Japan: Iron ore and pellets imports fall by 8% y-o-y in CY’22

  • Japan’s iron ore and pellets imports decreased by 7.8% y-o-y to 104.24 mnt in CY’22 from 113.08 mnt in CY’21, as per Customs data.
  • Australia was the top exporter with 62.77 mnt, followed by Brazil with 29.16 mnt.
  • However, import volumes inched up by 3.1% to 7.95 mnt in Dec’22, against 7.71 mnt in the previous month.

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