Japan’s sales & inventories at steel dealers
The Japan Iron and Steel Federation today (October 25) disclosed the sales and inventory levels of secondary steel dealers in September. Sales:
(Unit 1'000 metric tons)
Grand Wide Light Plate HR sheet CR sheet Gal. Pipe
total flange bars & strip & strip sheet &tube
beams
Sep-05 3.095 305 457 407 549 268 415 158
Sep-04 3.166 298 460 425 558 289 452 174
(+/-)% -2.3 2.4 -0.5 -4.1 -1.6 -7.3 -8.3 -9.3
Inventories:
Grand Wide Light Plate HR sheet CR sheet Gal. Pipe
total flange bars & strip & strip sheet &tube
beams
Sep-05 3.193 245 236 568 685 323 527 190
Sep-04 3.062 300 294 525 530 283 485 178
(+/-)% 4.3 -18.3 -19.5 8.2 29.3 14.2 8.7 6.4