The centre of gravity of the global aluminium extrusion market is increasingly difficult to locate anywhere but Asia.{alcircleadd}
China already sits at a scale that no other extrusion-producing country approaches. AL Circle’s The World of Aluminium Extrusions – Industry Forecast to 2030 estimated China’s aluminium extrusion usage at 20.94 million tonnes in 2023, against global consumption of approximately 31.5 million tonnes. That means, roughly two out of every three tonnes of aluminium extrusions consumed worldwide were used in China. The same study estimated that Chinese extruders had more than 30 million tonnes of annual capacity, while China’s extrusion demand could approach 27.5 million tonnes by 2030.
On the other hand, India operates on an entirely different scale, but perhaps on a more interesting growth curve. Industry data available to AL Circle puts India’s aluminium extrusion demand at approximately 795,000 tonnes in 2025, increasing to an estimated 858,000 tonnes in 2026 — a year-on-year rise of about 7.9 per cent.
China’s consumer sector is migrating away from dependence on traditional architectural profiles towards EV lightweighting, solar PV, energy storage, electrical systems, rail transit and thermal-management applications, while exporters increasingly target emerging economies as Western trade barriers rise. India, meanwhile, has substantial installed capacity but low utilisation, even as domestic requirements from infrastructure, renewable energy, transport and strategic industries accelerate.
Together, they are reshaping where aluminium profiles are produced, where they are consumed and increasingly which markets global buyers depend upon for value-added aluminium products.