Taiwan’s total imports of ferrous scrap decreased by 13.6 percent year on year to 2,749,544 mt in the January-November period of this year, according to the official customs statistics.
In the first eleven months of the year, the US was the main supplier of scrap to Taiwan, exporting 1,134,894 mt to this destination in the given period, down by 6.3 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, scrap exports from Japan to Taiwan totaled 605,241 mt in the given period, down 31.9 percent year on year.
In November alone, Taiwan’s scrap imports amounted to 216,320 mt, down by 19.6 percent year on year and by 15.3 percent month on month.