Products · Zinc · Unwrought alloys (feedstock) · Zinc alloys
Zinc galvanizing alloys (ZnAl, ZnNi, ZnAlMg)
Unwrought alloys (ingots, blocks) – foundry feedstock, not a semi-finished product; a family outside the semis layout.
Unwrought zinc alloys for galvanizing baths and continuous strip coating lines – ZnAl (e.g. Galfan), ZnNi, ZnAlMg and zinc-based bath master alloys. Galvanizing feedstock, not a semi-finished product. Under subheading note 1 to CN chapter 79 an alloy is zinc with other elements totalling over 2.5% – zinc with smaller additions of aluminium, nickel or bismuth is non-alloy zinc in the CN (7901 11–12), outside the class trade. CN code 7901 20 00 shared with casting alloys – trade common to both classes, do not add up.
- Metal
- Zinc
- CN
7901 20 00- PRODCOM
24.43.12.50
Key figures of the class, 2025
from the data In 2025 EU-27 imports from outside the EU amounted to 44.7 thousand t (EUR 130 million) and exports to 102 thousand t (EUR 275 million); the mass balance was +57.5 thousand t (export surplus). Intra-EU arrivals (reported by EU countries) – 350 thousand t. Main non-EU suppliers: Norway (96.5%), South Korea (1.1%) and Brazil (0.6%). Main non-EU customers: Türkiye (46.7%), Saudi Arabia (8.4%) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (6.1%). Between 2015 and 2025 import mass changed by −5.5% and export mass by +46.7%. EU-27 sold production according to PRODCOM (code 24.43.12.50, shared with classes: “Zinc casting alloys (Zamak, ZA)”) was 823 thousand t in 2025 (EUR 1.35 billion). EU-27 apparent consumption within the scope of the PRODCOM code (sold production + non-EU imports − non-EU exports; excluding production for own use): 766 thousand t.
Data as of: · version 2.40 · verified at source up to · Dataset changes · Markdown · JSON
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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)
Figure data (table)
| Year | extra-EU imports | extra-EU exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 32,037 | 22,931 | −9,105 |
| 2006 | 45,273 | 35,565 | −9,708 |
| 2007 | 47,930 | 26,917 | −21,013 |
| 2008 | 36,997 | 28,310 | −8,688 |
| 2009 | 15,964 | 20,454 | 4,490 |
| 2010 | 22,083 | 44,623 | 22,540 |
| 2011 | 30,649 | 26,215 | −4,434 |
| 2012 | 44,567 | 31,474 | −13,093 |
| 2013 | 38,365 | 55,078 | 16,712 |
| 2014 | 45,196 | 99,541 | 54,345 |
| 2015 | 47,286 | 69,593 | 22,307 |
| 2016 | 50,138 | 75,756 | 25,618 |
| 2017 | 61,841 | 81,249 | 19,409 |
| 2018 | 56,089 | 98,813 | 42,724 |
| 2019 | 56,541 | 108,014 | 51,473 |
| 2020 | 41,165 | 114,748 | 73,583 |
| 2021 | 30,073 | 124,450 | 94,376 |
| 2022 | 39,981 | 99,435 | 59,454 |
| 2023 | 39,970 | 62,772 | 22,802 |
| 2024 | 40,143 | 90,194 | 50,050 |
| 2025 | 44,675 | 102,126 | 57,452 |
| 2026 2026-01/2026-08 | 28,567 | 66,676 | 38,108 |
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 24.43.12.50 (all classes of the code and the CN codes of its scope); intra-EU trade – the class CN codes.
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 data (table)
| Balance item | Mass (t) |
|---|---|
| EU-27 sold production (code group) | 823,403 |
| Extra-EU imports (code group) | 44,675 |
| EU-27 supply (code group) | 868,077 |
| Extra-EU exports (code group) | 102,126 |
| Apparent consumption (code group) | 765,951 |
| Intra-EU trade (class) | 350,391 |
PRODCOM production and apparent consumption
EU-27 sold production according to PRODCOM (codes 24.43.12.50) 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 casting alloys (Zamak, ZA) .
