Tag: Japan’s ordinary steel imports jump 11% in 2023

Despite sluggish domestic demand, demurrage problems at wharves and a significantly weakened currency, Japan’s total steel imports rose further during Calendar 2023 to reach 7.57 million tonnes, the highest level since 2019, new data from the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) and the Ministry of Finance show. The grand total includes imports of ferroalloys,…