Taiwan’s total imports of ferrous scrap decreased by 8.5 percent year on year to 1,339,081 mt in the January-May period of this year, according to the official customs statistics.
In the first five months of the year, the US was the main supplier of scrap to Taiwan, exporting 557,652 mt to this destination in the given period, up by three percent year on year.
Meanwhile, scrap exports from Japan to Taiwan totaled 311,204 mt in the given period, down 17.6 percent year on year.
In May alone, Taiwan’s scrap imports amounted to 292,613 mt, down by 18.8 percent year on year and up by 5.7 percent month on month.