According to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Association (JISF), steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic steel consuming sectors in Japan in September this year amounted to 5 million metric tons, increasing by 5.3 percent compared to August this year and up 6.8 percent year on year.
In September this year, ordinary steel product orders in Japan booked by the domestic construction sector increased by nine percent month on month to 867,916 metric tons - up 5.8 percent year on year, while steel product orders booked by the Japanese automotive sector, including specialty steel, reached 1.34 million metric tons, rising by six percent as compared to August and up 22 percent year on year. Japan's shipbuilding industry booked 423,081 metric tons of ordinary steel products in September, rising by 3.8 percent month on month and down six percent as compared to the same month of 2010.