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  • Japan’s carbon steel exports down 19% y-o-y in July

    Japan’s carbon steel exports down 19% y-o-y in July

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    Kanishka Chhabria
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    In July, Japan’s exports of carbon steel finished products declined for the first month by 19.1% on year to about 1.59 million tonnes after four consecutive months of on-year rises, according to the data released by Japan Iron & Steel Federation (JISF) on August 31. Sources attributed the decline to softening global market prices. Japan’s…