Japan's domestic steel product orders up 2.2 percent in January-May

Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:11:37 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

In May this year, steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic sectors in Japan amounted to 4.43 million metric tons, down 3.8 percent compared to April and remaining stable year on year, according to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Association (JISF). Meanwhile, in the January-May period of this year, domestic steel product orders in Japan increased by 2.2 percent year on year to 22.92 million metric tons.

In May, ordinary steel product orders in Japan booked by the domestic construction sector decreased by 7.1 percent to 875,270 metric tons, while steel product orders including special steel orders booked by the Japanese automotive sector amounted to 1.1 million metric tons, up 10.3 percent, both on year-on-year basis. Japan's shipbuilding industry booked 297,461 metric tons of ordinary steel products in the given month, down 7.7 percent compared to the same month of 2016.


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