Benefiting from the tariff preference policy of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), China's galvanized aluminum coil export market continues to improve. In 2025, the export share to the Southeast Asian market increased to 58%, an increase of 19 percentage points compared with 2019. According to customs data, from January to November 2025, China's export volume of galvanized aluminum coils increased by 18% year-on-year, of which the export volume to ASEAN countries increased by 23% year-on-year.
After the entry into force of RCEP, the average tariff level among member states has dropped from 3.8% to 2.1%, significantly enhancing the price competitiveness of China's galvanized aluminum coils. Export products are mainly concentrated in construction-grade galvanized aluminum plates and high-end galvanized aluminum coils for home appliances. Among them, the construction-grade galvanized aluminum plates produced by Anshan Iron & Steel Group have passed AISI and CE certifications, successfully entering the North American prefabricated steel structure supply chain, with an export unit price 15%-20% higher than that in China.

Faced with the challenges brought by the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), domestic enterprises are accelerating the transformation of low-carbon production processes. A leading steel enterprise has adopted new coating technology to reduce the product carbon footprint, reducing the carbon tax cost per ton of steel by 120-150 US dollars, which has effectively improved the competitiveness of products in the international market. Looking forward to 2026, with the acceleration of the localization layout of overseas supply chains, China's galvanized aluminum coil exports are expected to maintain growth momentum, and the RCEP region will remain the core growth market.