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Japan: METI forecasts sluggish domestic steel demand for Apr-Jun period
Total steel demand to decline 4% y-o-y in Apr-Jun’25 Export outlook bleak amid weak demand, trade tensions Japan Metal Daily: Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has released its steel demand forecast for the April-June period, projecting a crude steel production equivalent of 20.2 million tonnes (mnt). This figure indicates a continued downtrend,…