Japanese crude steel output up 0.7% in July over June

Tuesday, 21 August 2012 12:11:25 (GMT+3)   |  
       

In July this year, Japanese crude steel production increased 0.7 percent compared to the previous month, while it rose by 1.2 percent year on year, totaling 9.26 million mt, according to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF). In July, Japanese crude steel production increased on month-on-month basis for the fifth consecutive month.

Meanwhile, the country's pig iron production in July this year totaled 7.1 million metric tons, increasing by 4.1 percent month on month and up 0.5 percent compared to the same month last year.
 
In the January-July period of this year, the country's pig iron output stood at 47.4 million metric tons, rising by just 0.2 percent, while its crude steel production came to 63.3 million metric tons, rising also by 0.2 percent, both compared to the corresponding period of 2011.

Japan's steel product output tonnages in July 2012:

 

Product

June 2012 (mt)

Y-o-y change (%)

 M-o-m change (%)

Hot rolled section

427,900

13.3

 -13.8

Bar

814,900

5.6

 -3.5

Wire rod

148,700

1.3

 10.8

Heavy plate

988,200

-0.1

 2.6

Hot rolled wide strip

3,684,800

0.5

 -1.7

Cold rolled wide strip

1,773,300

1.4

 -3.7

Galvanized sheet

1,077,900

5.4

 0.2

Welded pipe

305,200

4.3

 -1.4


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