Japan steel export in Nov 3393000 tonnes up 2.5pct from Oct
According to this, steel export in November was 3,393,000 tonnes (abbreviated as t/t). Export amount in the dollar was 3 billion 321 million and that in the yen was 327.0 billion. Compared with the same month last year, its quantity decreased by 4.3% for 3 months in a row and its amount in the dollar decreased by 5.9% for 18 months in a row while that in the yen increased by 16.1% for 6 months in a row.
Compared with the previous month, its quantity increased by 2.5% for the first time in 3 months and its amount decreased by 2.8% in the dollar and did by 2.6% in the yen both for the first time in 2 months.
Export quantity of ordinary steel products was 2,149 t/t, down 6.5% from the same month last year for the first time in 2 months and down 1.2% from the previous month for 3 months in a row.
By item of export with percentage compared with the same month last year, hot rolled (HR) steel coils (824 t/t, down 13.6%) decreased for the first time in 21 months, galvanized steel sheets/coils (329 t/t, down 18.3%) did for 7 months in a row, steel plates (238 t/t, down 3.6%) did for 10 months in a row, cold-rolled (CR) steel coils (229 t/t, down 1.1%) did for 6 months in a row, welded/forged steel pipes/tubes (75 t/t, down 16.4%) did for the first time in 4 months and steel bars (23 t/t, down 27.8%) did for 3 months in a row.
While, electrical steel sheets/coils (74 t/t, up 20.1%) increased for 2 months in a row, steel shapes and sections (74 t/t, up 27.8%) did for 3 months in a row, steel wire rods (71 t/t, up 124.1%) did for 12 months in a row, and seamless steel pipes/tubes (53 t/t, up 5.3%) did for the first time in 2 months.
By item of export with percentage compared with the previous month, shapes and sections (down 12.6%), galvanized sheets/coils (down 8.1%), HR coils (down 5.0%), CR coils (down 2.2%), plates (down 0.4%) and so on decreased respectively. While, wire rods (up 37.5%), seamless pipes/tubes (up 24.9%), bars (up 24.5%), electrical sheets/coils (up 10.2%), welded/forged pipes/tubes (up 5.0%) and so on increased respectively.
Source - The TEX Report