Taiwan’s total imports of ferrous scrap rose by 18.2 percent year on year to 2.04 million mt in the January-July period of this year, according to the official customs statistics.
In the first seven months of the year, the US was the main supplier of scrap to Taiwan, exporting 748,052 mt to this destination in the given period, up by 4.2 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, scrap exports from Japan to Taiwan totaled 580,403 mt in the given period, up 93.8 percent year on year.
In July alone, Taiwan’s scrap imports amounted to 284,515 mt, increasing by 14.7 percent year on year and decreasing by 3.9 percent from June.