- Japan’s billet exports remained largely stable y-o-y at 2.80 mnt in CY’23 (Jan-Dec’23) as against 2.77 mnt in the year-ago period, as per Customs data.
- South Korea was the largest importer with 1.19 mnt followed by Taiwan with 703,362 t.
- However, export volumes fell by 1% m-o-m to 236,845 t in Dec’23 from 240,015 t in Nov’23.
