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Japanese crude steel output up 0.6 percent in October

Monday, 21 November 2016 16:41:27 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       
In October this year, Japanese crude steel production was up 7.2 percent compared to the previous month and up 0.6 percent compared to October 2015, totaling 9.06 million mt, according to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF). 
 
Meanwhile, in October of the current year Japan's pig iron production totaled 6.78 million metric tons, rising by 5.5 percent compared to the previous month and down by two percent year on year.
                                                    
In the January-October period of this year, the country's pig iron output stood at 67.24 million metric tons, down 0.7 percent, while its crude steel production came to 87.45 million metric tons, falling 0.4 percent, both on year-on-year basis.
 

Product

October 2016 (mt)

M-o-m change (%)

Y-o-y change (%)

Hot rolled section

502,300

14.7

4.0

Bar

794,000

6.2

-2.0

Wire rod

155,600

16.3

-3.4

Heavy plate

902,200

6.2

1.1

Hot rolled wide strip

3,668,200

2.9

2.5

Cold rolled wide strip

1,581,100

1.0

3.1

Galvanized sheet

924,100

-0.2

-0.5

Welded pipe

337,400

-1.6

0.9

 

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