In July this year, Japan’s iron and steel product exports amounted to 3.06 million metric tons, down 1.0 % month on month and up 22.8 % year on year, according to the customs statistics released by the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF).

In the January-July period this year, Japanese iron and steel product exports amounted to 20 million mt, rising by 2.2 % compared to the same period of the previous year.

Regarding Japan’s major iron and steel product export markets, in the first seven months this year the country’s iron and steel exports to to Thailand totaled 3.61 million metric tons, rising by 63.5 % , the exports to China decreased by 8.0 % to 3.08 million metric tons, while exports to South Korea totaled 2.61 million metric tons, down 15.8 %  million metric tons, down by 12.3 %, , the export volume to Taiwan amounted to 1.37 , while exports to the US totaled 662,144 metric tons, increasing by 17.8 %.