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  • Japan: Billets exports drop 8% m-o-m in Aug’21

    Japan: Billets exports drop 8% m-o-m in Aug’21

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    Vaibhav Dubey
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    Japan registered billets exports of 0.26 million tonnes (mn t) in Aug’21, down by 8% m-o-m as compared to 0.29 mn t in Jul’21, data maintained with SteelMint shows. Higher domestic steel demand could probably be the reason for the decline in overall exports. Japanese mills produced 7.9 mn t of crude steel in Aug’21,…