Taiwan’s total imports of ferrous scrap rose by 14.7 percent year on year to 2.27 million mt in the January-August period of this year, according to the official customs statistics.
In the first eight months of the year, the US was the main supplier of scrap to Taiwan, exporting 841,259 mt to this destination in the given period, up by 2.7 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, scrap exports from Japan to Taiwan totaled 649,494 mt in the given period, up 83.0 percent year on year.
In August alone, Taiwan’s scrap imports amounted to 229,446 mt, decreasing by 8.9 percent year on year and by 19.3 percent month on month.