July 05, 2008

Japanese steel products import declines in 2007

Japanese steel imports totaled about 8.1 million tonnes in 2007 down by 6.8% YoY.

Among them, imports the common steel products were around 3.66 million tonnes in 2007 down by 3.5% YoY as compared to 2006.

South Korea ranked the biggest exporter to Japan with 2,185,455 tonnes up by 3.5% YoY and Taiwan was the second with 786,276 tonnes down by 15.2% YoY. China shipped around 580,346 tonnes to Japan down by 13.3% YoY

(Sourced from YEIH.com)