Apparent consumption (t)
2005	gap		–	–
2006	298,870	R	935,542,073	308,795
2007	271,110	R	931,861,882	283,274
2008	281,543	R	704,319,423	294,061
2009	286,797		647,618,462	297,640
2010	296,186	R	777,724,816	304,457
2011	321,668	R	949,281,227	331,509
2012	311,946	R	797,607,984	326,710
2013	297,478	R	745,974,509	312,327
2014	306,297	R	787,358,877	307,317
2015	295,262	R	833,563,712	297,489
2016	292,713		840,017,998	295,856
2017	253,605	E	888,013,616	261,830
2018	250,019		848,914,242	257,151
2019	228,355		786,068,210	234,117
2020	240,379		752,531,387	245,241
2021	300,000	R	960,000,000	295,974
2022	250,000	R	1,200,000,000	250,062
2023	180,000	R	600,000,000	178,696
2024	180,000	R	900,000,000	178,869
2025	180,000	R	600,000,000	178,834

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.

export surplus ≥ 3,152 texport surplus 788 t–3,152 texport surplus < 788 tbalance ≈ 0import surplus < 788 timport surplus 788 t–3,152 timport surplus ≥ 3,152 tno figure (confidential exports)non-EU countries

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)

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Figure data (table)

EU-27 countries in the trade of the class – Zinc bars, rods and profiles, 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)
Belgium	1,192	6,172	+4,980 t	4.2	62.3	5,398
Estonia	10	15	+4.5 t	0.0	0.2	29
Croatia	23	3	−20.8 t	0.1	0.0	2
Latvia	39	14	−25.7 t	0.1	0.1	3
Cyprus	26	0	−25.9 t	0.1	0.0	0
Greece	38	12	−26.7 t	0.1	0.1	26
Netherlands	347	308	−38.9 t	1.2	3.1	341
Slovenia	45	3	−41.8 t	0.2	0.0	12
Malta	46	0	−45.9 t	0.2	0.0	0
Ireland	73	0	−72.5 t	0.3	0.0	0
Sweden	128	17	−112 t	0.5	0.2	233
Slovakia	123	1	−122 t	0.4	0.0	448
Hungary	155	2	−153 t	0.6	0.0	2
Luxembourg ‡	291	124	−167 t	1.0	1.3	7,756
Lithuania	173	2	−171 t	0.6	0.0	10
Poland	2,090	1,765	−325 t	7.4	17.8	1,580
Denmark	652	100	−552 t	2.3	1.0	1
Czechia	1,337	103	−1,234 t	4.7	1.0	200
Portugal	2,487	757	−1,730 t	8.8	7.6	248
Spain	2,152	136	−2,016 t	7.6	1.4	68
Romania	2,062	40	−2,022 t	7.3	0.4	10
France	4,283	335	−3,948 t	15.2	3.4	320
Austria	7,881	1	−7,879 t	28.0	0.0	419
Bulgaria	190	confidential (C)	–	0.7	–	633
Finland	48	confidential (C)	–	0.2	–	1,855
Germany	1,176	confidential (C)	–	4.2	–	5,951
Italy	1,133	confidential (C)	–	4.0	–	422

‡ dispatches in the import declarations of partners more than twice the own exports of the country (difference > 2 thousand t) – an asymmetry of intra-EU trade statistics

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.

Arc: consignment → destination5,000 t1,000 t200 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. 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)

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Figure data (table)

