Data from the Japanese Iron and Steel Federation show that
Japan's steel exports rose 27.3 percent year on year to 2.96 million metric tons in November 2006.
Japan's steel exports to South
Korea rose 29.7 percent year on year to 685,013 metric tons in November, while those to
China grew 52.9 percent to 560,762 metric tons in the same month.
In addition,
Japan's November steel exports to
Thailand rose 30.3 percent to 329,002 metric tons, while those to
Taiwan increased 0.3 percent to 278,849 metric tons.
Japan's steel exports to the US jumped 28.5 percent to 119,808 metric tons.