According to Japan’s Customs data, iron ore imports during the January-October 2017 period declined marginally by 4.45 percent compared to the same period in the previous year. Japan is the second largest iron ore importer in the world.
|
(in million mt) |
2016 |
2017 |
Change y-on-y |
|
Jan |
10.38 |
10.21 |
-0.17 |
|
Feb |
10.29 |
9.48 |
-0.81 |
|
Mar |
11.33 |
10.72 |
-0.61 |
|
Apr |
10.65 |
11.39 |
+0.74 |
|
May |
10.30 |
10.74 |
+0.44 |
|
Jun |
11.28 |
10.63 |
-0.65 |
|
Jul |
10.79 |
10.32 |
-0.47 |
|
Aug |
11.30 |
9.94 |
-1.36 |
|
Sep |
12.33 |
10.44 |
-1.89 |
|
Oct |
10.32 |
10.24 |
-0.08 |
|
Jan-Oct total |
108.97 |
104.11 |
-4.86 |