Intra-EU flows – Zinc bars, rods and profiles, 2025

Flow (consignment → destination)	Mass (t)	Value (EUR)
Luxembourg → Austria	7,592	21,931,645
Belgium → France	2,847	13,387,857
Germany → Poland	1,858	6,495,775
Belgium → Spain	1,312	6,289,471
Germany → Belgium	1,048	4,316,935
Finland → Portugal	944	3,358,416
Germany → Czechia	906	3,424,931
Bulgaria → Romania	631	561,674
Belgium → Germany	619	2,233,718
Germany → France	512	1,764,015
Finland → France	473	1,801,050
Slovakia → Romania	448	411,743
Germany → Portugal	442	1,565,634
Germany → Denmark	342	1,331,800
Italy → Romania	286	826,029
Poland → Spain	277	1,071,379
Belgium → Luxembourg	258	1,296,520
Portugal → Spain	248	1,159,308
Poland → Italy	226	839,656
Poland → Portugal	220	781,880
Netherlands → France	218	665,535
Poland → Czechia	216	870,292
France → Italy	215	626,307
Sweden → Romania	203	265,983
Germany → Italy	201	914,324
Austria → Romania	199	251,482
Germany → Austria	184	698,867
Finland → Italy	180	743,621
Austria → Italy	162	363,367
Poland → Romania	148	308,755
Poland → Lithuania	144	323,277
Germany → Hungary	129	476,571
Finland → Germany	121	485,725
Poland → Germany	119	438,681
Czechia → Slovakia	114	322,158
Netherlands → Germany	100	343,229
Czechia → Italy	84	141,684
Belgium → Netherlands	83	786,510
Poland → Denmark	77	412,574
Belgium → Czechia	76	352,927
Germany → Romania	74	254,068
Luxembourg → Poland	73	365,433
Belgium → Denmark	66	406,183

Non-EU partners, 2025

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.

1. India* · 1,498 t
2. China* · 411 t
3. United Kingdom · 188 t
4. Türkiye · 35.9 t
5. Norway · 31.5 t
6. United Arab Emirates* · 22 t
7. United States* · 21.7 t
8. North Macedonia · 5 t
9. Peru* · 4 t
10. Canada* · 3.2 t

Arrow from/to the EU-27 point (notional centre of the EU area); number – rank and mass1,000 t200 t50 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)

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Figure data (table)

EU-27 imports by country of origin – Zinc bars, rods and profiles, 2025

#	Country	Mass (t)	Value (EUR)	Share (%)
1	India	1,498	4,696,324	67.1
2	China	411	1,662,005	18.4
3	United Kingdom	188	1,177,519	8.4
4	Türkiye	36	135,198	1.6
5	Norway	32	119,447	1.4
6	United Arab Emirates	22	104,178	1.0
7	United States	22	231,597	1.0
8	North Macedonia	5	21,149	0.2
9	Peru	4	14,338	0.2
10	Canada	3	54,111	0.1

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.

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Figure data (table)

Product chain – Zinc bars, rods and profiles

Name	Stage	CN
Unwrought zinc (feedstock)	Feedstock	7901
Zinc bars, rods and profiles	Class	7904 00 00
zinc scrap	Scrap	7902

Producers

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).

0

producing plants (incl. outside the EU) of which in the EU-27: 0

0

companies

0

countries

–

non-EU control – plants in the EU-27

Corporate groups (a company without a group counted separately): 0
Non-EU control – plants in the EU-27: 0 of 0 plants with an established controller (0 of 0 producing plants are in the EU-27; plants outside the EU are out of scope of the indicator; ownership control logic and area).
No document states a capacity for this class – no sum is computed.

No plants with a primary document in the register for this class.

A plant without a document naming the class is not entered – no entry does not mean no production. Plants of the metal in the register: Companies – Zinc

Alloys and standards

Materials, product standards and synonyms of this class from the alloy and standard glossary.

The glossary has no materials of this class with a documented basis yet.

Synonyms

PL

pręty na anody

EN

zinc bars, rods and profiles

DE

Stangen "Stäbe", Profile und Draht, aus Zink, a.n.g. (CN label (DE))

Full alloy and standard glossary →

Related

• Flow analysis: EU-27 Zinc Flows
• Country zinc flow analyses: Zinc Flows in Poland
• Ownership control of the producers: Ownership control (product filter)
• Companies list and map filtered to this class: Companies

Data freshness

Eurostat, Comext DS-045409 (annual data)

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

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) 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

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).

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