Japan's iron and steel product exports up 0.3 percent in January

Friday, 24 February 2017 16:34:21 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

In January this year, Japan's iron and steel product exports amounted to 3.20 million metric tons, declining by 5.4 percent month on month and up by 0.3 percent year on year, while Japan's iron and steel product imports totaled 769,057 metric tons, with a month-on-month increase of 8.4 percent and a year-on-year increase of 16.3 percent, according to the customs statistics released by the Japanese Ministry of Finance (JISF).
                      
Regarding Japan's major iron and steel product export markets, in January the country's iron and steel exports to South Korea totaled 570,434 mt, down 2.5 percent, while exports to China increased by 5.9 percent to 440,114 mt, the export volume to Taiwan amounted to 192,225 metric tons, up 6.3 percent, exports to Thailand totaled 467,555 metric tons, rising by six percent, while exports to the US totaled 123,885 metric tons, falling by 9.5 percent, all year on year. 
 
In January, Japan imported 374,595 metric tons of iron and steel products from South Korea, up 30.1 percent, it imported 150,701 metric tons from China, decreasing by 10.2 percent, while imports from Taiwan rose 6.2 percent to 85,166 metric tons, all compared to the same month of 2016.
 

Exports

Imports

 

January

2017 (mt)

Change y-o-y (%)

January

2017 (mt)

Change y-o-y (%)

Semi-finished

370,795

-9.8

25,085

16

Bars

38,903

-35.9

4,545

18.1

Wire rod

55,074

7.5

6,173

-13.6

Heavy plate

159,338

-24

48,395

21.9

HRC

1,084,044

5.2

144,404

15.5

CRC

186,988

-15.3

86,994

37.8

Galvanized sheet

224,634

7.9

71,926

17.2

Special steel

720,694

16

82,423

-19.3

Stainless steel

72,576

-8.4

16,551

2.0  


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