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 code 24.43.12.50 (classes: Zinc casting alloys (Zamak, ZA), Zinc galvanizing alloys (ZnAl, ZnNi, ZnAlMg)). 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)
Figure data (table)
| Year | Sold production (t) | Quantity flag | Value (EUR) | Apparent consumption (t) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | gap | – | – | |
| 2006 | 739,493 | 1,829,420,794 | 749,201 | |
| 2007 | 678,824 | 1,934,277,665 | 699,837 | |
| 2008 | 665,800 | 1,212,416,652 | 674,487 | |
| 2009 | 396,466 | 556,670,855 | 391,976 | |
| 2010 | 506,028 | 861,931,901 | 483,488 | |
| 2011 | 484,739 | 820,671,837 | 489,173 | |
| 2012 | 583,229 | 830,704,609 | 596,322 | |
| 2013 | 596,415 | 811,475,245 | 579,703 | |
| 2014 | 550,351 | 809,351,885 | 496,006 | |
| 2015 | 609,500 | 1,017,712,682 | 587,193 | |
| 2016 | 699,554 | 1,164,050,980 | 673,935 | |
| 2017 | 734,808 | 1,684,497,380 | 715,400 | |
| 2018 | 724,665 | 1,652,703,620 | 681,941 | |
| 2019 | 739,903 | R | 1,482,051,758 | 688,430 |
| 2020 | 643,980 | RX | 1,200,000,000 | 570,397 |
| 2021 | 918,633 | X | 1,451,043,622 | 824,257 |
| 2022 | 882,877 | E | 1,838,863,746 | 823,423 |
| 2023 | 828,203 | 1,549,091,949 | 805,401 | |
| 2024 | 741,007 | 1,446,656,937 | 690,957 | |
| 2025 | 823,403 | 1,349,818,033 | 765,951 |
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.
export surplus ≥ 35.5 thousand texport surplus 8,874 t–35.5 thousand texport surplus < 8,874 tbalance ≈ 0import surplus < 8,874 timport surplus 8,874 t–35.5 thousand timport surplus ≥ 35.5 thousand tnon-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)
Figure data (table)
| 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 9,750 | 83,207 | +73.5 thousand t | 2.5 | 29.2 | 22,215 |
| Belgium ‡ | 38,995 | 88,419 | +49.4 thousand t | 9.9 | 31.1 | 135,023 |
| Slovakia | 673 | 11,888 | +11.2 thousand t | 0.2 | 4.2 | 8,488 |
| Bulgaria | 38 | 119 | +81.3 t | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,583 |
| Luxembourg ‡ | 6 | 27 | +20.9 t | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5,222 |
| Malta | 2 | 0 | −2.2 t | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Ireland | 9 | 0 | −9.1 t | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Cyprus | 38 | 0 | −37.5 t | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Estonia | 76 | 28 | −48.4 t | 0.0 | 0.0 | 460 |
| Latvia | 61 | 0 | −60.9 t | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27 |
| Netherlands | 46,004 | 45,883 | −120 t | 11.6 | 16.1 | 83,710 |
| Denmark | 337 | 32 | −305 t | 0.1 | 0.0 | 70 |
| Croatia | 390 | 2 | −388 t | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12 |
| Lithuania | 679 | 0 | −679 t | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Greece | 1,269 | 127 | −1,142 t | 0.3 | 0.0 | 79 |
| Finland ‡ | 1,282 | 22 | −1,260 t | 0.3 | 0.0 | 7,371 |
| Romania | 2,836 | 99 | −2,737 t | 0.7 | 0.0 | 4 |
| Hungary | 3,447 | 150 | −3,297 t | 0.9 | 0.1 | 4 |
| Portugal | 4,859 | 9 | −4,850 t | 1.2 | 0.0 | 118 |
| Slovenia | 6,124 | 1,215 | −4,909 t | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1,149 |
| Sweden ‡ | 10,332 | 4 | −10.3 thousand t | 2.6 | 0.0 | 26,046 |
| Czechia | 10,451 | 22 | −10.4 thousand t | 2.7 | 0.0 | 289 |
| Poland | 16,356 | 3,095 | −13.3 thousand t | 4.1 | 1.1 | 3,262 |
| France | 26,323 | 9,481 | −16.8 thousand t | 6.7 | 3.3 | 7,448 |
| Austria | 23,006 | 2,919 | −20.1 thousand t | 5.8 | 1.0 | 4,208 |
| Germany ‡ | 92,422 | 27,378 | −65.0 thousand t | 23.4 | 9.6 | 38,712 |
| Italy | 99,302 | 10,563 | −88.7 thousand t | 25.1 | 3.7 | 4,891 |
‡ 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 → destination20.0 thousand t5,000 t1,000 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)
