Japan's iron and steel product exports down 10.9 percent in September

Monday, 02 November 2015 12:39:51 (GMT+3)   |  
       

In September this year, Japan's iron and steel product exports amounted to 3.33 million metric tons, decreasing by 2.8 percent month on month and down by 10.9 percent year on year, while Japan's iron and steel product imports totaled 702,322 metric tons, with a month-on-month growth of 5.5 percent and a year-on-year decrease of 11.3 percent, according to the customs statistics released by the Japanese Ministry of Finance (JISF).
 
In the first nine months of the current year, Japanese iron and steel product exports amounted to 31.4 million mt, remaining stable, while Japanese iron and steel product imports came to 5.95 million mt, decreasing by 16.3 percent, both compared to the same period of 2014. 
 
Regarding Japan's major iron and steel product export markets, in the first nine months this year the country's iron and steel exports to South Korea totaled 4.97 million mt, down 9.8 percent, while exports to China decreased by 9.6 percent to 4.06 million mt, the export volume to Taiwan amounted to 2.3 million metric tons, down 10.9 percent, exports to Thailand totaled 3.96 million metric tons, declining by 4.3 percent, while exports to the US totaled 1.8 million metric tons, falling by 1.6 percent, all year on year. 
 
In the January-September period, Japan imported 2.61 million metric tons of iron and steel products from South Korea, down 17.6 percent, it imported 1.32 million metric tons from China, decreasing by 18.3 percent, while imports from Taiwan fell seven percent to 825,238 metric tons, all compared to the first nine months of 2014.  
 

Exports

Imports

 

September

2015 (mt)

Change m-o-m (%)

January- September

2015

Change y-o-y (%)

September

2015 (mt)

Change m-o-m (%)

January- September

2015

Change y-o-y (%)

Semi-finished

413,182

16.9

3,522,215

-11.1

13,482

-14.5

101,690

-49.8

Bars

43,469

-29.1

474,869

135.4

2,782

-22.9

27,818

-11.6

Wire rod

66,577

7.6

563,261

4.5

7,232

-39.4

79,685

-6.9

Heavy plate

232,466

8.2

2,330,249

14.7

42,759

15.3

433,919

-19.4

HRC

1,076,231

-8.8

9,768,996

6.34

150,436

9.04

1,208,422

-6.4

CRC

216,802

-12.51

2,086,683

-1.75

64,443

-18.5

650,847

-4.06

Galvanized sheet

256,795

2.4

2,433,732

-15.4

73,104

-1

516,994

-15.7

Special steel

567,545

-12.2

5,861,215

-11.1

100,439

33.7

707,708

-11.8

Stainless steel

85,297

0.7

813,699

-7.5

12,694

-17.9

125,366

-24

 

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