Taiwan’s total imports of ferrous scrap rose by 13.5 percent year on year to 1.10 million mt in the January-April period of this year, according to the official customs statistics.
In the first four months of the year, the US was the main supplier of scrap to Taiwan, exporting 407,479 mt to this destination in the given period, dropping by 6.1 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, scrap exports from Japan to Taiwan totaled 286,403 mt in the given period, up 100.6 percent year on year.
In April alone, Taiwan’s scrap imports amounted to 311,091 mt, increasing by 17.4 percent year on year and declining by 3.8 percent from March.