Figure data (table)
| Flow (consignment → destination) | Mass (t) | Value (EUR) |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium → Germany | 47,078 | 130,823,548 |
| Belgium → Italy | 36,070 | 104,469,933 |
| Netherlands → Germany | 33,037 | 95,569,509 |
| Germany → Italy | 24,495 | 71,055,804 |
| Netherlands → Belgium | 23,603 | 66,152,522 |
| Netherlands → Italy | 18,973 | 45,642,230 |
| Belgium → Austria | 16,372 | 48,390,846 |
| Sweden → Belgium | 14,356 | 40,486,808 |
| Spain → Italy | 13,745 | 30,993,156 |
| Belgium → France | 10,961 | 33,578,435 |
| Belgium → Spain | 7,806 | 24,937,156 |
| Sweden → France | 6,657 | 18,681,993 |
| Spain → Netherlands | 6,638 | 13,800,801 |
| Belgium → Poland | 5,703 | 16,905,133 |
| Netherlands → France | 5,342 | 17,508,433 |
| Germany → Austria | 5,221 | 15,408,756 |
| Germany → Poland | 5,095 | 16,022,845 |
| France → Germany | 4,045 | 11,633,300 |
| Slovakia → Czechia | 3,799 | 11,364,679 |
| Sweden → Germany | 3,476 | 9,902,162 |
| Finland → Poland | 3,475 | 10,125,360 |
| Belgium → Czechia | 2,954 | 9,045,721 |
| Luxembourg → Netherlands | 2,730 | 7,621,417 |
| Belgium → Slovenia | 2,654 | 7,886,881 |
| Finland → Germany | 2,297 | 6,306,312 |
| Poland → Romania | 2,119 | 5,044,851 |
| Germany → Czechia | 2,118 | 6,580,674 |
| Belgium → Sweden | 1,979 | 6,123,117 |
| Italy → Slovenia | 1,884 | 5,703,564 |
| Belgium → Portugal | 1,823 | 5,703,374 |
| Spain → Portugal | 1,809 | 5,340,957 |
| France → Italy | 1,667 | 5,023,951 |
| Italy → Germany | 1,492 | 3,928,861 |
| Slovakia → Hungary | 1,469 | 3,787,507 |
| Luxembourg → France | 1,462 | 4,473,875 |
| Slovakia → Slovenia | 1,310 | 4,274,920 |
| Austria → Czechia | 1,219 | 2,641,034 |
| Austria → Hungary | 1,218 | 3,774,303 |
| Slovenia → Italy | 1,115 | 3,275,924 |
| Netherlands → Spain | 1,062 | 3,383,335 |
| Bulgaria → Italy | 1,025 | 3,193,289 |
| Slovakia → Poland | 1,021 | 3,075,810 |
| Germany → France | 944 | 2,345,164 |
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.
- Norway · 43.1 thousand t
- South Korea* · 503 t
- Brazil* · 248 t
- United Kingdom · 221 t
- Tunisia* · 150 t
- Türkiye · 143 t
- United States* · 98.7 t
- Mexico* · 95.3 t
- China* · 41.7 t
- Qatar* · 15.5 t
Arrow from/to the EU-27 point (notional centre of the EU area); number – rank and mass20.0 thousand t5,000 t1,000 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)
Figure data (table)
| # | Country | Mass (t) | Value (EUR) | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 43,129 | 124,600,107 | 96.5 |
| 2 | South Korea | 503 | 1,556,205 | 1.1 |
| 3 | Brazil | 248 | 680,442 | 0.6 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 221 | 831,371 | 0.5 |
| 5 | Tunisia | 150 | 1,068,816 | 0.3 |
| 6 | Türkiye | 143 | 492,391 | 0.3 |
| 7 | United States | 99 | 214,146 | 0.2 |
| 8 | Mexico | 95 | 217,985 | 0.2 |
| 9 | China | 42 | 448,838 | 0.1 |
| 10 | Qatar | 16 | 40,508 | 0.0 |
Non-EU suppliers, 2025
HHI (mass with an identified country) 9,322 · top three 98.2% · partners: 23 · mass with an identified country 100.0%
| Country | Mass (t) | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Norway | 43,129 | 96.5 |
| South Korea | 503 | 1.1 |
| Brazil | 248 | 0.6 |
| United Kingdom | 221 | 0.5 |
| Tunisia | 150 | 0.3 |
| Türkiye | 143 | 0.3 |
| United States | 99 | 0.2 |
| Mexico | 95 | 0.2 |
| China | 42 | 0.1 |
| Qatar | 16 | 0.0 |
Fastest growing, 2020 → 2025
- Norway 29,310 → 43,129 t (+47.1%)
Fastest declining, 2020 → 2025
- United Kingdom 10,997 → 221 t (−98.0%)
New partners
- South Korea 503 t
