Meanwhile, Japan's pig iron production totaled 4.99 million metric tons in the month, down 1.3 percent from the previous month and 3.4 percent year-on-year.
In the first eight months of this year, steel production in the country amounted to 54.09 million metric tons, which is 4.5% less, while cast iron productionamounted to 39.34 million metric tons, a decrease of 4% year-on-year.
The production volume of some steel products in Japan can be seen in the graph below:
| Product | August 2025 (mt) | Change M-o-m (%) | Change yoy (%) |
| Hot rolled products | 328,400 | 5.9 | -7.7 |
| Bar | 496,600 | -14.0 | -3.7 | 105,200 | -2.137 | 11.3 |
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