October 14, 2008

Japan import of iron ore in H1 up by 1.9% YoY

YIEH reported that Japan’s import of iron ore in January to June 2007 totaled some 67.385 million tonnes up by 1.9% YoY compared with the January to June 2006. And total value of iron ore import was around 480 billion up by 25.1% YoY.

The import of iron ore in June 2007 was amounted to around 10.775 million tonnes decreasing by 1.4% YoY and it reduced by 12.4% MoM.