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Jan
08:39
Japan’s 2023 cross-border steel trade rises marginally
Japan’s iron and steel exports fell in December while imports rose. Full year 2023 imports and exports both rose marginally year-on-year, according to statistics from the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF).
December exports of Japanese iron and steel products decreased 0.9% month-on-month and 4.2% y-o-y to over 2.56 million tonnes. This took annual exports to 32.69mt, a y-o-y gain of just 1.2%, Kallanish notes.
The products which drove growth are pig ir…
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Very good overview of the weekly steel market.
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