Overview of the aluminium foil industry

Overview of the aluminium foil industry

Aluminium foil production: 42.1 million tonnes of aluminium, 720,000 tonnes of aluminium foil strip billets and 4.15 million tonnes of aluminium foil production in 2020, with 88% of the finished product. more than 500 foil strip rolling lines with a production capacity of more than 5.5 million tonnes/year in 2020. More than 500 aluminium foil strip rolling lines with a production capacity of over 5.5 million tonnes/year and 60-70 imported German Aschenbach foil rolling mills by 2020. 72,000 tonnes of aluminium foil imported in 2020, up 4.8% on 2019 imports, and 1,233,000 tonnes of aluminium foil exported in 2020, down 4.8% year-on-year. China's aluminium foil production is expected to reach 4.33 million tonnes in 2021.

Market share: China will produce the most aluminium foil for packaging in 2020, 2.15 million tonnes, accounting for 50% of total production; followed by aluminium foil for air conditioning, 950,000 tonnes, accounting for 11% of total production; and electronic foil and battery foil together, 170,000 tonnes, accounting for 4% of total production.

Packaging aluminum foil production: aluminum foil has a difficult air permeability (especially for oxygen, water vapor) and shading superb performance, but also has the characteristics of conformability and rigidity, with aluminum foil to package food can prevent air into the food packaging bag. According to the data, China's packaging aluminium foil production increased from 1.74 million tons in 2016 to 2.15 million tons in 2020, with an average annual compound growth rate of 4.94%; it is speculated that China's packaging aluminium foil production in 2021 can reach 2.2 million tons

Air-conditioning aluminum foil production: aluminum is widely used due to its small density, good thermal conductivity, easy processing, odorless, environmental protection and low price, etc. The use of aluminum foil to make air conditioning heat exchanger thermal conductive fin material is one of the representatives. According to the data, the production of aluminum foil for air conditioners reached 900,000 tons in 2019, and the production of aluminum foil for air conditioners in China reached 950,000 tons in 2020, an increase of 5% year-on-year; the production of aluminum foil for air conditioners in China is expected to reach 1.05 million tons in 2021.