In June this year, Japan’s iron and steel product exports amounted to 3.08 million metric tons, up 11.1 percent month on month and 27.5 percent year on year, according to the customs statistics released by the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF).
In the January-June period this year, Japanese iron and steel product exports amounted to 16.94 million mt, falling by 0.8 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.
Regarding Japan’s major iron and steel product export markets, in the first six months this year the country’s iron and steel exports to South Korea totaled 2.12 million metric tons, down 21.3 percent, while exports to China decreased by 3.5 percent to 2.61 million metric tons, the export volume to Taiwan amounted to 1.20 million metric tons, down by 11.5 percent, exports to Thailand totaled 2.98 million metric tons, rising by 48.8 percent, while exports to the US totaled 576,945 metric tons, increasing by 16.3 percent, all year on year.
Exports |
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|
June (mt) |
Change m-o-m (%) |
January-June (mt) |
Change y-o-y (%) |
Semi-finished |
420,286 |
33.9 |
1,888,399 |
-15.4 |
Bars |
64,493 |
29.8 |
252,856 |
32.6 |
53,679 |
15.4 |
282,772 |
60.5 |
|
Heavy plate |
249,878 |
26.0 |
1,243,426 |
-3.5 |
900,773 |
1.9 |
5,232,920 |
-7.8 |
|
184,848 |
10.1 |
1,042,096 |
11.4 |
|
Galvanized sheet |
206,406 |
-1.2 |
1,286,039 |
17.9 |
