Japanese crude steel output up 0.5 percent in July

Wednesday, 24 August 2016 16:14:05 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

In July this year, Japanese crude steel production was up 1.3 percent compared to the previous month and up 0.5 percent compared to July 2015, totaling 8.88 million mt, according to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF). 
 
Meanwhile, in July of the current year Japan's pig iron production totaled 6.94 million metric tons, rising by 4.2 percent compared to the previous month and down by 0.3 percent year on year.
 
In the January-July period of this year, the country's pig iron output stood at 47.02 million metric tons, down 0.4 percent, while its crude steel production came to 60.94 million metric tons, falling 0.8 percent, both on year-on-year basis.
 

Product

July 2016 (mt)

M-o-m change (%)

Y-o-y change (%)

Hot rolled section

449,500

-4.99

-13.7

Bar

755,700

-6.1

-5.6

Wire rod

154,000

3.7

12.4

Heavy plate

823,700

-9.5

2.2

Hot rolled wide strip

3,795,300

8.9

-1.4

Cold rolled wide strip

1,580,800

7.3

4.1

Galvanized sheet

911,900

7.7

4.2

Welded pipe

301,600

-5.1

-5.8

 

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