Japanese Steel Export Breakdown

Steel

Japan's steel exports rose by 0.3 Mt year-on-year in the 1h15 to 21.1 Mt with increased shipments to North America (+0.1 Mt to 1.4 Mt), Latin America (+0.1 Mt to 1.4 Mt) and the Middle East (+0.2 Mt to 1.0 Mt), according to data from the Japan Iron and Steel Federation. Exports to the major markets of South Korea (-0.3 Mt to 3.3 Mt), China (-0.2 Mt to 2.8 Mt) and Taiwan (-0.1 Mt to 1.7 Mt) all fell in the 1h15, although shipments to the rest of Asia (+0.5 Mt to 8.3 Mt) rose.