Japan’s Scrap Exports Increase by 11.5% in Jan-Jul

  • Wednesday, September 25, 2013
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Japan’s scrap exports totaled 5.36 million tons in the first seven months of this year, increasing by 11.5% year on year, according to data released by Japan's Ministry of Finance.
 
In the given period of time, Korea was the largest importer to Japan with 3.5 million tons, increasing by 14%; China was the second largest one with 1.63 million tons, falling by 6.5% and Vietnam was the third largest one with 297,712 tons, more than double, all compared to those figures in the same period of a year ago.
 
In July, the country’s scrap exports totaled 598,362 tons, decreasing by 10.5% from a month ago and falling by 18.4% year on year.
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