Change for partners with at least 412 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) 2,406 · top three 61.2% · partners: 76 · mass with an identified country 100.0%
| Country | Mass (t) | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Türkiye | 47,738 | 46.7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 8,533 | 8.4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6,179 | 6.1 |
| Brazil | 5,510 | 5.4 |
| Pakistan | 4,280 | 4.2 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3,725 | 3.6 |
| Vietnam | 3,134 | 3.1 |
| Mexico | 3,061 | 3.0 |
| Egypt | 3,058 | 3.0 |
| Tunisia | 2,592 | 2.5 |
Fastest growing, 2020 → 2025
- Brazil 1,487 → 5,510 t (+270.6%)
- Saudi Arabia 2,303 → 8,533 t (+270.5%)
- Vietnam 1,426 → 3,134 t (+119.7%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,147 → 6,179 t (+0.5%)
- Serbia 1,213 → 1,215 t (+0.1%)
Fastest declining, 2020 → 2025
- Indonesia 2,639 → 41 t (−98.5%)
- Taiwan 1,636 → 100 t (−93.9%)
- Ukraine 2,716 → 1,111 t (−59.1%)
- Morocco 3,982 → 2,101 t (−47.2%)
- Türkiye 75,198 → 47,738 t (−36.5%)
New partners
- Pakistan 4,280 t
- United Arab Emirates 3,725 t
- Mexico 3,061 t
- United Kingdom 2,342 t
- Switzerland 1,758 t
Change for partners with at least 1,148 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.
Figure data (table)
| Name | Stage | CN |
|---|---|---|
| Unwrought zinc (feedstock) | Feedstock | 7901 |
| Zinc galvanizing alloys (ZnAl, ZnNi, ZnAlMg) | Class | 7901 20 00 |
| Zinc and zinc-alloy coated steel sheet and strip | Following classes | 7210 30 00 7210 41 00 7210 49 00 7210 61 00 7212 20 00 7212 30 00 7212 50 61 7225 91 00 7225 92 00 7226 99 10 7226 99 30 |
| zinc scrap | Scrap | 7902 |
Figure 8. Map of plants
Source: ai-waw.com Companies register (entries from primary documents), as of 2026-10-25, version 2.40. plants without coordinates are not on the map. Base map: Natural Earth (public domain). Location of some plants: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
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).
- 7
- producing plants (incl. outside the EU) of which in the EU-27: 6
- 7
- companies
- 6
- countries
- 33.3%
- non-EU control – plants in the EU-27
Corporate groups (a company without a group counted separately): 6
Non-EU control – plants in the EU-27: 2 of 6 plants with an established controller (6 of 7 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.
Alloys and standards
Materials, product standards and synonyms of this class from the alloy and standard glossary.
Materials
| Material | Designations | Classes (basis) |
|---|---|---|
| Galfan zinc and zinc alloys for galvanizing, coatings | class definition | |
| ZnAl zinc and zinc alloys for galvanizing, coatings | class definition | |
| ZnNi zinc and zinc alloys for galvanizing, coatings | ZnNi 0,5 |
class definition, register |
Synonyms
- PL
- Galfan (trade name) · cynkowanie ogniowe
- EN
- hot dip galvanizing · hot dip galvanising
- DE
- Zinklegierungen in Rohform (CN label (DE)) · Feuerverzinkung · Feuerverzinken
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
- Production technologies: charge and melt analysis · melting and casting · protective atmospheres, gases and utilities · smelting and refining · scrap recycling and sorting A picture of the supply market – not a commercial recommendation.
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
ai-waw.com (2026). Zinc galvanizing alloys (ZnAl, ZnNi, ZnAlMg) – product profile: EU-27 trade, PRODCOM production and producers. Products dataset 2.1 (2026-10-26), class revision 1, SHA-256 f9d848393508…; https://www.ai-waw.com/en/products/zn-alloy-galv
- Dataset edition
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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).